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NewsMexican Den reject is go after winning private investment
A Mexican food brand rejected by the dragons of TV show Dragons' Den is seeking supermarket listings after securing private investment. Marcela Flores-Newburn appeared on the show last weekend seeking £75,000 investment for a 20% stake...
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NewsMince makes a cheap meal? Not any more...
They constitute some of Britain's favourite dishes. But the cost of spaghetti bolognese, shepherd's pie, lasagne and other mince-based staples are soaring as supermarkets have hiked the price of value-tier beef mince by up to 25% since the same time...
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NewsElizabeth Shaw offers first choc bar
Chocolate brand Elizabeth Shaw has moved into bars for the first time as part of a brand revamp. Shaw has launched Dark Chocolate Mint Crisp and Milk Chocolate Butter-scotch Crisp bars (rsp: £1.79/100g), and has added a Milk Chocolate…
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NewsBored of the usual ketchups? Why not try out...bacon jam?
Britain's best convenience store is looking for listings for wait for it bacon jam. The Village Stores in Walthamstow named the best c-store in the country at the 2011 Convenience Retail Awards (organised by Convenience Store and The...
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NewsKeep Team GB Pumped, urges Cadbury
Cadbury has unveiled the latest activity in its build-up to the Olympics and is hoping to get Brits singing to inspire our athletes.
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Analysis & FeaturesHeinz Squeeze & Stir minestrone soups
Heinz’s first move into the cup soups market offers one of a consumer’s 5-a-day in a convenient purée format
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NewsBakers urged to put ‘real bread’ mark on additive-free loaves
A ‘real bread’ mark is being launched to flag up loaves that are free from artificial additives. Food policy pressure group Sustain said it would be rolling out the Loaf Mark in October as part of its Real Bread Campaign.
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NewsAllied Bakeries supply chain gets new director
Allied Bakeries is to get a new supply chain director as Paul Longley steps down following a 37-year career with the bread giant.
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NewsKellogg’s Mini Max to mix up cereal category
A fortnight after Post announced its entry to the UK market with Honey Bunches of Oats, Kellogg’s has unveiled Mini Max its first new kids’ cereal since Honey Nut Loops launched more than 20 years ago. Kellogg’s believes the cereal,…
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NewsNew Covent Garden revamps as it feels the heat from rivals
New Covent Garden Soup Co is launching a £5m brand overhaul in a bid to boost lacklustre sales. Sales of its 32-strong soup range have risen 2% in the past year to £59m, a sluggish performance compared with own label (up 25% to £72m),...
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Analysis & FeaturesSalkeld shows Symington’s the way with M&A and NPD
Symington’s has just expanded again – this time into wet sauces. What has the company done to bring about its impressive growth since 2007, asks Hannah Stodell
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Focus On Breakfast: Cereal suppliers up their ad spend
Cereal suppliers have upped their advertising spend by more than 10% in the past year, with Kellogg's in particular investing heavily in its Special K, Corn Flakes and Krave brands.
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Post deliver after surprise push into UK cereals market?
A stalwart of US cereal bowls, Post’s Honey Bunches of Oats has just landed on UK shelves. What are its prospects this side of the pond, asks Vince Bamford
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ProfilesThe Human Angle: Nigel Toon, HR Director, Allied Bakeries
What’s it like to work for your company? Bakery is a highly competitive, very fast-moving category you need to be on the ball. We are the people behind some of the biggest bread brands in the UK: Kingsmill, Burgen, Allinson and Sunblest.
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Focus On Breakfast: Breakfast is Britain's biggest meal
Brits have eaten 16.6 billion breakfasts over the past year, making breakfast the largest meal occasion in the home.
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NewsFocus On Breakfast: Snap, crackle and flop
The weak economy has been good for breakfast consumption, but terrible for cereal sales. What’s gone wrong – and will the arrival of Post prompt a shake up? Nick Hughes reports
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Focus On Breakfast: Can NPD help keep the full English hot?
We've seen a raft of innovation in healthy breakfasts, but what of the traditional British fry-up?
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Focus On Breakfast: Innovations
Ireland's leading black pudding supplier has launched two new products in the UK. Clonakilty Black Pudding and White Pudding (rsp: £1.69) arrived in Budgens in July.
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News"S Budget" lines replace Spar Extra Value range
UK Spar stores will start selling the company’s successful European value range, “S Budget”, from the end of the month. The 33-strong economy range of everyday essentials, which includes chicken fillets, baked beans, energy drinks, bleach…
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NewsCereal sales slump as only Tony is spared
Britain’s biggest cereal brands have fallen out of favour with shoppers, with eight of the top 10 products recording a year-on-year drop in value or volume sales - and often both.