All Chilled foods articles – Page 76
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Focus On Microwaveable Foods: Rise of the micro snack
Scratch cooking is cost-effective, but microwave meals are convenient. And shoppers aren’t about to give them up just because times are hard. Vince Bamford reports
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Quality Test: Steak & kidney pie
As a pie connoisseur, I'm looking for flaky pastry, generous filling and viscous gravy. Sadly, each of these pies failed on at least one count.
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Morrisons trials fresh cream cakes
Morrisons is trialling a premium fresh cream cake counter in Kirkstall in Yorkshire, as part of a wider revamp of Market Street.
The cakes are 99p each or four for £3.60, and are displayed in a separate counter next to its cheaper, boxed… -
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Campaign Trail: Ginsters scares up a new ad
A giant scarecrow is leading the charge in a £3.5m TV push designed to highlight Ginsters' local ingredients.
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Quality Test: Fresh cream eclairs
There was a clear winner in this test, but there was little to differentiate the others.
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Cuisine Africana creator takes plunge into retail
The owner of a range of authentic African-style ready meals has come up with an innovative solution to flagging sales leasing vacant shop space in a London shopping centre.The five-strong range of Cuisine Africana-branded dishes was...
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Focus On Meat-Free: Four to watch
Holland's Pies became an unlikely entrant into the meat-free sector last year, with the launch of the first vegetarian pie in its 157-year history.
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NewsFocus On Meat-Free: Meat-eaters try veggie
“Monday, Monday, no meat that day... ” With no little thanks to a certain Beatle, meat-free sales are looking rosy. But it’s not the vegetarian community that’s driving most of the growth. Beth Phillips reports
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Double the bubble as R&R unveils Aero ice cream in NPD drive
It may be cold outside, but R&R Ice Cream is gearing up for the heat with a raft of new products under Nestlé's Aero, Caramac, Nesquik and Kit Kat brands.
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Revamp for Budgens ready meals
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has relaunched its Italian and traditional ready meals for its Budgens fascia.
Six products from Budgens’ mid-tier range have been relaunched under a new ‘Italian’ sub-brand, including lasagne, spaghetti… -
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M&S launches high protein ready meals
Marks and Spencer has launched a high-protein range of prepared meals, sandwiches and salads aimed at dieters.The 40-strong Simply Fuller Longer range, which includes Chargrilled Chicken & Vegetable Noodles with Savoury Miso...
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Picture This... Holland’s hits a bullseye with Bowen
In the week that Gatorade ditched Tiger Woods as brand ambassador, Holland's Pies has unveiled a backer who prefers a bit of Bully to a bit of the other. Mr Bullseye himself, Jim Bowen has been recruited to highlight its new online shop that gives...
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Focus On Hot Desserts: Marks & Spencer rules in hot puds
We eat more than 4.9 billion desserts a year in the UK and 1.4 billion of these (29%) are hot. The hot-served chilled desserts market has grown 11.4% to more than £150m over the past year. Growth has been driven by an increase in buyers...
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NewsAcid Test: Loyd Grossman Classic Margherita pizza
I would normally buy Pizza Express-branded chilled pizzas as they are of a decent quality, but after trying Loyd Grossman's Margherita my loyalty has switched despite the fact that they are about...
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Focus On Pies & Meat Snacks: Shoppers go pie-eyed
Pies are enjoying a second year of growth, driven by recession-induced nostalgia, clear ingredients labelling and heavy promotional activity. But is it sustainable in the long term? Nick Hughes and Alex Beckett report
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Focus On Pies & Meat Snacks: Four to watch
Tempted by the burgeoning on-the-go snacking market, Wall's broke with 200-year-old tradition and ventured beyond sausages for the first time in February, launching a range of sausage rolls, pasties and pies.
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Curry king spices up Indian meals with first branded range
Sir Gulam Noon is hoping to shake up the own-label dominated Indian ready meal market with his first branded range in partnership with Kerry Foods.
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Loyd Grossman eyes a piece of the action with new pizza offer
Premier Foods’ Loyd Grossman brand has made its chilled food debut with a new range of pizzas.
The range launched into Sainsbury’s this week in three flavours: Napoli salami, classic margherita and chicken arrabiata. Each pizza is priced…