All Pies and pastries articles – Page 2
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Analysis and Features
Savoury pastries & meat snacks: NPD keeps pastries & pies fresh
Canny innovation has helped savoury pastries hold their own in the wake of the pandemic
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Category Report
Why the meal deal could be on life support: Food-to-go category report 2022
Meal deal prices are on the up – and rising labour costs are likely to make the situation critical. How can the supermarkets adapt?
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Category Report
How exotic pie is getting a piece of the action: savoury pastries & meat snacks category report 2022
Brands are reaching for global influences to reinvigorate pastry and meat snacks. Can they reinvent the pie for a new shopper?
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News
Pukka unveils raft of NPD including ‘first to market’ pizza-pie hybrid
The innovation push formed ‘part of our ambitious plans to ramp up visibility of savoury pastry products across stores’, said Pukka
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News
Media Bites 24 October: Morrisons, staff shortages, Deliveroo
Morrisons owner CD&R is seeking to sell and lease back five supermarkets in what is thought to be the first such deal to be sanctioned in the Bradford-based grocer’s 123-year history
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News
Samworth Bros commits £100m investment following Covid rebound
Samworth has pledged to invest more than £100m in growth over the next two years after bouncing back from Covid
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News
Samworth Brothers pays tribute to late founder and life president Sir David Samworth
The group said Sir David helped shape the modern food industry over ‘a long and successful business career’, as well as giving ‘distinguished service’ in many other roles
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Comment and Opinion
Ginsters comforts rain-affected Cornish folk
Welcome to Cornwall. It’s raining. This doesn’t stop the locals from doing it dreckly though
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News
Ginsters adds Four Cheese & Chive and Meatball Marinara pastries
Ginsters MD Sam Mitchell said the brand wanted to “keep savoury pastry at the top of consumers’ minds through innovative options in a flexible and affordable format, while introducing a younger market to the category”
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Eloise Cantello, senior account executive, Wild Card PR
Eloise does PR for fmcg brands like Ginsters and Yeo Valley
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News
Tom Kerridge poised to challenge Pukka and Higgidy with retail pie range
The chef, owner of the double Michelin-starred Hand & Flowers pub in Marlow, has applied to register the names ‘Humble Pie’ and ‘The Humble Pie by Tom Kerridge’ with the Intellectual Property Office
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Rankings
Britain’s Biggest Brands 2022: the top 100
The data in Britain’s Biggest Brands 2022 is for the period 52 w/e 1 January 2022
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News
Higgidy launches range of new veggie quiches, slices and pies
The launches mark part of a concerted effort by Higgidy to bring vegetables and plant-based options “to the forefront” of its offer
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News
Three-quarters of meal deal snacks ‘dangerously’ HFSS, research shows
A third of all meal deal snacks (30%) exceeded the government’s maximum salt targets, Action on Salt found
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News
Higgidy appoints Megan Welch as first sustainability manager
She has previously held sustainability roles at Virgin Atlantic and Canon
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News
Higgidy to invest £10m at Shoreham HQ with view to doubling sales
The investment followed increased demand for the brand’s products, fuelled by ’the rise in flexitarian and vegan diets’, said Higgidy
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News
Ginsters adds garlic mushroom slice to vegan range
It will roll out from 3 January to cash in on the upcoming Veganuary campaign
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Analysis and Features
Savoury pastries & meat snacks 2021: brands able to maintain momentum
Higgidy and other meal-focused pastry brands have benefited from the continued growth of at-home dining occasions
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Category Report
Pasties at dawn: savoury pastries & meat snacks category report 2021
The home lunch is proving an attractive battleground for savoury pastry brands, who are using new products to outgun their rivals
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News
Wall’s Pastry adds pair of vegan microwaveable slices to lineup
The duo would offer “a modern twist on the brand’s iconic product range of sausage rolls and other savoury pastries”, said the brand