All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 112
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Kellogg's Crunchy Nut gets Reddy for adult breakfast
Kellogg's has come over all grown up with the £2m launch of a new cereal aimed at adults. Based on Kellogg's top-selling adult brand Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes, Crunchy Nut Red also includes cranberry fruit pieces, almonds and yogurt flavour flakes....
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Fogg gets mixing
KP is ringing the changes with new products and sizes for sharing. The Phileas Fogg brand gets two newcomers New York Deli Mix (rsp: £2.49, 280g) and Thai Mix (£2.49, 230g) while Mini Cheddars BBQ and Tangy Salsa are available in 250g drums…
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Coke and P&G abandon alliance
Coca-Cola and P&G have pulled the plug on their multibillion partnership to hive off brands including Sunny Delight, Pringles and Minute Maid into a standalone enterprise. In a tersely written joint statement, the two parties said they would...
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Tesco closes in on Asda while Walkers gives snacks a leg up
Competition becomes more fierce in the fascia chart this week with only two percentage points separating the top three. Asda and Tesco retain first and second positions respectively with Safeway rising to third place. Heinz slips to fourth...
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Gaw must keep crisp volumes snappy in the Scottish market
John Gaw is Walkers Snack Foods' new divisional sales manager for Scotland, following Ross Kerr's retirement after 35 years. Gaw's responsibilities include driving volume and share in the Scottish market as well as providing a senior Walkers...
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Microwave popcorn is one of the fastest growing sectors in t
Brand manager Chris Seymour says: "ACTII takes over 60%* share of trade. That's 50% more than all the competitors put together!" ACTII is the only microwave popcorn that is produced, sold and distributed by the manufacturer in the UK. The product...
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Moneybags' second run
Walkers is to relive last year's Moneybags craze by bringing the promotion back for a second run. And it claims the "most successful in-pack promotion of 2000" will be even bigger this time around. Last year's push, when £5 and £20 notes and...
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A provocative £5m advertising campaign for Nescafé Gold Blen
KP introduces animated heroes Sid and Alfie this week as frontmen in new advertising for its its Skips brand. They battle the evil forces of the Wizard of Stodge. TV ads for Wrigley's Orbit tooth-whitening variant White broke last week. The new...
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McCain launches vending machine
McCain is chipping into the vending market with a new machine which delivers piping hot French Fries at the drop of a coin. The system, developed by Swansea based Mono Equipment, is aimed at retail outlets, pubs and clubs and leisure facilities....
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Playful personality gets squashed
Toffee Crisp's crunchiness is the focus for a new ad campaign featuring a new animated character. Named Toffee Crisp Cheery Chocolate Chum, the character stars in three ads, in a bar, a cinema and at a pool table. These start on September 3. Each...
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MONSTER TURNS TONGUES BLUE
The trend for brightly coloured food has reached savoury snacks, with the arrival of New Monster Munch Pickled Onion which turns tongues blue. The new flavour, which was launched in the United States last year, contains dye which turns blue when...
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Stokes puts his export expertise at the disposal of Walkers
Andrew Stokes has become export sales manager of Walkers Shortbread after 23 years at Premier International Foods group. Stokes spent all but six years of that time with its Chivers Hartley arm, becoming general manager of marketing and export. He...
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Wotsits aims to kick off playground cult
Golden Wonder is to kick off the new football season with a 30-million pack promotion for Wotsits. Footie Flicka' will allow children to collect colourful star-shaped football cards which can be flicked through the air. Free in packs of regular...
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Skips get a Magic taste
KP has climbed aboard on the Harry Potter bandwagon with a £1m Magical' themed ad campaign to back a new limited edition Skips flavour in September. The new Wizard's Wicked BBQ flavour, which introduces a Wizard of Stodge character, will get...
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The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: Top 10 brands lau
sales value £m 1. Walkers Doritos 3Ds 13.77 2. Pringles Right 13.59 3. Wotsits Wafflers 6.34 4. Wotsits Weenies 3.40 ...
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The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks: market research n
Price pressures peg value Lionel Wiggins, client service director, TNS Impulse The bagged snacks market is growing in volume terms (+4%) but has hardly moved forward in value. This is because of a number of factors particularly within the core...
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THE GROCER FOCUS ON CRISPS, NUTS & SNACKS
Analysis by Janet Kelly While research shows that shoppers have got the munchies for crisps, nuts and snacks, it also demonstrates that these consumers are a promiscuous bunch, who'll graze the fixtures for the best deals out. According to a year...
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The Grocer focus on crisps, nuts & snacks
analysis by Sarah Hardcastle - multiples blamed for static value - innovation gathers pace - children keep growing - spice is king Crisps, nuts and bagged snacks is the third biggest market in packaged grocery and right in tune with the big...