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Toffee

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But demand is soft, at -9.4% this quarter, so Toffee is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 12% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +10 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£297K/yr379K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Toffee against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Toffee is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Toffee market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Toffee 379K times last year and spent an estimated £297K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 379K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £297K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
379K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.4%
Conversion, latest week
8.7%
Market size, estimated
£297Ka year
Peak month
December3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
toffee122K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.96.

Listings sell for £8.96 on average, from £1.03 to £19.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £8.96 that is £4K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.96under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.03–£19.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£7K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

27% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 81% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #12 within Confectionery. It carries 650 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
27%
Prime listings
81%
Out of stock, average day
3.4%
Average rank
#12in Confectionery
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
650per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Toffee products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£12K£24K£36K£48K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

23%

  • Walkers Nonsuch45%
  • Premier Life Store9%
  • akzhy8%
  • Morrisons6%
  • Krazy Kandi5%
  • NFIBIS4%

Demand

Toffee search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Toffee search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • toffee122K/yr
  • toffee sweets81K/yr
  • walkers toffees59K/yr
  • toffees48K/yr
  • walkers toffee23K/yr
  • assorted toffees11K/yr
  • toffees sweets6K/yr
  • chocolate toffees10K/yr
  • walkers nonsuch6K/yr
  • chocolate toffee6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Toffee

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Value For Money10%

Bit expensive

Overpriced, not many in there

Waste of money

Taste-Overall10%+3.73

Takes me back to when I was a kid in the late 1940 same creamy taste when I get low i order another two trays nothing can touch them

Disappointing Flavour Mix

bad taste

Quality-Overall8%−0.02

Not as good as the first batch

not the best variety I could have hoped for

POOR QUALITY

Flavor8%−0.03

Not full range of flavours

Very uneven division of flavours

Disappointing Flavour Mix

Durability7%+0.12

Easy to break up

didn't last very long think that speaks for itself

So yummy and unfortunately don't last to long

Love

Taste-Overall45%+3.73

Absolutely delicious

These toffees are delicious

Delicious toffee

Value For Money12%

Good price

Excellent value for money

Good value for money

Sweetness11%+0.39

Sweet treats

Great tasting sweet

Lovely sweets

Flavor7%−0.03

have unique flavours

Great flavour

The flavours are very distinct

Quality-Overall6%−0.02

Always reliable quality with a good variety

Excellent product

Good variety

FAQ

Common Toffee questions

Answered from the same tracked data.