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Spam launch gives chilled meat snack sector a bit of stick
Monty Python's favourite food is making its first foray into the chilled meat snacking category with a fish finger-like range that can be eaten hot or cold.Spam Sticks, rolling out next month, are made from strips of chopped pork and ham...
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Guzzle Puzzle offers new flavour combos
Cadbury's natural sweets brand The Natural Confectionery Company is launching a new jelly sweet product to tap into the growing popularity of bagged confectionery. Guzzle Puzzle (rsp: 50p) allows consumers to combine different shaped...
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Royal Green creams look for listings
Royal Green's coconut creams for cooking - pitched as a healthier alternative to oil - are seeking supermarket listings. Available in Garlic, Herbes de Provence and Spices (rsp: £5.99/250ml), the creams contain 100% organic odourless...
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Walkers trebles sales of ‘thin’ crinkle crisps
Walkers has more than trebled the value of the 'thin' crinkle-cut crisp segment following the launch of Crinkles in April.The first mass-market 'thin' crinkle crisp brand has generated an impressive £11.7m in sales in its first two...
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Revamp for Loyd’s sauces as sales fail to hit target
Premier Foods is revamping its Loyd Grossman cooking sauce range as it looks to take the brand beyond its Italian cuisine heartland and position it as a choice for "food lovers". As part of the redesign, Premier is overhauling its Loyd...
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NewsOFT orders Princes to find Fray Bentos buyer
Princes has been ordered to offload the Fray Bentos brand by the Office of Fair Trading, following its £182m swoop for Premier Foods' canned business.
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NewsCadbury cleared of racism in Naomi Campbell ad row
The Dairy Milk advert at the centre of a row with former supermodel Naomi Campbell was not racist, the advertising watchdog ruled today.
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: Thorntons Chocolate Liqueur
The liqueur’s “quality and association of the luxury Thorntons name” would make it a perfect fit for today’s discerning consumer
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Commidities: Baked beans feel squeeze as tomato prices increase
Baked beans and canned spaghetti are set to become more expensive as EU tomato production falls while demand rises, says Mintec’s Robert Miles
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Hovis launches range of part-baked breads
Hovis is to inject some much-needed excitement into the part-baked bread market with a range of rolls and bloomer loaves.The UK's second-biggest bread brand claimed part-baked was dominated by "anaemic-looking baguettes" and that it...
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Heinz soup redesigned for lunches
Heinz is relaunching its Farmers' Market soups in a smaller format aimed at lunchtime consumers.The range is currently sold in a 515g format (rsp: £1.19) but will be moving to a slimline 400g can (rsp: £1.09) from the beginning of next...
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Sainsbury’s is hit by sweetcorn shortage
Sainsbury's has been hit by shortages in the supply of own-label canned sweetcorn as a result of floods in Thailand in March.The news comes six weeks after The Grocer reported that sweetcorn prices were likely to rise as events around...
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NewsLeading US pretzel brand Snyder’s pushes into UK
The biggest pretzel brand in the US is making a push into supermarkets later this year. Snyder's of Hanover currently has limited UK distribution and will make its mass-market debut with the rollout of Pretzel Pieces, made from large...
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NewsTyrrells plans further growth abroad with new marketing boss
Posh crisp brand Tyrrells has appointed Anne-Laure Follie to the new role of international marketing manager as it looks to drive further growth overseas. Follie joined the company in May from Green & Black's where she was global...
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NewsOatly Fresh makes debut in chilled aisle
Oat-based milk drink Oatly is to make its debut in chilled with the launch of its first fresh variant. Oatly Fresh (rsp: £1.69 for a one-litre pack) has a shelf life of four weeks and, once opened, will keep fresh in the fridge for up to…
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Heinz puts more beans in Fridge Packs
Heinz is expanding its Reduced Sugar and Salt Beans into the Fridge Pack format launched last year.Last September, the company rolled out its standard beans in the Fridge Pack, a re-sealable jar that keeps beans fresh in the fridge for...
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NewsDoritos offers online game to boost sales of dips with its chips
Doritos has unveiled plans to get more shoppers particularly gamers buying dips with their chips. According to Doritos brand owner PepsiCo, half the American shoppers who buy chips also pick up a dip, compared with just one in 10 UK...
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Focus On Frozen Food: Innovations
Birds Eye's bid to tap into the £140m convenient rice category features four products combining rice with Birds Eye's frozen vegetables. Consumers can pick from four flavours, including Mediterranean Vegetable and Pilau with Peas and Spinach, in packs of two for £1.79.
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Levi Roots now unveils Rasta Pasta
He’s at it again! Reggae Reggae founder Levi Roots has now expanded into the pasta sauce category.
Rasta Pasta sauce (rsp: £1.89), now in Morrisons, is described as “lightly spiced, with sun-ripened tomatoes, pineapple, guava and herbs”…. -
NewsPatak’s turns up heat with new extra spicy range
Patak’s is spicing up its range of Indian cooking sauces with a new extra-hot line. Its new Hot & Spicy range comprises a Tikka Masala, a vindaloo and – hottest of all – a phal (rsp: £1.59 each).