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NewsKerrygold launches Lighter block butter
Kerrygold has launched a lighter block butter in a bid to stem the flow of health-conscious consumers out of the category. Kerrygold Lighter Unsalted packet butter which contains 25% less fat than standard packet butter was a category...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Packaging changes make light work of bottles
The soft drinks sector has traditionally been at the forefront of packaging innovation, having helped to establish formats such as Tetra-Pak and PET bottles in mainstream retail.
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NewsTonnies ups UK presence with a toastable burger
First there was the microwavable fish finger, now shoppers can look forward to a beef burger that can be heated in a toaster. German meat giant Tonnies, which brought a range of savoury 'pop tarts' to the UK last year, is launching...
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NewsClink launches online so indies get a taste of ‘buying like Tesco’
A new online wine buying club has launched that is designed to help independents, wine merchants and parts of the on-trade "buy like Tesco". The Clink Buying Club, part of London-based distributor Clink Wines, is free for users to...
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NewsCampaign Trail: a touch of skittles
The Midas touch becomes the Tim touch in this new TV push where everything an office worker touches turns to Skittles. The ad, which screens for three weeks from 3 May, features Tim and his ability to transform items such as his computer mouse and...
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NewsJempson’s gets the nod for new flagship Home & Garden Centre
Sussex-based independent Jempson's has had planning permission approved to build a large Home & Garden Centre at its flagship store in Peasmarsh. Plans were approved in late 2009 for a garden centre in the car park, but were...
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NewsFocus On Wine & Champagne: Champagnes sparkle and lights shine
Champagne and prosecco are selling well, but other wines are facing slower growth. Will premiumisation, promotions and innovations make a difference? Simon Creasey reports
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Focus On Wine & Champagne: Innovations
Waitrose this month started stocking Cienna Rosso (rsp: £9.99), a sparkling red wine with an abv of 7.5%. The cienna grape was created by crossing sumoll, from Spain, with cabernet sauvignon, resulting in a wine with a "creamy palate with plenty of acidity and juicy flavours".
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News‘Low-fat Cheddar’ label gets green light from EU
Cheddar makers will soon be able to call their low-fat cheeses 'low-fat Cheddar' as a result of new cheese-labelling rules coming in. Current UK laws on compositional standards for cheese mean cheese makers are not allowed to use the...
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NewsDr Oetker takes tips from the top chefs
Home bakers are being offered the chance to cheat like the pros with two new Dr Oetker products. The brand has taken products used by professional chefs and adapted them for mass-market use. Cake Release Spray (rsp: £2.99) is designed to...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Turning up the fun for children
As health concerns have risen to the top of parents' agendas, so the onus has fallen on manufacturers to deliver healthier products aimed at children.
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Coke spends less despite World Cup
Although Coca-Cola sponsored the World Cup and its ad spend was five times greater than that of its nearest rival Pepsi, there was a marginal decline in investment by main brand Coca-Cola and a more significant dip by Diet Coke.
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NewsFormer Gü directors to launch posh yoghurts
Two former directors of Gü Chocolate Puds are preparing to launch gourmet New Zealand yoghurt brand The Collective in the UK. Mike Hodgson and Amelia Macleod ex-Gü MD and sales director respectively have formed a joint venture company,...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Go green with do-it-yourself fizzy drinks
You could say 2010 was the second coming of SodaStream. The fizzy drinks machines, invented in 1903, saw a massive 536% sales increase on the back of distribution gains in Asda and Sainsbury's, secured following a major brand relaunch.
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Focus On Soft Drinks: WP Hopper, the soft drink with a head
Maker The Juice Brewery claims this is the original soft brew a soft drink made using brewing methods.
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NewsFocus On Soft Drinks: Soft drinks harden up
Soft drinks have had to weather commodity price hikes and trend changes, but are fighting back with relaunches, collaborations and shifts in marketing strategies, says Nick Hughes
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Innovations
Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur Levi Roots has extended his £30m brand into soft drinks for the first time, launching a range of Caribbean-inspired fruit juices and carbonates.
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Focus On Soft Drinks: A growing passion for new flavours
The past 12 months have seen a raft of exotic soft drinks hit the shelves as suppliers capitalise on the growing willingness of consumers to experiment with new flavours.
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Flavoured milk not just the flavour of the week
Sales of flavoured milk drinks inched upwards last year, with value sales growing 0.2% and volume sales 4.4% [Kantar 52w/e 23 January 2011], leaving plenty of room for growth in a sub-category attractive to health-conscious consumers and, in particular, mothers.
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NewsOn Everest, Walker hits out at Iceland rumours
Malcolm Walker has slammed the speculation surrounding the sale of Iceland from his base camp on Mount Everest, as he prepares to scale the highest mountain in the world to raise £1m for charity.