All Vegan and plant-based articles
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News
This 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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Comment & Opinion
The Grocer and its journalists are not anti-vegan or anti-plant-based foods
It’s our job to report on the plant-based category’s downs, as well as ups
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Comment & Opinion
Allplants’ collapse is a sign of investment hype, not plant-based fatigue
When billions are funnelled into new markets, there will inevitably be more failures than successes, says Martin Holden-White, founder & CEO at Grubby
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News
Unilever 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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Category Report
The power of pastry: savoury pastries & pies category report 2024
Savoury pastries are fast becoming a superhero in food-to-go and meal-for-tonight fixtures. What’s the secret behind their strength?
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News
Allplants 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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News
Allplants 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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Category Report
A new dawn for plant-based?
Cost of living struggles have hit plant-based sales, but the market is looking to recover with a more natural generation of products
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News
The 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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News
Bel 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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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Plant-based meat alternatives
Made of soya and fava bean protein, the product is designed to deliver a ‘hyper-realistic’ chicken imitation with a ‘meaty fibrous texture’
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Free-from & plant-based sweet
Nomo says it has long faced demand from its consumers to develop a sharing box they can tuck into as a family
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Free-from & plant-based drinks
The winning brand taps into that innate consumer desire to grab milk from the chilled aisle, even when it doesn’t come from a cow
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Free-from & plant-based savoury
Zenb spent 18 months creating a confidential technology that uses both the skin and core of a yellow pea and turns it into a noodle with 14g of fibre per 100g
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Baby & infant food
Little Freddie noticed that existing products fell short when it came to calcium levels
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News
Oatly 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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News
Beyond 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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Profiles
Danone’s Tom Kerr on spiders, rollercoasters and split trousers
‘I’d love us to be able to make it even easier for shoppers to make educated decisions about the products they’re choosing’
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Range Preview
Lamb guard of honour and passionfruit martini panettone: Morrisons Christmas range 2024
Morrisons’ new meat cuts, party-friendly nibbles and free-from options aim to lure consumers ahead of the big Christmas shop
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News
Food 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