Latest Reports
UK Eating Out Market Report 2024
The Lumina Intelligence UK Eating Out Report 2024 is the trusted source of insight for UK leading manufacturers and operators. This definitive report quantifies the size and growth of the channel and market forecasts out to 2027, with a detailed look at growth drivers and potential inhibitors.
The report also includes consumer insight from Lumina Intelligence Eating and Drinking Out Panel, which surveys 1,500 consumers every week across the entire year.
Price, Promotions & NPD Report 2024
Lumina Intelligence’s Price, Promotion & NPD Report delves into the intricate dynamics of convenience market strategies, focusing on pricing, promotions, and new product development. It aims to illuminate the impact of evolving supplier and retailer tactics on consumer behaviour. The report includes consumer insight from Assosia’s Price & Promotions Platform, and Lumina Intelligence’s Convenience Tracking Programme, tracking consumer behaviour across convenience retail shopping, covering major UK convenience groups, and competitor’s activity across a range of metrics.
Probiotics for a smooth menopause transition
There is a sea change in progress. Public perceptions around the menopause are evolving, with profound ramifications for how women navigate this stage of life. Can inconvenient symptoms be managed without resorting to prescribed hormonal medication? Is rising cardiometabolic disease risk inevitable after menopause. In this report Lumina Intelligence reviews the shifting perceptions of menopause, overviews some of the recent science studies and zooms in on the current offering within this niche.
Featured markets
Convenience
As renowned experts we can help you navigate the complex and fragmented convenience shopping channel, fuelled by over 50,000 customer interviews per year.
Food to Go
With over 150,000 outlets, food to go is one of the markets most heavily impacted by coronavirus. Our continuous tracking data follows every move in the market.
Probiotics
Growing consumer awareness of probiotics and their functional health benefits has led to considerable expansion in the global probiotics market.
Featured solutions
Convenience Tracking Programme
The authority on the complex and fragmented UK convenience market, supporting suppliers and retailers with data, forecasting, retailer analysis and path to purchase insight.
Wholesale data and insight solutions
UK wholesale has seen significant consolidation and diversification in recent years. Our solutions cover operator behavioural insight, digital expertise and consultative support.
UK Eating & Drinking Out Panel
The Eating Out Panel tracks 6,000 consumers each month to provide a clear picture of current consumer behaviour, drivers of change and key perceptions across all day-parts.
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Throughout lockdown, consumers have depended more on convenience stores for products they are unable to find elsewhere, as well as for quick top-ups as they limit their time outdoors. Chilled dairy has benefitted significantly here, appearing in 35% of Convenience shopper’s baskets under lockdown, a 70% increase since February. With 58% of consumers now working from home and daily routines having undergone significant shifts, nearly half of consumers say they are now snacking more frequently. Crisps and snacks have benefitted here, while there is an opportunity for retailers in stocking bigger pack sizes. Which products have benefitted under lockdown?…
Lumina Intelligence Partners
Here at Filshill we use the HIM (Lumina) e-comm dashboard on an ongoing basis to monitor category performance and isolate particular categories where we can see a commercial opportunity in online development. We then engage with suppliers to work collaboratively to address these opportunities which have been identified
The Wholesale eCommerce report that HIM (Lumina) produced in 2019 was a really insightful actionable deck. The data they have is unique and we have used this within Kellogg across the UK and Europe to develop a strategy
Team experience, knowledge and understanding of the data and market was key for us to choose Lumina Intelligence as the agency in charge of the project. The ability to use different sources of information was essential to ensure we could cover all the market information we required
We subscribe to a number of key programmes across Retail and Foodservice, which provide us with the ability to get an understanding of our customers and markets and the position of snacking (especially confectionery) within the market.
Having a view of the different operators, trends in the market and future outlook is key for us to activate our brands, collaborate with our customers and understand how to mutually succeed in the Food to go/Out of home market
The impact of Covid on Lumina Intelligence’s Convenience Tracking Programme ended up being a positive one. The product transitioned into a deeper, more dynamic and representative tracker of shopping behaviour which has increased its value within our business.
The new data analysis and visualisation tools supplied by Lumina Intelligence in the form of the self-serve dashboard and the Analyse Further function have been a giant leap forwards, providing access options for all levels of experience and expertise and we are really using them across all business functions. The tools are both advanced in their capabilities and intuitive in their functionality and have allowed us to better utilise insight within the organisation.
The data analysis and visualisation tools supplied by Lumina Intelligence in the form of the self-serve dashboard and the Analyse Further function have enabled significant progression in providing access options for all levels of category experience and expertise. This is crucial in building capability within the team and developing compelling category stories to share with both internal and external stakeholders. The tools are both advanced in their capabilities and intuitive in their functionality.
I was impressed by Lumina Intelligence’s quick reaction and support given around Covid insights in a really tough time. Programs like CTP provided vital insights for us and our customers.
I have been using the Lumina data tools frequently since launch. Lumina Intelligence has taken the time to find the right solution for us which helps us gain additional clarity and insight into the data and therefore maximise the return. The insights as well as ability to drill down further into the data has been invaluable in understanding the ever-changing market, channel, and shopper dynamics, and the increased frequency of delivery has been timely to capture this
Despite facing significant disruption due to Covid, the Convenience Tracking Programme has emerged as a stronger data service. The new approach to data collection and data/insight delivery has led to a number of benefits to us as a client, helping inform our own business on the current dynamics, but more importantly, helping us support our retail partners
The Convenience Trackign Programme provides greater depth and breadth in terms of sample size and coverage whilst retaining the core value of the product as a behavioural tracker.
I have been using the Lumina data tools frequently since launch. They have taken the time to find the right solution for customers which gets the maximum value from the research data.
Having used the Lumina Intelligence Convenience Tracking at McColl’s over the last year, we feel across the business that it is an invaluable product to understand the trends in convenience shoppers and their behaviours. We regularly use the data to update key senior stakeholders around shopper missions and trends, and specifically how our McColl’s shoppers compare, and where future opportunities for growth may be. The team at Lumina Intelligence are always on hand to support with any key questions/reporting queries and the overall solution is great value for money.
Lumina Intelligence Convenience Tracking programme has allowed us to create an aligned view of the convenience market across our internal teams. We can link our strategy to a reliable data source for the first time which gives us confidence when we can share our strategy with our customers.
The Convenience Tracking Programme data supports us at SPAR UK in developing our marketing strategy. We have built our shopper segments into the data to better understand our shoppers and their shopping behaviour. The continuous tracking data helps us to identify any key changes, as well as look at the impact of seasonality and other key events. The Lumina Intelligence team presents the latest trends and insights to our senior stakeholders each quarter to add further value to the insight.
