All Ambient articles – Page 12
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NewsOrganix adds baby meals and kids’ snacks in ‘biggest shake-up’ to date
The innovations set ‘new standards in the babyfood category, with flavours and textures designed to spark a love of great food’, claimed Organix
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Comment & OpinionA fair price for Italian tomato growers would curb exploitative labour conditions
Migrant workers in the country continue to face exploitation, says Jeremy Gibson, Napolina brand director
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NewsRapeseed oil prices surge by up to 100% amid ongoing Ukraine conflict
Ambient giant Princes confirmed it had faced ’significant inflationary pressures’ after products from two of its cooking oil brands doubled in price
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Comment & OpinionHeinz’s recent move into freezers makes more sense than its Houmouz
Heinz Beanz Houmouz is unusual for all sorts of reasons
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Analysis & FeaturesHow jam supplier Single Variety Co became a Farm Shop & Deli award winner
The jams and preserves brand is the brainchild of former supermarket buyer Nicola Simons
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NewsMars launches Snickers flavour dessert sauce
The NPD will join Mars and Bounty’s dessert sauces on shelves in Tesco from the end of May
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Promotional FeaturesMasterclass: why shoppers are falling back in love with tomatoes
Despite now commanding £211m in sales value in the UK, the ambient tomato category has suffered in the past from a lack of game-changing innovation and investment. However, Italian brand Mutti shows how the category’s resurgence since 2021, sparked by a shift in consumer behaviours, is seeing the market reinvigorated and causing UK consumers to fall in love with tomatoes once more.
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NewsTesco expands MSC-labelled tuna range with sourcing from Papua New Guinea
The supermarket is also now labelling its Stockwell & Co line as MSC-certified with another two products set to follow
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Category ReportMealtime lifeline: ambient & canned goods category report 2022
Canned food proved vital in lockdown. Now the category looks set to help rescue consumers from the choppy waters of inflation
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NewsBold Bean Co launches jarred beans range into Waitrose
‘We are delighted to be the first jarred beans to enter a major supermarket in the UK,’ said the brand
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NewsHartley’s adds Jelly Sours trio to appeal to ‘grown-up kids’
The brand “wanted to create a range that enables the brand to appeal to a wider audience”
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NewsSunflower oil supply crisis begins to hit supermarkets
The crisis has “disrupted supplies of sunflower oil to the UK,” affecting a wide range of products, said BRC deputy director of food Andrea Martinez-Inchausti.
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NewsFuel10K’s FareShare porridge donations hit 500k mark
FareShare this week revealed that 90% of its beneficiary organisations are affected by the cost of living crisis
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NewsPesto suppliers in hunt for sunflower oil alternatives as Ukraine war threatens supply
A large portion of the global supply of sunflower oil comes from Ukraine and Russia
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Analysis & FeaturesSix convenient yet sustainable cooking sauce innovations
These innovative cooking sauces deliver on nutrition and convenience as well as being sustainably packaged
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Category ReportAn Italian renaissance? Cooking sauces & meal kits category report 2022
Heinz has tapped its artistry in tomatoes in an effort to revive the flagging pasta sauce market. Can its new range inspire?
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NewsWonky fruit drink brand Flawsome loses listings in Sainsbury’s and Morrisons
Flawsome lost listings on the back of a ‘really tough period’ for the brand, which fell victim to supply chain disruption and the global aluminium shortage
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NewsSchwartz owner McCormick plans raft of sales team redundancies
A spokesman for McCormick told The Grocer it was “optimising our route-to-market model to ensure our products are available to consumers seven days a week”
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NewsHeinz challenges Dolmio and Loyd Grossman with ‘innovative’ pasta sauce range
Heinz is playing up its tomato credentials with the launch, and the fact that it produces its own tomato seeds
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NewsJohn West promotes health benefits of Enriched range in new ad push
The Enriched range was launched last September as part of a drive to reposition John West as a more health-focused brand