All Chilled foods articles – Page 79
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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… -
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Quality test: Own-label macaroni cheese
Anyone looking for a classic comfort eat as winter draws in knows the value of a good macaroni cheese. Unfortunately, the Asda meal wasn't good.
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Dickinson & Morris offers festive pies
Pork pie specialist Dickinson & Morris is launching a limited-edition Ultimate range to Tesco and Waitrose in time for Christmas. The Game Pie, an extra large authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie, and a cranberry-topped pork pie are...
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Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Dolmio leads in the advertising stakes
Sales of pasta and pasta sauces have thrived despite a significant dip in advertising spend. Mars cut its advertising budget for Dolmio almost in half, from £8.29m last year to £4.33m this year. However, Dolmio was still the most heavily advertised...
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Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Shoppers switching to ambient
The pasta market is worth £297.1m and has shot up 16.1% in value and 5% in volume. Much of the value growth has been driven by consumers paying more for their pasta, particularly dry pasta, which is up 23.8% in value and 5.5% in volume.
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Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Character pastas feel the pinch
Unless you are a three-year-old, you probably don't think about the Teletubbies too often. The psychedelic quartet have been a big name in the kids' pasta market, along with the likes of Scooby-Doo, Winnie the Pooh and SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Watching the pennes
Pasta is one of the great recession success stories. Volume sales have risen 5% year-on-year despite price rises driving the category's value up 16.1% [TNS 52w/e 9 August 2009]. And although there seems to have been some trading down a...
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Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Four to watch
Ex-England rugby skipper Lawrence Dallaglio teamed up with Sacla' in September to release a range of pasta sauces.
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Amy’s Kitchen adds touch of India to soups
California-based convenience brand Amy's Kitchen is adding an Indian Dal soup to its Waitrose range.Indian Dal Curried Lentil soup is made from a mixture of organic lentils and beans flavoured with a mild blend of spices and herbs (rsp:...