All Rice, pasta & noodles articles
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Profiles and QandAsIbis Rice’s Nicholas Spencer on Cambodia, dancing and Chris Packham
‘I grew up watching The Really Wild Show and admire Chris Packham – having him as brand ambassador for Ibis Rice is a dream come true’
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NewsNice Rice secures six-figure investment to build sustainable rice category
Nice Rice has closed a six-figure investment round to help with its mission to champion environmentally friendly products and grow the sustainable rice category in the UK
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NewsBirds Eye adds trio of frozen pasta meals to Steamfresh lineup
The innovations responded to ‘high consumer demand for convenient, easy-to-cook, tasty and nutritious meals’, said Birds Eye
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Comment and OpinionPot Noodle’s office slurper disgusts colleagues… and viewers
The idea is to reaffirm Pot Noodle’s ‘no nonsense’ status, cementing its appeal to rebels
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NewsSun Hee launches 20 Korean-inspired SKUs into Tesco
The range includes cooking sauces, udon noodle bowls and meal kits
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NewsMorrisons installs Zizzi bays in ‘biggest frozen change since 2019’
A 17-strong product range – spanning side dishes, main courses and desserts – will roll into the retailer on 8 January
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Range PreviewNew products hitting British supermarkets for Veganuary 2024
Household names and challenger brands alike are gearing up to capitalise on Veganuary
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Analysis and FeaturesRice, noodles & pasta 2023: Resilient rice volumes rise despite price
Average price per kilo is £2.66, up 9.9% year on year
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Analysis and FeaturesWill 2024 bring an end to key commodity turbulence?
Buyers will be hoping for the ‘semblance of normality’ experts predict – but El Niño and other costs mean it won’t be simple
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NewsTea and bananas: £8bn worth of Britain’s favourite food imports at risk
Climate change is badly hitting the countries that provide £8bn worth of food imports to the UK every year
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NewsGreen Isle launches Ottimo frozen fresh filled pasta range into Tesco
The pasta is frozen ‘at its freshest’ to ensure it maintains its texture and nutrients
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Analysis and FeaturesInside Pasta Evangelists: A fresh pasta factory made for dark kitchens
Meal kit service Pasta Evangelists has unveiled its new 47,000 sq ft production facility on the premises of Bestway’s first warehouse in Acton, London
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Events and AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2023: Rice, Pulses & Noodles
This cacio e pepe line is the result of a year-long project by Unearthed
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NewsOcado expands Korean range with 50 new products
The retailer now claims to have ‘the largest Korean offering of any UK supermarket’
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Range PreviewAsda unveils four fancy fakeaway ready meal ranges
Can Asda’s new ready meal ranges spice up suppertimes and break Brits out of their ’culinary rut’?
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NewsMerchant Gourmet adds microwaveable rice quartet
’We want to inject the Merchant Gourmet personality into microwaveable rice,’ said MD Richard Peake
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Comment and OpinionHow we can cut rice emissions in half
We want to increase the number of farmers in India who use the alternate wet drying method, says Jean-Philippe Laborde, MD at Tilda
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NewsBlue Dragon shrinks noodle packs removing two nests
A spokeswoman for the brand confirmed the move, citing ‘significant increases in the cost of ingredients, energy, and transportation’
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Grocer 33Morrisons comes cheapest for Japan-themed Grocer 33 basket
At £71.14, Morrisons was cheapest for the first time in our weekly price comparison since mid-July
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NewsLeon launches duo of microwaveable rice pouches into Sainsbury’s
The NPD was inspired by the healthy fast food chain’s bestselling rice boxes