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Higgidy turns to turkey for celebration pie
Higgidy is offering shoppers 'Christmas dinner in a limited-edition pie'. The handmade Christmasy Turkey Pie with Bacon Stuffing (rsp: £3.49/250g) is the first of a range of celebration pies to be launched by the company.
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Haribo’s Christmas range ‘biggest ever’
Haribo has unwrapped what it claims is its biggest-ever Christmas range in a bid to challenge the dominance of chocolate during the festive season.
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NewsMorrisons freshens up bakery offer with 100% British wheat
Morrisons is relaunching its entire own-label bread range and switching to 100% British-sourced wheat. The new line-up, which rolls out to stores next week under the Baked By Us label, comprises 90 lines and replaces the retailer’s existing own-label offer.
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Peter’s Pies pipes up for children’s charity
Dame Shirley Bassey has sung the praises of Peter's Pies for launching a pie range to help raise funds for sick children. At 225g, the pies are 25% larger than Peter's previous offerings, but will be priced the same (rsp: £1.39). They...
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US mustard brand Beaver eyes UK mults
US supplier Beaverton Foods is seeking listings for its mustard range. Beaver mustards have gone on sale in Harvey Nichols and independents following their debut at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair last month.
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Budgens trials top-tier bakery range
Eight Budgens stores have started selling premium loaves of bread as the symbol group continues to improve its top-end range.
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NewsCan cash-strapped Britons no longer afford a pet dog?
Man's best friend may be falling out of favour with cash-strapped Brits. Two retail analysts have suggested some consumers can no longer afford to keep a dog, and claim this has contributed to the 4.1% decline
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NewsKellogg’s cereals get vitamin D top-up to fight against rickets
Kellogg's is adding vitamin D to its kids' cereals to tackle an increase in the number of children suffering from rickets. The disease causes bones to weaken and can lead to deformities such as bowed legs. It had virtually disappeared by...
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NewsSeabrook hunts for MD with ‘fresh perspective’
Braford-based Seabrook Crisps is searching for a new managing director with a "fresh perspective" to take the business into its next phase of growth. The hunt follows the departure of Seabrook Crisps MD John Tague who left unexpectedly at...
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NewsGet some nuts! Easier said than done with price hikes
Peanut suppliers are facing soaring prices and a supply crunch just ahead of the busy Christmas season as a result of bad weather and poor harvests in key growing regions. The wholesale price of peanuts from the US has almost doubled...
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Premium gift NPD by Green & Black’s
Green & Black’s products have broken through the £10 price point for the first time in five years with a new gift range.
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Focus On Soup: The age of the liquid lunch
Bad weather last winter had soup makers rubbing their hands in glee, but they didn’t take their foot off the NPD gas. Hannah Stodell looks at a category brimming with innovation
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NewsGolden Wonder puts Christmas dinner in a pot noodle format
Even kitchen-shy students can get an early taste of Christmas this year from a limited-edition Christmas dinner-flavoured pot noodle snack. The festive version of Golden Wonder: The Nation's Noodle which even comes with a sachet of...
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NewsUS stevia suppliers set to turn up heat in sweetener sector
More American suppliers of stevia-based products have set their sights firmly on the UK market. Sweetener brand Stevia in the Raw and soft drink Zevia, two of a host of businesses showing stevia-based lines at the Anuga food and drink...
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NewsWonderful to ‘wake sleeping giant’ with listings and TV push
Wonderful Pistachios is aiming to boost the size of the nuts market with its first UK TV push and second listing at a big four supermarket. The brand which is owned by US company Roll Global has been selling 150g bags of unsalted,...
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NewsFocus On Cakes & Biscuits: Let them eat biscuits
Own label is having its cake and eating it, but in the biscuit barrel brands are on top – with the upshot that biscuit sales are outgrowing those of cake. Samantha Lyster reports
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: McVitie's signs up to the cult of Jaffa
This July, Jaffa Cakes launched its biggest digital effort yet. Activity centred on two microsites, 'Cult of Jaffa' and 'The Jaffa Cake Broadcasting Corporation' - one inviting fans to help protect Jaffa Cakes from the likes of the House of Garibaldi, the other a spoof news site, and both fully ...
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Innovations
These brightly-decorated balls of cake made their debut at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair this year. PopKakery co-founder Melissa Damjanovic developed the idea in America before importing it to the UK.
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Irwin’s Irish Batch Bread rolls into Asda
Northern Irish bakery Irwin's has won its first listing in England for its Irish Batch bread. The bread, rolling into 150 Asda stores across England now, is made using traditional recipes and is not baked in individual tins but at the...
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Nicola Hainie, technical manager at Border Biscuits
Nicola Hainie, technical manager at Border Biscuits, on in-store sampling, deep fried Mars bars and Ace of Base