Table of Contents

ISSUES AND STRATEGIES

Main issues in food preparation:

Rise of plant-based eating fuels demand for related food-prep items

Expansion of value general merchandisers impacts specialist retailers

Demand for niche products can be short-lived

Increased interest in cooking well at home

Strategies for success

THE MARKET

The sector at a glance

Overall sector size and growth

Sector size and growth: Accessories

Sector size and growth: Protective boards

Sector size and growth: Utensils

Sector size and growth: Gadgets

Online dynamics

Channels of distribution

THE RETAILERS

Retailer prospects

Market shares

Retailer profiles

Tesco

Wilko

John Lewis and Partners

IKEA

Dunelm

Sainsbury's

The Range

Lakeland

Poundland

THE CONSUMER

Headlines

Penetration and profiles

Net agreement statements

Research process

Purchase motivation

Factors of importance

Average spend

Retailer usage

Considered,visited and used conversion

Drivers of retailer choice

Channel usage

METHODOLOGY

What is included

Market sizing

UK Food Preparation - 2018

Summary

"UK Food Preparation - 2018", report offers comprehensive insight and analysis of the food preparation market (including forecasts up to 2023), the major players, the main trends, and consumer attitudes. It provides in-depth analysis of the following: the hot issues impacting the market, strategies for success, market sizes and forecasts, retailer profiles, retailer market shares, consumer data and future outlook. The report focuses on accessories, gadgets and utensils. Consumer data is based on our 2018 UK food preparation survey, using a panel of 2,000 nationally representative consumers.

Scope

- Food prep is forecast to be worth £586.7m in 2018.
- Tesco is the leading retailer in the food-prep market with 5.6% share, followed by Wilko and John Lewis with 4.8% and 4.3% share respectively.
- Amazon, IKEA and The Range are all forecast to gain 0.2 ppts of share in 2018, while Lakeland and John Lewis are set to lose 0.2 ppts.

Reasons to buy

- Using our five year forecasts to 2023, learn which subcategories in the Food prep market will be the fastest performing to ensure more focus and investment in these winning product areas.
- Understand how drivers of Food prep purchases, such as price, quality, design and innovation, change in importance among different demographics in order to maximise sales potential.
- See which retailers are set to gain share in 2018 and beyond and the reasons behind this.
- Learn what impact social trends, such as the rise of plant-based eating, are having on the market for food prep items.