All articles by Niamh Leonard-Bedwell – Page 19
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Analysis & FeaturesCan the CMA save parents from infant formula confusion?
The CMA’s report on infant formula concluded parents are overpaying by £300 a year. How does it plan to tackle the issue and what’s the response?
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NewsKraft Heinz seeks packaging innovators for global R&D challenge
Startups have just over a week left to enter the competition
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NewsLeon adds microwave meals and frozen ‘favourites’ to grocery range
The push marks ‘a significant milestone for Leon Grocery’, which has increased its distribution by 40%
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NewsMama Honey targets young shoppers with ‘disruptive’ brand
The honey brand will make its retail debut this summer
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Analysis & FeaturesFive startups transforming the future of food
A wave of startups is are turning innovation into advantage, pioneering solutions to challenges presented by chocolate and cheese to coffee and packaging
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Analysis & FeaturesFuture-proofed food: commodities battle climate change and crop disease
As climate change and disease make crops less predictable, scientists are making contingency plans: cultivating new varietals, battling bugs and pioneering new growing techniques
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KVI TrackerInfant formula ‘all the same’, says Iceland boss Richard Walker
The retailer has rolled out shelf-edge labels communicating formula’s nutritional equivalence, despite selling four brands at different prices
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NewsCocoa-free chocolate brand ChoViva makes UK debut with Aldi tie-up
The NPD has hit shelves under the discounter’s private label Dairyfine
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NewsParents overpaying by £300 a year on infant formula, CMA finds
The regulator launched its investigation in 2023 after finding manufacturers had raised prices by as much as 36%
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NewsMedia Bites 14 February: Unilever, Valentine’s Day, American candy
Unilever’s plans to separate its ice cream division were covered widely by the papers this morning
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NewsSnacking a ‘love language’ for most shoppers, Cadbury survey finds
Eight out of 10 agreed it was ‘worth the extra calories to share a snack with someone I love’
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NewsChicP launches houmous and tortilla chip snack pots into Ocado
Founded by former chef Hannah McCollum in 2015, ChicP offers a range of houmous dips
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s targets northerners as part of £1.7m campaign
The posh ready meals maker has traditionally localised its TV adverts to London and the south of England
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NewsDoritos Dinamita hits UK as PepsiCo taps demand for spicy snacks
‘Gen Z are driving the demand for bold and exciting flavours,’ said PepsiCo
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NewsStartup Well & Truly ‘flattered’ by Cadbury copycat campaign
‘We’re honoured that Cadbury loved our creative idea so much,’ said Well & Truly founder Sara Trechman
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NewsTerry’s adds trio of Easter eggs to drive sales ‘beyond Christmas’
The innovations include a snack-sized chocolate egg, filled with orange cream
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NewsMagnum unveils Utopia marbled ice cream sticks in ‘unmissable’ launch
The innovations are billed as Magnum’s ‘most indulgent and premium flavours yet’
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NewsSidemen launch Sides ice cream into grocery through Beechdean tie-up
The ice creams contain pieces of cake and ‘sumptuous’ sauces
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KVI TrackerValentine’s Day chocolates get pricier as cocoa shortfall kicks in
Out of 237 gifting lines available this year and last, 181 (76.4%) have risen in price
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NewsMr Kipling adds Simnel Slices ahead of Easter to lure over-45s
The NPD catered to a previously untapped opportunity for a smaller, convenient format of simnel cake