FMCG Weekly
by Accuris - Revenue Management Analytics for Fast Moving Consumer Goods Companies
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A quarter of a billion more on promotion. How much is new business?
A quarter of a billion more on promotion. How much is new business?
About this podcast
Welcome to FMCG Weekly, your go-to podcast for the most insightful trends and innovations in the fast-moving consumer goods and retail industries across the UK and Europe.
Each week, we scan the latest news from the UK, France, Germany, the Benelux, Scandinavia, the US, and beyond, cutting through the noise to deliver the most relevant stories for industry experts and senior managers. A note about our voices: We use AI narration technology to bring you this content.
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Episodes
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- A quarter of a billion more on promotion. How much is new business? · 10 min · Season 2 Episode 21Last month UK shoppers spent over £250 million more on promotions than a year earlier, while total grocery sales grew just 1%. But how much of that is new business? Matilda…
- Promo-led recovery for brands in the UK and Unilever's Wonder Wash premiumisation case · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 20UK grocery sales grew two percent in the four weeks to 6 September, with inflation at two point three percent. Branded goods outpaced own label for only the second time this…
- The growth that price can't buy · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 19At this week's Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference in Boston, one theme kept coming up: the next wave of growth will not come from price alone. Matilda looks at how…
- 8 Revenue Growth Management Trends Revealed in Q2 Earnings Calls · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 18We reviewed the latest quarterly results, investor presentations and management commentary to see what they reveal about the direction of Revenue Growth Management. Now that all…
- FMCG Q2 Results: Five Patterns That Matter · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 17Q2 results confirm that FMCG's growth engine has shifted from price to volume, with Unilever posting its best volume quarter since 2010 and Coca-Cola growing unit cases five…
- Who Really Won the World Cup at the Checkout? · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 16The World Cup delivered FMCG sales uplifts across markets, but the underlying sources differed dramatically. UK beer and supermarket sales surged, France saw match-dependent…
- How Rafa Oliveira Turned Around JDE Peet’s · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 15Heineken appointed a new CEO. It is Rafael Oliveira’s and this episode examines JDE Peet’s turnaround under his leadership as a case study in modern FMCG revenue management…
- How to win the World Cup? · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 14This week on FMCG Weekly: how to win the World Cup. The tournament grows the battleground categories substantially, but the growth comes from base demand, not your promotion, and…
- The Rise of Personalised Pricing in Grocery · 10 min · Season 2 Episode 13This week examines the rise of personalised pricing across FMCG and grocery, and the regulatory and trust pressures now constraining it. We separate rules-based, dynamic and…
- What We Learned Reading Every Major FMCG Q1 2026 Report · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 12Q1 2026 marked a turning point for global FMCG. Across twenty-one of the largest players — from Nestlé and Unilever to AB InBev, PepsiCo and Reckitt — pricing has decelerated and…
- AB Inbev, Amazon, McDonald’s and the Battle for the "Shaky Consumer" · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 11AB InBev has broken an 11-quarter volume slide by pivoting from brewery acquisitions to an "organic growth algorithm," concentrating 70% of its marketing on a few "megabrands."…
- Coca-Cola’s Post-Inflation Growth Playbook · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 10Coca-Cola’s first-quarter results show a shift from price-led growth toward architecture-led growth. Organic revenue rose 10 percent, volume grew 3 percent, and EPS guidance…
- From Clubcard to Discounters: Who Owns Value Now? · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 9Tesco’s strong results, affluent shoppers moving into discounters, and the decline of traditional budget ranges. Tesco shows how modern retail advantage now comes from an…
- Inside the McCormick-Unilever Mega-Merger · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 8This week’s podcast examines the landmark $66 billion merger between Unilever’s food business and McCormick, a deal creating a $20 billion revenue "flavor powerhouse." Structured…
- Can a Focused Unilever Match P&G and L'Oréal? · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 7This episode analyzes Unilever’s potential divestiture of its food division, valued at over €30 billion, to McCormick & Company. This move would be a fundamental shift toward a…
- From Punk to Pennies on the Dollar. BrewDog, Tilray, and the "Great Narrowing" · 13 min · Season 2 Episode 6BrewDog, once valued at $2.7 billion, sold out of administration for £33 million. This week, we examine what Tilray's acquisition of the brand tells us about a deeper structural…
- Amazon bigger than Walmart, Carrefour's strategy and Nestle divestures · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 5This week’s episode analyzes a major structural realignment in the FMCG and retail sectors. Nestlé is divesting its ice-cream and water businesses to focus on coffee, petcare…
- The End of Price-Led Growth · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 4This episode of FMCG Weekly examines the structural shift from price-led growth to Real Internal Growth (RIG) in 2026. With global volume growth stalling at 0.9% and private…
- How to Survive Price Negotiations in 2026 · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 3This episode of FMCG Weekly examines the evolution of price negotiations in 2026, focusing on the shift from cost-plus models to data-driven, category-focused strategies…
- Davos 2026 for FMCG: AI, Tariffs, and the New Consumer · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 2This week’s episode analyzes four critical themes from the World Economic Forum in Davos (Jan 19–23, 2026) and their implications for Revenue Growth Management. First, we examine…
