In This Issue
HTA catering day serves up success for 250
Redundancy fears as TGCG undertake staffing review at Garden & Leisure centres
'The secret of great margins? Put a lot of veg on the plate...'
Cultivating business solutions together – Classiflora-Zelari 2014 Open Days
Charlie Dimmock revealed as new face of Planting Magic
Dragons' Den company launches Raised Bed Rescue campaign
Six products battle for orchid drip feeder sales
Prestopets has 35 years experience in the fishkeeping industry
How catering impacts on the bottom line
Bents smashed fundraising total with £17k donation
Garden centres get into the Valentine's Day spirit
Consumer confidence boost but will the weather be on side?
Newbridge Nurseries gets top national award
Jude Law, David Tennant and other stars present the Garden Re-Leaf Day quiz for 2014
Senior Buyer wanted by Greenfingers.com
Man breaks into Allwoods Nursery garden centre in Cheam but steals nothing
Tomato fever sets in already
Get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day with 'Loose Change'
Joe Awome appointed Sales Customer Support for Easitill
Good week for growing media sales...but let's not get carried away
Award nomination for HTA apprentice
Gardman initiative helps consumers migrate to no-net Fat Snax
New GIMA Member Popadome has a new solution to garden pest problem
Slugs and snails are the most 'detested' pests
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Situations Vacant
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Six products battle for orchid drip feeder sales
 

The battle for market share in the orchid drip feeder category has taken a new turn this week with the number of lines doubling to six in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart, compared to the same week last year.

The net effect of the extra lines is to pull Fito Orchid Drip feeders off the top spot to No.2 as Gardman ladies gloves outsell them. Despite the extra lines, our data shows that the total volume of orchid drip feeders sold has dropped by a third year-on-year.

Steady-as-they-go in the chart too are two Orchid Myst lines from Growth Technology and Bayer Baby Bio Orchid food (although the latter’s drip feeder 4-pack is a new entry). Does anyone have a view about the decline in orchid food total volume sales – fewer orchids being sold, perhaps?

Elsewhere in the chart, two garden torch lines are big movers – are they being snapped up to light flooded areas or just a continuation of winter sales? This week’s chart data came just before the really high winds so we expect to see tree stakes and tree ties back in the chart next week.

Outdoor plant food lines are starting to increase sales – Westland Nutri slow release plant food is our Highest New Entry and Westland Chicken Manure pellets have added at least 50% this week.

Slippery paths and patios are also high on the agenda – Algon Patio cleaner re-enters at No 22, just below Brintons Mould Magic. When the flood waters recede, demand for these could grow further.

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