Archive of all Events articles – Page 2
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Ready meals & pizza
This was “absolutely delicious”, praised our judges, with “a really authentic feel and exciting packaging that would jump off the shelf”
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Rice, pulses & pasta
Inspired by favourites from its restaurant menu, this vegetarian curry combines plant-based protein, fibre and plenty of pulses, herbs and spices
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Fizzy & sparkling drinks
With ‘a bold and fun can design with clear messaging for both parents and kids who may buy it’, the drink has a ‘great, fruity flavour’, said judges
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Food on the go
‘What a wonderful pork pie,’ said our judges. ‘The packaging doesn’t do justice to the hand-rolled, genuine PGI proposition, taste and aroma’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Free-from & plant-based – savoury
Quite simply, a ‘brilliant product that’s bang on consumer trends, as people look to limit UPFs and eat whole plant foods instead’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Free-from & plant-based – sweet & milk
‘Taste-wise this absolutely delivers,’ said one judge, who had high praise for the quality of the ingredient deck too
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Infant & children’s food
Our judges enjoyed the Organix Fruit Bar’s ‘light aroma, with sweet dates, prunes and a slight hint of oil flavour with a soft bite texture’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Jams & spreads
‘One word to describe the taste: yummy,’ said one judge about the Fearne & Rosie Mango Preserve
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Juices & smoothies
Our judges praised the Vadasz Kimchi Shot’s sustainability credentials and ‘punchy flavour’, with many saying they wouldn’t hesitate to add it to their own shopping basket
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Flexible plastic pack of the year
‘These packs are a welcome step change in the industry, reducing pack size, saving plastic and saving shelf space for the consumer,’ said our judges
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Bread & home baking
‘A lovely example of a fruit loaf, packed with fruits and in good proportion,’ praised our judges. ‘The spices add extra interest and depth of flavour, and the fruit helps offset the sourness in the dough and creates a well-balanced flavour.’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Cakes & biscuits
The Seriously Chocolatey Digestives were created by the biscuit brand as a way to tap into demand for more indulgent everyday treats
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Cheese
Rather than the kid-friendly options that saturate the supermarket aisles, this innovation felt like a more premium product geared toward adults
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Chocolate
Far from a novelty proposition, the Duo bar has proved a commercial hit since it launched in 2024
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Condiments
Our judges loved this ‘delightful, well-balanced product with a gentle chilli kick’ and the fact it could be applied to myriad use cases in the kitchen
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Alcohol
Tequila-based cocktails served with a zingy grapefruit twist are enjoying a moment, with the Paloma now a top-10 serve in global cocktail rankings
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Alcohol-free
Our judges enjoyed the non-alcoholic G&T’s ‘citrus and zesty’ scent, followed by clear notes of botanicals like juniper and a ‘lingering bitter finish’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Innovative pack of the year
This is a development that’s ‘worth celebrating’, said our judges, using genuinely innovative materials and a ‘great design’ that ticks all the boxes
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Label & pack design of the year – drink
Our judges felt Hobgoblin Ale’s high-quality imagery was bolder, brighter and more inclusive
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Label & pack design of the year – food
It looks like something you’d find in a deli, said our judges, with an authentic look and feel