Food and water are unquestionably essential components of human survival. It is one of three fundamental necessities for living beings.
Food is easy to come by these days. Every corner has a variety of retail stores and eateries. In the market, you may discover a wide range of food types and brands.
Now, talking about the brands here are the top 4 biggest food and beverage brands in the UK as per the UK’s leading publication, The Grocer.
Cadbury
Cadbury is a multinational confectionery company in Britain. Based in Uxbridge, West London, the company has operations in 50 more countries around the globe.
The company tops the list as the biggest brand in the UK with an 8.3% increase in sales. Dairy Milk, one of Cadbury’s main products has the most contribution to the company’s outstanding income gain. The product contributed an extra £89.6 million to the total revenue. Cadbury's total increase was boosted by other items like Dark Milk, which brought in £8.7 million.
Coca Cola
Coca-Cola is a product of The Coca-Cola Company, a Carbonated soft drink manufacturer. Even though the company was not originated in the UK, it is the second-largest brand in the UK.
The company saw an increase of 6.8% from the previous year. Due to the pandemic, socializing in-home grew in popularity which increased the sales of 24 can multipack contributing £111 million to the company’s total revenue. Despite the fact that the firm was unable to sell on-the-go products, purchasers purchased larger items, offsetting the decrease in on-the-go sales.
Nestle
Nestle is a food and drinks processing coglometre company based in Switzerland. Founded in 1905, the company has operations in 189 countries.
In the UK, the company made £1,193million in sales in 2020 which is a 7.1% increase from the previous year. Due to the pandemic, the number of people who had their breakfast at home increased the popularity of cereals such as Shressies, Cheerios, etc. These cereals contribute £14.9 million to the total revenue of the company.
Another product of Nestle that increased the revenue was KitKat, the revenue increased by 7.7% in 2020.
Walkers
Walker is a snack food manufacturing company established in 1948. The firm is famous for its potato crisps.
2020 was another successful year for Walkers. The company was able to make sales of £1050.8 million which is 5.7% of growth from the year 2019. Wotsits was the best product of the company among all other products. Even though the number of sales decreased by 3.7%, the company made it to the list of top food and beverage brands in the UK.
