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NewsCharlie Bigham’s profits soar from growing brand awareness
Revenues at the company rose 8.8% to £144.3m in the year to 31 August 2024 as volumes jumped by the same amount
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NewsPrinces rolls out campaign to ‘boost profile’ of UK food manufacturing
The campaign will showcase a newly introduced UKM stamp
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ProfilesByRuby’s Milly Bagot on public pools, store layouts and fish pie
‘It’s rewarding when we’ve helped people through tricky times – when cooking is the last thing on their mind’
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Range PreviewTesco's 2025 summer ranges: inspiration from Italy to the US
Tesco is going big on summer with the launch of over 230 new own-label lines for summer 2025 including ready meals, barbecue and picky bits.
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NewsMorrisons stores get major overhaul as it aims for ‘farm shop feel’
Morrisons’ changes include more premium SKUs and a revamped Market Street
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NewsRio Mare launches tuna salad pots to UK market
The range includes six tuna salads in a recyclable bowl without any added preservatives
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Comment & OpinionWhy are unhealthy ready meals escaping regulation?
Some ready meals contain more salt in one serving than an adult’s entire daily limit, says Sonia Pombo, head of impact and research at Action on Salt
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NewsMost supermarket ready meals contain excessive salt, research finds
Out of 1,511 ready meals sold across 11 retailers, 56% were high in salt
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NewsWeightWatchers files for bankruptcy amid GLP-1 drug boom
WeightWatchers said it was navigating a ‘rapidly evolving weight management landscape’
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KVI TrackerRustlers shrinks microwave burgers, citing inflationary pressures
‘Our core focus is to provide the best-value products,’ said Rustlers owner Kepak
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NewsTesco increases meal deal price by £3
Tesco has increased the price of its Tesco Finest dine-in meal deal by 25%.
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NewsWotsits adds Mac ‘n’ Cheese meals in partnership with Samworth Brothers
The range would ‘spark impulse purchases in a traditionally older-skewing market’ said Wotsits owner PepsiCo
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Range PreviewTesco to roll out Rondanini’s new Spanish-inspired range
Will Brits swap burritos for bravas? DeNada’s new range of Spanish-inspired ready meals hopes they’ll say sí
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Jasmine Johnson, process technologist, Charlie Bigham’s
‘That hands-on, curious approach naturally pulled me towards food and drink as a career’
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NewsMumsnet launches ‘family-friendly’ kids meals into Iceland Foods
The Iceland range marks a supermarket debut for parenting website Mumsnet, designed to cater to ‘busy families who don’t always have time to scratch cook’
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NewsWaitrose unveils chicken welfare labelling scheme and hits BCC target early
Waitrose will meet the requirements of the Better Chicken Commitment this year
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NewsField Doctor debuts ready meals range for GLP-1 weight loss drug users
The meals were designed by dieticians to ‘cater to the needs, symptoms and side effects’ of people on weight loss programmes
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NewsGreencore to buy rival food-to-go firm Bakkavor for £1.2bn
Bakkavor had previously rebuffed two offers from Greencore, including a £1.1bn approach last month.
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ProfilesKirsty’s’s Kirsty Henshaw on free-from, skiing and Coyote Bars
’People are your greatest asset but can also be your most challenging,’ says Kirsty Henshaw
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NewsReady meal startup Field Doctor fundraises for B2B move
Field Doctor would not reveal the exact size of the investment, which came from Perfect Redd and the South West Investment Fund