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Sweet drinks much more popular with kids than older Aussies

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: online : 5-Jan-17

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that fruit juice and drinks, soft drinks, cordial and frozen beverages such as Slushies are all dramatically more popular with Australian children aged 6-13 years than with consumers aged 14 or older. In an average seven days, 62.3% of Australian children drink fruit juice/drinks at least once, 57.8% consume carbonated soft drinks, 32.4% drink cordial and 28.6% consume frozen drinks. Those figures exceed 100% as a substantial proportion of children are drinking more than one of these beverage types per week.

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Boutique burgers and fancy fowl: the hipsterisation of fast food

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 29.4 per cent of Australians visited McDonald’s at least once in an average four weeks in the year to September 2016, compared with 31.2 per cent in the year to September 2012. While this is due partly to the shrinking proportions of Generations Y (from 39.4 per cent to 35.3 per cent) and Z (from 40.3 per cent to 36.1 per cent) eating at or taking away from the hamburger giant, Generation X and Baby Boomers also appear to be losing interest. Grill’d has seen a slight year-on-year increase among Generation X visitors, but a noticeable drop among Gen Y (from 8.0 per cent to 5.4 per cent), and little change among Gen Z (8.3 per cent to 8.1 per cent). Meanwhile, the proportion of Australians visiting KFC has fallen from 20.4 per cent to 19.3 per cent since 2012. Like McDonalds, KFC’s popularity is strongest with Gens Y (23.9 per cent) and Z (26.2 per cent). Domino’s Pizza also continues to draw the younger generations, with Gen Y up from 13.6 per cent to 15.3 per cent, and Gen Z up from 14.2 per cent to 18.5 per cent, a growth also seen across other generations.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, McDONALD’S AUSTRALIA LIMITED, GRILL’D PTY LTD, KFC, DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP, HUNGRY JACK’S PTY LTD, RED ROOSTER FOODS, NANDO’S AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, OPORTO PTY LTD, PIZZA CAPERS

How Optus Xtra could become an advertiser’s dream

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 5.9 million Australian smartphone owners aged 14+ (37 per cent) agree that they would be interested in receiving ads on their mobile phone if it reduced their bill. The survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2016, also shows that 27 per cent of this potential mobile advertising audience is aged 14-24, while 26 per cent is aged 25-34. These are often the hardest audiences to reach (and engage) via traditional media advertising. Meanwhile, among smartphone owners who are receptive to mobile advertising, 56 per cent have not read a print newspaper in the last week and 44 per cent have not looked at a print catalogue; 31% have not even flipped through the latest issue of any magazine, and 24 per cent have not made a single trip to the cinema in the last year. On a normal weekday, 31 per cent do not listen to commercial radio and 14 per cent do not watch commercial TV.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD

Over $5billion in car sales next year could be decided over Big Bash cricket

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that nearly 570,000 Australians plan to buy a new car in 2017, and 21 per cent of them say they "almost always" watch Twenty20 cricket on TV (compared with 16 per cent of all Australians aged 14+). The survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2016, also shows that these dedicated Twenty20 viewers have an average budget of $43,000 for their next car, compared with $38,500 among new car buyers overall. Meanwhile, compared to the average new car buyer in the market, Twenty20 fans are 28 per cent more likely to agree that they would like a car that handles like a racing car, 23 per cent are more likely to say they will only be buying a car that is fun to own, and 21 per cent are more likely to regard themselves as a car enthusiast.

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Where did the year go? A look at how Australia spent its time in 2016

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Dec-16

Roy Morgan’s Single Source shows that Australians aged 14+ watched 18.7 billion hours of TV in 2016, compared with a cumulative 17.7 billion hours spent at work. Australians also spent 15.1 billion hours listening to radio and 13.6 billion hours online, while another 6.2 billion hours were spent actively online at work, school, and everywhere else. Newspapers scored 2.1 billion hours of national attention over the year, with magazines claiming just shy of a billion hours overall. Meanwhile, Australians took 52 million holidays during the year (over 2.5 each on average, although around three in 10 did not take any trip).

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Satisfaction with financial performance of superannuation steady in November but down over the year

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 58.4% of Australians aged 14+ who have superannuation were satisfied with their fund’s financial performance in the six months to November 2016. This was unchanged from October but down by 0.9% points over the year. The survey also shows that industry funds have retained the lead in satisfaction (59.2%) over retail funds (56.7%), but both have declined over the last 12 months, with industry funds down 1.2% points and retail funds down 1.4% points. Both score poorly in terms of the critically important "very satisfied" rating, at 17.7% for industry funds and 16% for retail funds. Self-managed funds have the highest satisfaction with 74.3% (down 1.7% points over the last year), followed by public-sector funds with 69.8% (up 1.8% points). Meanwhile, CARE Super had the highest satisfaction rating among the 18 largest super funds, at 75% (up 10.2% points year-on-year).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, CARE SUPER PTY LTD, STATEPLUS, QSUPER LIMITED, MERCER SUPER PTY LTD, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING UNIONS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND, AMP LIMITED – ASX AMP, ONEPATH AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ

Masters Home Improvement never a threat

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 15-Dec-16

Home Hardware is the winner of the Hardware Store category in the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards for October 2016, satisfying 90% of its customers. Bunnings and Mitre 10 share second spot with 89% each, while Masters Home Improvement is fourth (85%). Only True Value Hardware satisfies a lower proportion of its customers (78%) than the now-defunct Masters. While a satisfaction level of 85% is nothing to be ashamed of, it is relatively low in the traditionally high-scoring Hardware Store category, and it is Masters’ lowest score since February. The beleaguered chain has been stuck in fourth place all year, seemingly incapable of overtaking any of its higher-rating rivals. Indeed, since Roy Morgan started measuring Masters’ customer satisfaction in late 2011 (the year it opened its first stores), it has never risen higher than fourth spot, and actually spent all of 2012, 2013 and 2014 in fifth position.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, HOME HARDWARE, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED, MITRE 10 LIMITED, MASTERS HOME IMPROVEMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TRUE VALUE HARDWARE LIMITED

Somersby and Strongbow leading the cider boom

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that the number of Australians aged 18+ who drink cider in an average four weeks has risen by almost 600% between 2006 and 2016, from just 337,000 to 2,349,000. The only other alcoholic beverage to have gained popularity over the same period was spirits, which saw a more moderate growth of 25% (rising from 3,890,000 to 4,861,000 drinkers in an average four weeks). Between January and March 2016, nearly 3 million people (2,880,000) reported having consumed cider at least once in the last four weeks, compared with 2,250,000 in the quarter preceding it (October-December 2015) and 2,220,000 in the quarter following it (April-June 2016). This pattern is evident for all January-March quarters over the last 10 years. Somersby was the most popular cider brand in the year to September 2016, with some 724,000 Australian adults drinking it in an average four weeks (up from 460,000 in 2015).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, SOMERSBY, STRONGBOW CIDER COMPANY, 5 SEEDS, REKORDERLIG, BULMER

Australian drivers most satisfied with Japanese cars

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Dec-16

Across all 35 categories in the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards, car manufacturers have the highest overall rate of customer satisfaction. Some 92 per cent of drivers report being very or fairly satisfied by their current vehicle make. A division of Toyota, Lexus leads the way with 96 per cent of its drivers satisfied. Fellow Japanese manufacturers Mazda and Subaru satisfy 95 per cent of their owners. Six manufacturers are tied with 94 per cent satisfaction among drivers, including Japanese brands Toyota, Honda, Suzuki and Isuzu UTE, South Korea’s Hyundai and Germany’s Mercedes-Benz. While there are over 15 million satisfied drivers across the country, there are also over 540,000 who are dissatisfied with their current car brand – and they are eager to replace it. Dissatisfied drivers are twice as likely as others to intend to buy a new car within the next year (7 per cent). Overall, the number of Australians planning to buy a new car in the next 12 months rose marginally in November to 569,000. The total number of prospective buyers over the next four years is unchanged since October at 2,264,000.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, LEXUS, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, SUBARU, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CORPORATION, SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, ISUZU UTE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED, MERCEDES-BENZ AG

What do your cheese choices say about you?

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-Dec-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 76.3 per cent of Australian grocery buyers aged 14+ purchased at least one kind of cheese in an average four weeks during the year to September 2016. The survey also shows that 55.1 per cent of grocery buyers purchased block cheese in an average month, followed by sliced cheese (35.8 per cent) and grated/shredded cheese (33.1 per cent). Meanwhile, New Zealand- and British-born Australians are both 23 per cent more likely than the population average to buy block cheese in an average four weeks. Block cheese is also the most popular among people in the Roy Morgan Food Segment known as "Trendsetters". On the other hand, sliced cheese is especially popular with "Zappits".

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