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    Focus On Scotland: Innovations

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Seafood producer Loch Fyne is showcasing some of the best of Scotland's seasonal food and drink with a new range of summer hampers.

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    Focus On Scotland: Younger punters key to market

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    They've both traditionally attracted an older, overwhelmingly male audience but now the whisky and real ale industries are eyeing up new customers.

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    Focus On Scotland: Scots want local, if the price is right

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The export market might be buoyant, but domestic demand for Scottish food and drink isn't miles behind and Scots don't just want the obvious fare.

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    Focus On Scotland: Scotland eyes organic growth

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish government wants the organic sector to be a key driver in its ambitious plans to grow food and drink sales. But that’s only half the story, as Virginia Matthews reports

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    Focus On Scotland: Thumbs down to salmond’s ‘Tesco tax’

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Scotland can be a minefield for retailers more accustomed to operating south of the border. The Scottish government's new majority status is set to reignite the debate over minimum alcohol pricing, for instance.

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    Focus On Scotland: Nick Nairn’s rallying cry

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Scottish celebrity chef Nick Nairn dislikes being characterised as "a tub-thumping patriot", but as he prepares to launch his first, avowedly regional, range of chilled foods including a whole Haggis Nairn complains that his homeland is "still woefully under-represented south of the border"

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    Campaign Trail: Sunbites have the x factor

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    X Factor finalist Rebecca Ferguson will be making her first TV appearance as the face of Walkers' wholegrain snack Sunbites in a campaign that launches on Monday (6 June). The TV ad echoes Gary Lineker's first Walkers role with wholesome Ferguson...

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    Focus On Scotland: The brands switching lanes to win

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The past year has seen a spate of cross-category innovation as Scottish brands target new customers and look beyond their traditional markets.

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    Nordic Bakery offers dark rye chips snack

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Scandinavian-style café Nordic Bakery is launching a rye chips snack into its stores and the wholesale channel this month. Made from Finnish rye, the dark rye chips (£1.30/80g) are low in fat and are pitched as a healthier alternative to...

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    Focus On Scotland: Awards show off Scotland’s healthy side

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Could the Scots finally be kissing goodbye to the deep-fried Mars Bar? This year's Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards, which took place in Dunblane on 26 May, certainly showcased a raft of healthy, innovative, food products.

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    Itsu to target retailers with new Asian snacks

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Itsu is launching a new range of snacks, energy drinks and popcorn as the sushi restaurant chain looks to follow the likes of Nando, Pizza Express and Wagamama onto supermarket shelves. Itsu, set up by Pret A Manger founder Julian...

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    Mars appoints Dunning as grocery sales director

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Mars Chocolate UK has appointed former Cadbury man Jamie Dunning as its new sales director for ­grocery.Dunning has joined Mars from Kraft, where he was impulse sales director for Cadbury products. He replaces David Bell, who was poached...

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    Now Levi Roots gets into the crisp market

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    He's given us Reggae Reggae sauces, ketchup, relishes, cooking sauces, ready meals, soft drinks, pizza, cookbooks and even a music festival so it was only a matter of time before Levi Roots put his name to crisps.

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    Sainsbury’s stocks meals from Scratch

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    A meal concept that allows consumers to cook healthy food quickly from scratch has landed listings with 50 Sainsbury's stores. Alex Neves and Phil Pinnell first launched Scratch meals designed to be cooked at home in just 15 minutes at...

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    Sacla’ launches line of single-serve sauce

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Pesto specialist Sacla' is to launch its first range of cooking sauces designed to serve one person. The Per Uno range consists of two ambient sauces (rsp: £1.99) Bolognese with Minced Beef and Smoked Bacon with Italian Tomato which are...

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    Focus On Oils: Innovations

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The Kritsa co-operative produces olive oil in one of Greece's oldest olive groves, cold-pressing the olives within three hours of harvesting.

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    Covent Garden scraps super-premium range

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    New Covent Garden Soup Co has abandoned its plans to roll-out a range of super-premium soups this year. The Dining Room range, which had been on trial in about 100 Sainsbury's stores since mid-January, was priced £2.99 for a 600g pot and...

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    New York Style pita chip set to challenge Warburtons snacks

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The baked snacks aisle is hotting up. Under the New York style brand, Greek-owned company Chipita will launch into the UK for the first time, taking on Warburtons Baked Pitta Chips and other rivals in this emerging category.

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    Focus On Oils: Extending the olive branch

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Despite pricing volatility and a fall in promotional activity, shoppers continue to flock to the oil fixture – particularly for olive oil. It’s all down to NPD and added value, finds John Porter

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    Focus On Oils: Algal oil not just a novelty food

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Algae may not be particularly pretty, but it can produce up to 300 times more oil per acre than the likes of rapeseed and soybeans, several times a year, and it could be heading this way.