Impulse 2022

2 INTRODUCTION “Focus On” guides are also now available throughout the year which are a series of mini category guides which complement the guides giving a more detailed analysis on emerging trends as well as established categories that are trading up into premiumisation which help you to maximise the sales opportunities. Look out for the ‘Confectionery Mini Seasons’ guide available NOW! ‘InStore’ is our FREE digital magazine which has been specially eveloped for the independent retailer. Visit www.instoremagazine.co.uk to view the latest edition. Unitas Wholesale is the largest independent wholesale services company in the UK, with buying power in excess of £8bn. Dear Retailer Welcome to the Impulse 2022 category guide brought to you by Plan for Profit. The guide is a great tool to support you in maximising sales and profit in your store, easily identifying core range products and best sellers to ensure that you are meeting the needs of your customers. We have also included core range planograms in the guide, however, a full suite of planograms and extended ranges are also available via the Plan for Profit website and app. This guidance is updated annually to reflect changing customer behaviours and is developed working with our supporting category experts, using market data and our network of wholesalers. This means that we can truly provide a credible core range tailored to the needs of independent retailers. More essential information This new guide now contains greater category insight to help you select the right products for your store, with supporting QR codes to latest editions of our Focus On guides. All plans are regionally tailored for England/Wales and Scotland/Northern Ireland, which will help with store profiling. PMP’s are highlighted in the guide as we know they play an important role in store, providing shoppers the confidence that they are being charged the right price, which helps to increase sales and loyalty. VAT Free (zero rated) products are also flagged through this guide. Simpler to use The design has been simplified, with icons to identify the best sellers within each category and the new to core range. This enables a quick and easy check that you are stocking all the bestselling products, if you are not you potentially could be losing sales, so check this out now! HFSS Regulations guidance Please find included in the centre pages of this guide a 4 page pull out giving guidance on the HFSS regulation which is being implemented in October 2022, further details are also available via the QR codes to the both the Plan for Profit & ACS Websites. Tracey Redfearn Category Controller Kind regards, Scan Me Scan Me