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May 2008 - Posts

• Supermarket Sales Show Strong Growth, No Sign of Consumer Cutbacks

  Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) has published grocery sales growth and market share figures for the 12 weeks to May 16th. They show no signs of a consumer cutback. Total sales are up 6.6%, with big share gains for Morrisons (sales up 8.7%) and ASDA (up 7.6... Posted May 30 2008, 05:31 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Sainsbury, Tesco, credit crunch, Waitrose, Morrisons, Asda [Edit Tags]

• Grass Fed Cows - A Market Opportunity?

  Today's headlines announce that a recent study has found organic milk to be healthier than conventionally produced. Dig a bit deeper and we find that's not what the study found at all. The study was carried out by Newcastle University, and published... Posted May 28 2008, 01:50 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: added value, grass fed cows, organics, dairy market, food and health [Edit Tags]

• Pricing Power - A Tale of Two Companies With Lessons for UK Milk Coops.

  Two dairy companies reported profit results in the last few days and the difference between the two is stark. Robert Wiseman gave a profits warning for 2008. Dairy Crest oozed confidence and said it will have another good year. The make or break factor... Posted May 21 2008, 02:52 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Wiseman, Dairy Crest, Friesland Campino, food inflation [Edit Tags]

• Food Inflation - Consumer Behaviour, Supermarket Reaction, Farm Gate Price Fights Ahead

  There's been a raft of data published in the last few days covering April's inflation numbers, consumer research from the levy boards, and supermarket performance in the first quarter of the year. Four messages come singing out and these are:... Posted May 14 2008, 07:59 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, food inflation, farmgate pricing [Edit Tags]

• Milk Market Data Quarter 1 08

  DairyCo, the new name for the MDC, has just published liquid milk market data for the 12 months to April 2008. The analysts there tend to concentrate on annual figures but a better feel for trends can be got by looking at shorter term numbers, so here's... Posted May 07 2008, 01:47 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: dairy market, DairyCo [Edit Tags]

• What Credit Crunch?

  Now here's a thing. On the one hand we have screaming headlines about the rising cost of living. On the other, we see the UK launch last week of Wii Fit, a combined computer and fitness game costing £69.99p, and Grand Theft Auto, another computer... Posted May 04 2008, 04:14 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: credit crunch, Wii Fit, Grand Theft Auto [Edit Tags]