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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Ready meals & pizza
This was “absolutely delicious”, praised our judges, with “a really authentic feel and exciting packaging that would jump off the shelf”
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ProfilesBosh founder Henry Firth on vinyl, Interstellar and the future of food
‘Act like you’re cooking for your own kids and make food that keeps people healthier for longer. Surely that must be the future of food?’
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Category ReportA wider world of cuisine: trends in world cuisine 2025
Brits have had enough chow mein and nachos. They prefer truly authentic regional dishes from the likes of Mexico, India, Korea
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Ready Meals: 10 January
Ready meal ranges are getting bigger, better and a whole lot pricier
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NewsCMA raises Greencore Bakkavor competition concerns
Greencore and Bakkavor must address concerns from the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) in the own-label chilled sauces category to avoid an in-depth investigation of the £1.2bn merger of the two food groups
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NewsM&S’s Italian meal range relaunch delivers 25% uptick in volume sales
Value sales are up by 35% year on year since 10 September, when the 49 new or upgraded Italian meals landed in stores
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NewsOscar Mayer adds Lilo & Stitch ready meals for kids under licence
The meals were ‘extensively researched and tested’ at Oscar Mayer’s Wrexham Gastro Hub
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Range PreviewM&S refreshes its Gastropub range with new ready meals from Tom Kerridge
M&S Food has refreshed its Gastropub lineup with nine new comfort food dishes – four developed with celebrity chef Tom Kerridge
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s rolls £29.95 Brasserie meal into Waitrose
The Brasserie range was designed to ‘capture the essence of restaurant dining’, said Charlie Bigham’s
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NewsABF takes a bigger slice of Cook
ABF has increased its stake in posh ready meal manufacturer Cook, five years after first investing in the brand
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Comment & OpinionHow ready meals can drive positive change on health and sustainability
Efficiencies in packaging, cooking and ingredients can make a massive dent in the food sector’s emissions, says Sarah Hill, chief people and ESG officer at Oscar Mayer
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NewsChopstix debuts frozen ready meals in The Food Warehouse
The meals were made in partnership with Inspired Global Cuisine
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News2 Sisters Food Group names new head of meals division
Fletcher joined 2 Sisters in 2023, bringing a wealth of UK and international food manufacturing, operations and retail experience including senior leadership roles at Amazon, Tesco, Samworth Brothers and Cargill
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NewsTesco bolsters Finest lineup with Indian Banquet and Chef’s Collection
The supermarket has added branded meals from Bosh, Squeaky Bean and Itsu
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NewsBirds Eye and Tefal partner to help home cooks
The collaboration has been launched under a shared mission to create ‘A Better Everyday’ for UK households
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NewsItsu teams up with Bakkavor to launch chilled meals in Tesco
The meals are inspired by Itsu’s popular restaurant dishes
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NewsCathedral City launches first chilled party food range
The launch includes Cathedral City Cheese & Ham Croquettes and Cathedral City Cheddar Sticks, which rolled out in Morrisons
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Range PreviewCo-op launches new ready meal range and £7 dine-in deal for two
Co-op has launched Served, its new spin on a meal-for-two deal, undercutting premium rivals on price and aiming to make midweek dining easier
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NewsMorrisons launches first-ever premium dine-in meal deal for £10
Morrisons’ new premium meal deal offer is £5 cheaper than equivalent offers at Sainsbury’s and Tesco
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NewsBirds Eye adds Get Real protein meals inspired by world cuisines
Each frozen meal delivers an average 34g protein