Features list 2024

Features will only run with sufficient advertising support. This list is not final; features may be added periodically to reflect prevailing trends. The editorial deadline for feature submissions is the Wednesday of the second full week of the month preceding publication. The editorial deadline for supplements is the Wednesday of the first full week of the month preceding publication.

Please contact Gaelle Walker to request feature synopses.

January

  • Symbol group, fascia & franchise guide
  • New year product launches
  • Vaping
  • Heated tobacco solutions
  • Healthy options Including bottled water, fruit juices, smoothies, probiotic & cholesterol lowering drinks, free from, low sugar, low salt, vegan, vegetarian, wheat free & dairy free
  • Biscuits & cakes
  • Seasonal occasions
  • Including Burns Night, Valentine’s Day, Chinese new year, pancake day
  • Easter top up

February

  • Tobacco
  • Soft drinks
  • Price-marked packs
  • Ramadan
  • Forecourts
  • Own label
  • Home and personal care including cleaning products, toilet & kitchen roll, hand sanitisers, soap, shampoo, shower gel, oral care, shaving equipment and sanitary products
  • Snacks & savoury treats
  • Beer & cider

March

  • VApril
  • Nicotine pouches, equipment and RYO
  • Confectionery (sugar, mints & gums, chocolate)
  • EPoS systems
  • Bottled water
  • Sports & energy drinks
  • Chilled (butter, spreads, yogurt, milk, cheese)
  • Impulse must stocks

April

  • Tobacco
  • Soft drinks
  • Summer of sports
  • American candy and treats
  • Footfall drivers including payment systems, post office, home delivery, banking and food-to-go
  • Ice cream & desserts
  • Pet food & products
  • Grocery cupboard

May

  • Breakfast including cereal, cereal bars, spreads, fruit juices, smoothies, hot drinks, bread, in-store bakery and food- & drinks-to-go
  • Vaping
  • Cigars
  • Sports & energy drinks
  • Price-marked packs
  • Foods of the world
  • Summer of sport – covering all the key categories of alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, snacks and sharing items to make the most of the big night in sharing opportunity

June

  • Summer drinks
  • Nicotine and reduced risk products
  • Sustainability, recycling & energy efficiency
  • Confectionery (sugar, mints & gums, chocolate)
  • Impulse cakes and biscuits
  • Food-to-go & snacking
  • Summer festival season
  • Software systems
  • Summer picnic including snacking items, RTD cans and soft drinks

July

  • Tobacco, RYO, and nicotine pouches
  • Back to school
  • Bottled water
  • Lunch to go including in-store kitchens, pies & pastries, pizza, burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, healthy options, hot and cold drinks, milkshakes, slush, desserts & meal deals
  • Tea & coffee
  • Crisps and snacks
  • RTDs for the summer months

August

  • Halloween
  • Soft drinks
  • Kids confectionery
  • Nicotine
  • Forecourts
  • Security and worker protection
  • Healthier options including bottled water, fruit juices, smoothies, probiotic & cholesterol lowering drinks, free from, low sugar, low salt, vegan, vegetarian, wheat free & dairy free
  • Back to college & university

September

  • Symbol group, fascia & franchise guide
  • Stoptober
  • Diwali
  • Breakfast including cereal, cereal bars, spreads, fruit juices, smoothies, hot drinks, bread, in-store bakery and food- & drinks-to-go
  • Fresh & frozen ready meals
  • Hanging bags
  • Biscuits and cakes
  • Adult soft drinks
  • Bonfire night products

October

  • Christmas
  • Cigars
  • Big night in
  • Batteries
  • Retail technology
  • Crisps & snacks
  • Medicated confectionery
  • Beer & cider

November

  • Products of the Year awards launch
  • Christmas top-up
  • Vaping
  • Sports & energy drinks
  • Forecourts
  • Bottled water
  • EPoS systems
  • Gifting biscuits & confectionery
  • Cheese
  • Christmas wines & spirits
  • Heated tobacco

December

  • What’s in store for 2025
  • Tobacco
  • Christmas drinks
  • Last minute Christmas
  • Christmas treats and gifting
  • Supplier initiative of 2022
  • Easter eggs and treats
  • RTDs
  • Low/no alcohol options

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