All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 91
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Jordans and Ryvita to merge
Cereals business Jordans is to merge with Associated British Foods' Ryvita business.Associated British Foods, which took a 20% stake in Jordans last year, will have a 62% interest in the combined business, with the balance held by the...
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Tyrrells and Kettle premium sales boost crisps category
Strong sales for premium crisp brands such as Tyrrells and Kettle have boosted the crisps and snacks category and helped counter the impact of obesity concerns.Sales in the overall crisps, nuts and snacks market were up 5.8% to £1.5bn...
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Pringles Pocket Pack and Bite Size
The Pringles brand has been enhanced with two genuinely innovative and exciting pieces of NPD. New Pringles Pocket Pack and Rice Infusions Bite Size are both aimed at satisfying the increasing demand for Pringles in the single-serve snacks...
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Ryvita and Burton's face off over snacks
Burton's Foods and Ryvita are going head to head with two major launches in the healthy savoury snacks market this summer.Burton's Foods is making its first move into savoury impulse snacks under its Bertolli licence next month,...
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Walkers Nonsuch to keep it in the family
Specialist toffee maker Walkers Nonsuch, which makes traditional toffee bars and twist-wrapped toffees, has appointed three new directors, all from the Walker family.Managing director Ian Walker's daughters Katie and Emma Walker and...
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Langholm eyes serious sales growth at Tyrrells
Tyrrells is to ramp up its distribution through the multiples -and may even seek listings in Tesco - in an attempt to double sales in the next few years.In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, new owner private equity firm Langholm...
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Langholm buys Tyrrells for £40m
The sale of premium crisp producer Tyrrells to private equity firm Langholm Capital has been completed.The deal believed to be worth £40m was first revealed by The Grocer at the beginning of March and was completed on...
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Tayto Golden Wonder acquires Red Mill
Crisp manufacturer Tayto Golden Wonder has acquired Red Mill Snack Foods for an undisclosed sum.Red Mill makes a number of own-label and branded snacks including Mr Porky pork scratchings and the Transform A Snack range. “We have...
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Doritos targets latest ad at the final frontier
Doritos is planning to boldly go where no brand has gone before by broadcasting an advert into space.In a £2.5m campaign to reinvigorate flat sales, it is launching an on-pack drive this month inviting consumers to make an advert and...
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Tyrrells in shock £40m sale claim
Crisps supplier Tyrrells has entered exclusive talks with Langholm Capital after the private equity firm tabled a bid as high as £40m, The Grocer has learnt.The exclusivity arrangement is timely as Tyrrells' founder Will Chase is likely...
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Pringles tries again to bag megabrand status
Pringles is launching into the bagged crisps market for the first time in a new attempt to crack the £630m single-serve category. Pringles Pocket Pack and Rice Infusions Bite Size, mini versions of the standard brands, will be introduced...
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Tangerine Confectionery acquires Monkhill
Tangerine Confectionery has acquired Monkhill from Cadbury Schweppes for £58m.Monkhill manufactures Butterkist popcorn, Barratt Sherbet Fountains and Jameson's chocolate confectionery and operates three factories and a distribution...
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In Brief: Prawn Pringles; Prawn Pringles; Fairtrade sauces; Gluten-free minis
Prawn Pringles Prawn cocktail flavour is to be added to the Pringles menu from next month. The launch marketing campaign has the strapline 'Fall in love with new Pringles Prawn Cocktail'. Typhoo's trunk call Typhoo is promoting the release of movie...
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Walkers ploughs £27m into promoting a natural image
Walkers is investing £27m in bagged snacks this year as part of its efforts to create a more natural image for the brand. The biggest-ever spend for the Walkers portfolio will also support the launch of a sub-brand called Farmers'...
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acid test -Thierry's Wine services & Carlsberg
Expert's verdict... 6/10 ?A novel idea and a crisp Cabernet Sauvignon with lots of blackberry and vanilla. The Vins de Pays market is enjoying something of a rejuvenation at present. However, I am not sure that the absence of a strong on-pack brand...
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Top export award goes to Walkers Shortbread
Walkers Shortbread walked away with a brace of awards at the Food from Britain Export Awards, sponsored by The Grocer. The shortbread, biscuit, cakes and oatcakes supplier, which exports its products to more than 80 markets worldwide,...
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Cadbury enjoys sweet success over Christmas
Alcohol may once again have been the dominant category over the festive period, but as far as the brands were concerned it was the big hitters of confectionery, biscuit/cake and crisps/snacks brands that topped the tree.
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Evans to succeed Walkers' Campbell
Walkers UK general manager Neil Campbell has been promoted to president of Tropicana USA and will be replaced by Richard Evans, PepsiCo commercial vice-president in the Middle East and Africa. Campbell has been with PepsiCo UK for more...
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Scots wholesalers elect new president
Iain Hill has been elected vice president of the Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA). Hill is managing director of Ayrshire-based wholesaler Iain Hill, which delivers crisps, snacks, soft drinks and confectionery to independent retailers...