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New Covent Garden in hot water with shoppers over elusive farm prize Subscription

22 Feb 2012 | By Charlie Wright

Shoppers have blasted New Covent Garden after the soup maker announced that nobody had claimed the top prize in its ‘Win a Farm’ competition.

Asda in cheesecake allergy alert Subscription

20 Feb 2012 | By Vince Bamford

Asda is recalling twin packs of its frozen Extra Special White Chocolate & Raspberry cheesecake as the label doesn’t warn allergy suffers the products contain egg and sulphur dioxide.

M Kitchen moves into veggie meals market

11 Feb 2012 | By Ronan Hegarty

Morrisons is launching a vegetarian ready meal range that will be the antidote to “bland” supermarket veggie fare, it claims.

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Focus On Meat Free

Focus On Meat Free Subscription

14 Jan 2012 | Updated: 16 Jan 2012 | By Beth Phillips

The meat-free sector is ahead of total food in growth and smart NPD means it is becoming an increasingly mainstream market.

Focus On Hot Desserts

Focus On Hot Desserts Subscription

10 Dec 2011 | Updated: 23 Jan 2012 | By Lisa Riley

Individual portions and falling promotional activity have depressed the hot serve chilled desserts sector but the dine-in trend is boosting brands’ performances.

Focus On Pies & Meat Snacks

Focus On Pies & Meat Snacks Subscription

26 Nov 2011 | Updated: 18 Jan 2012 | By Elinor Zuke

Cash-strapped shoppers are increasingly opting for own-label pies and meat snacks, while it’s very much a case of survival of the fittest for the brands.

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