All articles by Vince Bamford – Page 110
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Analysis & Features
Brands claim back promo space after non-food push
Fox’s is running a massive 561% more promotions than it did last year as brands drive growth – at the expense of own label.
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NewsDoritos offers online game to boost sales of dips with its chips
Doritos has unveiled plans to get more shoppers particularly gamers buying dips with their chips. According to Doritos brand owner PepsiCo, half the American shoppers who buy chips also pick up a dip, compared with just one in 10 UK...
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Profiles
Former boss of Cadbury Stitzer in Hershey link
Todd Stitzer, the man in charge of Cadbury when it was sold to US food giant Kraft, has been linked with a move to rival chocolate giant The Hershey Company.The former Cadbury CEO is reported to have had talks with the US confectionery...
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NewsRecord trading for Iceland
Iceland has announced a record year of trading for the year ending 25 March 2011. Pre-tax profits jumped 14.8% up to £155.5m. Sales were up 5.9% to £2.3bn, with like-for-like sales up by 2.1%...
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News
Mars appoints Dunning as grocery sales director
Mars Chocolate UK has appointed former Cadbury man Jamie Dunning as its new sales director for grocery.Dunning has joined Mars from Kraft, where he was impulse sales director for Cadbury products. He replaces David Bell, who was poached...
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NewsItsu to target retailers with new Asian snacks
Itsu is launching a new range of snacks, energy drinks and popcorn as the sushi restaurant chain looks to follow the likes of Nando, Pizza Express and Wagamama onto supermarket shelves. Itsu, set up by Pret A Manger founder Julian...
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NewsNow Levi Roots gets into the crisp market
He's given us Reggae Reggae sauces, ketchup, relishes, cooking sauces, ready meals, soft drinks, pizza, cookbooks and even a music festival so it was only a matter of time before Levi Roots put his name to crisps.
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Profiles
Hey pesto! A fresh turn from Sacla’
Sacla’ UK MD Clare Blampied reveals why the £24.3m business is now poised to expand beyond its ambient heartland into the chiller aisle for the first time. Vince Bamford reports
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NewsMr Kipling seeks slice of fresh cake market
Mr Kipling has moved into fresh cakes for the first time as part of Premier Foods' plans to breathe new life into its older brands. It has rolled out a three-strong range of chilled cakes into Asda and will be moving its Ambrosia brand...
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NewsResearch hub hunts for ‘quantum leap’ in brewing
Scientists at a new UK research centre will be hoping to develop the ‘holy grail’ of brewing: longer shelf life for beers. SAB Miller today announced it is building a £3m global brewing research facility, which will be sited at the University of Nottingham’s School of Biosciences.
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NewsNo smooth outcome as Stella 4% sales fall
Sales of Stella 4% - hailed as the most successful alcohol launch of the past 10 years - have crashed by more than 30% over the past 12 months. The beer, which was developed for the UK market and debuted in August 2008, was called the...
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News
Yorkshire Provender aims its fresh soups at young workforce
Premium soup supplier Yorkshire Provender is stepping into Innocent Veg Pots territory with the launch of fresh single-serve soups. The three-strong range described by the company as combining the convenience of soup with the sustenance...
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News
Oat So Simple gets two new ranges as Paw Ridge is axed
PepsiCo is rolling out two new ranges under its Oat So Simple brand one of which will replace failed children’s range Paw Ridge.
The company is axing the kids range after less than two years and introducing a range of four new kids’… -
Analysis & Features
Big products, fewer deals as promos face Royal squeeze
Easter’s hot weather and the Royal Wedding impinged on promotional space in April, but the savings offered have been better.
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NewsGü launches its first national TV ad and single-serve desserts
Gü is launching a range of individual single-serve puds as part of a major brand revamp that will be supported by its first national TV push. Gü Singles mousses (rsp: £1.19) are being launched after a trial of two single-pot products...
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NewsSacla’ gets fresh with premium pasta range
Ambient Italian foods specialist Sacla' is making its first foray into fresh this summer with the launch of a 20-strong range of pasta, pesto and sauces. Claiming the chilled cabinet was "virtually bereft of brands", the company said it...
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NewsEasy Bean launches first Fairtrade ready meals into the UK
The UK's first Fairtrade ready meals are to go on sale later this month. Produced by Easy Bean, the two Fairtrade bean-based one-pot products New Mexican Chilli and African Palava hotpot will go on shelf later this month in 100...
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NewsAll About Food takes La Tasca sauces to UK dining room tables
All About Food is targeting what it describes as the "untapped" market for Spanish cooking sauces with its latest restaurant link-up. The company, which produces Pizza Express, Nando's and Wagamama grocery products, is to launch a...
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NewsWarbies bagged snack back with new identity
Warburtons has returned to the snacks arena 10 months after a fire stopped production of its new SnackaDoodle and Chippidy DooDaa lines but it has dropped one brand and radically revamped the other.
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NewsThe wine world’s great secret heads for London
The profile of Lebanese wines "one of the wine world's great secrets," according to one Master of Wine is set to be boosted by its debut appearance at the London International Wine Fair. Generic body, Wines of Lebanon, will be attending...