All The Grocer articles in 29 October 2005 – Page 2
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The biscuits are coming
Brands really take the biscuit trying to keep up with each other, new flavours and the ItaliansEven old favourites aren’t safe in today’s competitive cake and biscuit sector, with brand heritage challenged from all sides. The...
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Double chocolate chip off old block
Consumers will be seeing double when they purchase a kingsize Mars or Snickers bar in the new year, although they won’t be getting any more product for their money.As from January 2006, the chocolate bars will be sold in a two-piece format and...
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British fresh pork losing share
British pigmeat’s share of the fresh pork category is in rapid decline, new figures reveal.Latest results from the industry’s PorkWatch survey, which monitors the provenance of pork, bacon and ham, show that in September, 79% of fresh pork sold...
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Time for Brits to sow oats
It’s the ultimate convenience food for Europe’s laziest breakfasters. New Covent Garden Food expects its new range of readymade chilled porridge to be a hit with the increasing numbers of people who forego a proper breakfast at home for a quick...
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TIME to empower buyers to take risks
from Simon Fry, head of product marketing, RH Amar & CoSir; It was with disappointment and exasperation that I heard of Andy Bond’s comments about a lack of product innovation at the recent IGD conference (The Grocer, October 22,...
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For goodness cake!
Consumers are munching away from traditional biccies and cakes in favour of more indulgent or healthier biscuits, says Helen GregoryLook inside most biscuit barrels these days and you’re more likely to find cookies with chocolate and...
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Celebrating with cake
Special occasion manufacturers are keen to put value back into the celebration cake market and rise to the challengeSales figures for special occasion cakes are a cause for celebration, although category worth estimates vary....
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King calls for a rethink
A top supermarket boss has urged the regulators to rethink their “one-legged” approach to competition policy.Justin King, chief executive of Sainsbury, said space was a finite resource for retailers irrespective of whether it was acquired or...
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Catch us eating rye, say fans
With snackers opting for less guilt-inducing, savoury alternatives, manufacturers are concentrating on a more exciting and varied rangeSavoury biscuits might once have been the preserve of posher types who nibbled them at dinner...
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Grabits trials chicken snack on a stick
Grampian Country Food Group is trialling a cooked chicken on a stick product in a bid to grow the meat snacking category.Grabits, which are being tested in selected Total and BP service stations, have been developed as a healthier alternative...
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Halal claims rubbished
Supermarkets selling halal meat may not be taking sufficient steps to ensure their meat is genuinely halal, it has been claimed.Naved Syed of the UK Halal Corporation, an accreditation body which says it is campaigning for higher standards,...
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Consumer Feedback
>>more selection in the cake and biscuit sectorsAlways popular with the consumer, the cake and biscuit sectors have seen relatively low levels of innovation in recent years. The volume of new products selected and tested has...
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Consumer Insight
When yoghurt is eatennYoghurt was eaten on 2.8 billion occasions last year, up 3.1% on the previous yearnVanilla is the most popular flavour of yoghurt, accounting for 26% of all...
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Hill Station licks rivals in cool ice-cream coup
Ice cream specialist Hill Station is to scoop up two larger rivals in an audacious £5.6m deal.The Wiltshire-based company, run by husband and wife team Charles and Gina Hall, has stunned rivals by announcing plans for the reverse takeover of...
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It’s not what’s on it but what’s in it that counts
What’s in a name? The ever-popular own labels show they can compete with the dominating well-known brandsBig budget spends mean branded cakes and biscuits get a high profile, but there’s still plenty happening in own label – it just...
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Creme Egg: how do you lick yours?
Cadbury Creme Egg has hatched into a new form – a branded ice cream from Fredericks Dairies.The manufacturer has developed Cadbury Creme Egg ice cream stick, containing vanilla flavoured ice cream with a bright yellow fondant sauce centre, in...
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Tesco to take on its critics
Tesco is to launch a staunch defence of its trading practices at the All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group’s evidence hearing next week at Parliament.The group is also expecting Asda to submit evidence to the High Street 2015 inquiry as the...
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Dairy producers told to spill milk
Organisers of a planned strike by farmers claimed this week that up to 30% less raw milk than usual will be available for collection by processors.Farmers For Action chairman David Handley said thousands of producers had pledged support to the...
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In Profile: David Guest, marketing/commercial manager, Walkers shortbread
Former Sainsbury’s buyer David Guest is finding life very different on the supplier side of the fence in his new role as marketing and commercial manager for...
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But it’s a yes from Delmonte as Edwards juices it up
Del Monte has announced it has appointed former Heinz general manager Leigh Edwards as commercial director of its juice and fruit company. Prior to joining Del Monte, Edwards held the position of customer development director at Wrigley, and...
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