All Butters & spreads articles – Page 2
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Analysis & Features
Creative challenge: next-gen packaging ideas to liven up dairy
We challenged agencies to create packaging fit for the future. Ideas ranged from a refillable ice cream carton to a seaweed-based butter wrapper
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Analysis & Features
How the dairy category is getting fit for the future
Dairy is shaping up for success with a series of major strategic deals, buoyed by slowing inflation and stabilising costs
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Category Report
How can marge get back in fashion? Dairymen butter & spreads category report 2024
Margarine has been in and out of consumers’ favour. Now, it’s losing out to less processed butter with ‘clean’ ingredient lists
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News
All Things Butter launches category-first chocolate butter
The launch forms part of the brand’s mission to expand the category with chef-crafted flavours that create more occasions for butter use
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News
Upfield announces name change to Flora Food Group
The name change capitalises on the company’s longest-standing and most popular brand, Flora
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News
Pilgrims Choice owner Ornua Foods UK sees sales rise in ‘stable’ 2023 accounts
Pre-tax profits remained unchanged at £11.6m on the back of inflation-busting ‘sustainable pricing structures’ said the subsidiary of Irish dairy co-op Ornua
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News
Lurpak launches clean ingredient deck plant-based variant to UK supermarkets
Lurpak Plant Based will be available to British shoppers from 21 August
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News
Kerrygold owner Ornua hires ex-Nestlé exec Cesar França to run Global Foods division
Brazilian França will be responsible for driving the ’continued success and ambitious growth plans’ of Kerrygold, Ornua said
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News
Future of Hollybush butter brand secured after sale to Gower View Foods
The sale follows the announcement its owner Evan Rees (Butter) Ltd is to close
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News
Morrisons launches limited-edition retro butter to mark 125-year anniversary
The anniversary product is a nod to how the company started as an egg and butter market stall in Bradford
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News
Saputo ditches cover papers on spreads in move to slash packaging
Cover papers were were superfluous, having traditionally been used to flatten the product for even filling and to provide a surface for promotional messages, Saputo said
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News
Welsh dairy company Evan Rees (Butter) on verge of closure
The business behind Hollybush Butter said commodity price inflation meant it was ‘impossible to continue’
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Comment & Opinion
Squeezy butter – perfect for home bakers or just plain wrong?
The new Anchor Squeezy product, where Arla has ‘taken our delicious butter and popped it into a bottle’, will hit the mults in July
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News
All Things Butter launches Cinnamon Bun flavoured butter
The brand claims the new Cinnamon Bun Butter marks the creation of a new supermarket category
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Category Report
Butters & spreads trends 2024: The rise of posh butter
With chef-made butters going viral on social media, can the craze for premium penetrate retail? And how is the butter renaissance affecting spreads?
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News
Kerrygold launches new range of butter sticks
The new 100g sticks will initially be launched in two variants: Salted Butter and Garlic & Herb Butter
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News
Anchor launches squeezy butter product
The new butter product is designed to provide a ‘faster, easier route to more buttery bakes, with just a squeeze’
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News
All Things Butter secures seven-figure seed funding
Disruptive dairy startup All Things Butter has closed a £2.2m seed funding round to support a wider rollout of its products and prepare an overseas launch
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News
Kerrygold owner sees 8% profit slump due to market challenges
The dairy company reported a turnover of €3.4bn, which was flat on last year when the company reported a record sales performance