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Heinz recalls toast toppers
Heinz has recalled a batch of its own brand chicken and mushroom toast toppers due to incorrect allergen labelling.The affected product is Heinz Chicken & Mushroom Toast Toppers, 128g, with a best before date of 01 2009.Meanwhile,...
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Cereal promotions take centre stage in stores
Of the top five brands in the grocery category chart for the week ending 23 October, two were cereal brands - Kellogg's and Weetabix - with the third, Heinz, also having cereals on promotion.Activity across these three brands for...
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Dunn rises for Fray Bentos
Premier Foods has promoted Julian Dunn to the position of commercial director for convenience and spreads. Dunn joined Premier Foods in 2004 as general manager for its convenience foods business. Prior to this he held a number of...
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Premier takes on Heinz with Batchelors soups
Premier Foods is launching yet another attack on Heinz, this time pitching its recently acquired Batchelors brand against its rival in the canned soups category. A range of four canned soups is being developed under the Batchelors name to...
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Hand in our bean rivals says Heinz
Heinz has fired the latest salvo in its baked beans war with Branston by encouraging consumers to hand in rival products in exchange for its own brand. The company has launched a baked bean amnesty, headed up by society girl Tara...
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In Brief: Defra orders vaccine; Easy lid for Spam; Boxing sponsorship
Defra orders vaccine Defra has ordered 10 million doses of bird flu vaccine from a Spanish company. But it insists its vaccination policy is unchanged, and the drugs would not be used before or immediately after an...
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Can Heinz expand in the condensed sector?
Heinz is attempting to steal Campbell's crown in canned condensed soup by launching three of its own products into the category. The soup brand leader is also taking the fight to closest rival Baxters with the creation of 12 vegetarian...
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More extras join special cast
Forget the recent baked beans wars that have stolen many a tabloid headline during the past six months. Or the rise of Omega-3 products that are now cropping up across all areas of the market. If you want a category in which there has been,...
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Thick sauces
Branston's entry into the table sauces market has had an immediate impact on the category, and has been one of the main drivers for the 4.2% value growth of the category in the past year. Although the Branston brand has a long way to go...
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Everybody's on the sauce
The sauces and condiments category has been given a vigorous shake over the past year, most notably by Heinz and Premier Foods, which have both been busy trying to squeeze more value out of products that have been around for decades. First Heinz...
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looking back What we said in 2001
Heinz was hitting the headlines when we covered the sauces and condiments category back in 2001 (The Grocer, 6 October), thanks to its rather strange launch of a green tomato ketchup.The limited edition green variant, which tasted the...
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Botulism fears prompt Lidl recall
Discounter Lidl has ordered a recall of a batch of Sunnyglade canned baked beans with pork sausages in tomato sauce after it emerged the contents could be undercooked, according to the Food Standards Agency. The FSA said an error in the...
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Charles provokes fury over salmon
Scottish salmon farmers are said to be furious that Prince Charles' famous Duchy Originals brand is importing Alaskan salmon for smoking in Scotland.The Prince's decision to source wild Marine Stewardship Council-accre-dited salmon from...
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Research Notes
Canned foods, worth £1.7bn, is growing at less than 1%. Leading growth sectors are fish, soup and baked beans, but hot meats, fruit and tomatoes are underperforming. Growth is due to increasing average prices this year - a 0.8% increase...
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Meat tackles the lean times
Big brands such as Princes and Premier Foods-owned Fray Bentos have made major efforts to capitalise on convenience trends, but own label continues to dominate canned meat, in both volume and value, and this has resulted in a period of decline...
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Heinz crosses its beans with silver
Heinz is flexing its marketing muscle in baked beans with a new £5m campaign.Half of the spend will go on TV activity breaking next week and building on previous executions featuring a Woody Allen-style bean talking about health...
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Beans are back in business
Premier Foods prompted some frenzied promotional and marketing activity last November with the £5m launch of Branston baked beans. For the first time in two years Heinz was forced to temporarily drop the price of baked beans in response...
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The drama is all in the can
The story of canned goods over the past year is more the stuff of a Hollywood screenplay than the tale of a category long branded as lacking any interest or flair.First we had the high-profile introduction of Branston beans into brand...