All Chilled foods articles – Page 77
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Tesco swaps Rustlers line-up for Feasters after range review
Tesco is to delist microwaveable snack brand Rustlers by the end of the month and replace it with its biggest rival Feasters.The retailer's decision to stop selling all hot snacking products manufactured by Kepak Convenience Foods,...
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NewsAcid Test: Rustlers Hot Subs
Can this quick-heat meaty snack provide an alternative to the usual packaged sarnies for the UK's hungry office workers?
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NewsSarnie revival is sign of economic recovery
Bread makers this week hailed an increase in sandwich sales as an early sign of economic recovery as Hovis was revealed as the UK's fastest growing bread brand.
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Tesco lists Guinness pies in 300 stores
Debbie & Andrew's is to supply 300 Tesco stores with its Guinness-infused steak pies.A 600g family pie and a 250g individual pie will hit stores in October to coincide with the brewer's 250th anniversary. The pies would give...
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Tesco to net students with fish finger sandwich
Tesco is to launch a ready-made version of a student staple: the fish finger sandwich.
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Cracking idea for Wallace & Gromit sarnies
Sandwich maker Brambles Food is raising dough for Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation with a new range. Brambles will donate 15p to the kids' charity for every new Wallace & Gromit-themed sandwich sold. It aims to earn...
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Kepak takes the hot sub concept to retail
Kepak is adding a hot subs range to its Rustlers fast food portfolio to tap into consumer demand for subway sandwich snacks.Rustlers Hot Subs, available from next month, come in two variants; southern fried chicken with creamy mayo, and...
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Sales up after pork pies ditch crusty old image
British shoppers are rediscovering their taste for pork pies restoring the category to growth after a poor 2008.Shoppers bought 360 million pork pies over the year to the end of May [TNS], 2% more than in the previous year. Value was up...
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Fridge Raiders targeting kids’ lunchboxes
Fridge Raiders has extended its range of meat snacks into the lunchbox market in a bid to further accelerate strong sales growth. The 100% chicken breast Fridge Raiders multipacks (£1.79 per 3x35g pack) were a healthier alternative for...
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Quality Test: Own-label quiche Lorraine, 400g-425g
Morrisons' quiche was the best all-rounder. Not only did it look appetising, its pastry was also perfectly smooth and not too dry, the egg custard tasted just right and was crammed with bacon.
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NewsFuture of Heinz sandwich range hangs in balance
Production of the Heinz branded sandwich range was halted just six months after its October launch and the company is still “reviewing its options” about the range’s future following a breakdown with the manufacturer, thegrocer.co.uk can reveal.
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Mattessons sausage ad falls foul of ASA
Kerry Foods has been rapped for broadcasting a suggestive radio ad when children could be listening.Some 21 listeners complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about an ad for Mattessons, claiming it was offensive and contained...
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NewsAcid Test: New Covent Garden Soups Watercress & Crème Fraîche
Can be served hot or cold, but the reaction is distinctly lukewarm
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NewsTesco unveils new City Kitchen ready meals range
Tesco is trying to challenge the perception that ready meals are intrinsically unhealthy with the launch of a new premium range of chilled dishes.
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Florette pushes freshness in TV ad aimed at women
Florette is to highlight the 'fresh-er-ness' of its salad leaves in a £2m 'crisp to the bottom of the bag' summer ad campaign.
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Sainsbury's expands its Indian offer
Sainsbury's is expanding its Indian foods offer with dedicated areas in each store in an attempt to cash in on the increase in the number of people staying in to eat. The retailer, which claims to be the UK’s number one retailer of Indian...
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Picture This... Holland's Pies drops burnley
Holland's Pies boss Neil Court-Johnson said he had no regrets over the company no longer sponsoring high-flying Burnley as they enjoy life in the Premier League next season. The pie-maker took staff to Wembley to watch Burnley clinch promotion in...
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Ginsters aiming to revive pork pie sales
Ginsters says its new range of pork pies will breathe life into the declining category.
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Quality test: own-label fRESH PASTA SAUCE, TOMATO & MASCArPONE
At £1.99, Waitrose's sauce was the priciest of the bunch and was pale in colour.
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NewsAcid Test: Rustlers Bacon Roll
There's nothing like the smell of a processed bacon roll fresh out of the microwave...