News – Page 11
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NewsTop Products Survey 2024: scratch cooking boom boosts fresh meat and fresh veg sales
The Grocer’s Top Products survey 2024 reveals how this year’s focus on home cooking has benefited a whole host of kitchen cupboard staples.
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NewsQuorn expands snacking range with Smoky BBQ Bites
The bites will be available from 30 December in Asda and Tesco
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NewsThis unveils major brand refresh and redesign
The plant-based food company has redesigned its packaging, built on the existing company logo, launched a typeface and created a cloud scene visual element
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NewsUnilever explores sale of The Vegetarian Butcher as plant-based category slows
Analysts also speculated that Unilever could consider selling Colman’s, Marmite and Pot Noodle
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NewsAllplants enters administration as 65 staff made redundant
Frozen ready meal challenger Allplants has officially entered administration today, with 65 staff losing their jobs and investors facing losses of almost £70m
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NewsAllplants seeks a buyer to save plant-based brand from collapse
Plant-based ready meal maker Allplants is teetering on the edge of collapse and is working with insolvency advisors to explore all options for the brand’s survival
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NewsAldi recalls own-label bao buns due to undeclared sesame and duck meat
The retailer has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations and issued a point-of-sale notice
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NewsThe Happy Pear recalls ‘vegan’ houmous which may contain animal matter
A specific batch of chickpeas which were used may have been contaminated
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NewsBel UK launches Boursin Plant-Based
The new variant is designed to play into shopper desire for ‘the same indulgent taste and texture experience of dairy Boursin Garlic & Herbs’
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NewsOatly cuts losses as it targets profitable growth
Listed plant milk group Oatly moved close to breaking even in its third quarter as it continues its turnaround efforts to get into the black
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NewsBeyond Meat running out of cash despite return to growth
Investors are now hoping the business has turned a corner after sales grew 7.6% to $81m in the three months to September, and gross profit turned from a $7.3m loss to a $14.3m profit
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NewsFood Thoughts acquires Doisy & Dam from Nurture Brands to create new confectionery proposition
Food Thoughts has acquired vegan confectionery challenger Doisy & Dam from Nurture Brands to expand the ethical home baking brand into a new category
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NewsOatly launches Barista Lighter Taste for coffee lovers
The variant has a lower fat level at 2.1% compared to 3% of the original Barista Edition
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NewsMerchant Gourmet adds ready-to-eat beans to tap growing demand
All three variants contain a dash of Italian extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkle of salt
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NewsPotina plant-based banana oat drink launched for kids
The brand is designed to offer families a nutritious, plant-based alternative, free from additives
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NewsMaya Jama invests in plant milk Sproud and becomes co-owner
Jama will be the face of Sproud and a strategic advisor as the brand continues its growth
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NewsRude Health bought by Finland’s Oddlygood
The terms are undisclosed but Rude Health was valued at over £70m in 2020
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NewsEx-Heineken boss David Flochel to replace departing Quorn CEO Marco Bertacca
Bertacca joined Quorn Foods in 2020 and navigated the business through global challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent cost of living crisis
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NewsLidl triples plant-based range and sets new sales targets to support climate goals
Lidl GB chief commercial officer Richard Bourns said the supermarket was the ‘first UK retailer to set specific plant-based protein targets’
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NewsVeganuary founder launches anti-RSPCA Assured campaign
The ads, which shows a picture of a pig with the tagline ‘Don’t Trust the RSPCA Assured Label’, will be displayed in 2,750 Tube carriages