All Ambient articles – Page 71

  • BIG-HOOPS
    News

    Hula Hoops offers up sharing bags of its ‘hole new’ range

    2011-07-23T00:00:00Z

    If you pine for the days when you were small enough to fit a Hula Hoop on your finger, then United Biscuits may have the product for you. The company has extended the bagged snack brand with the launch of Big Hoops, which it described as…

  • SOLE-NASI
    Profiles and QandAs

    The Human Angle: Sole Nasi, marketing manager, The Fresh Pasta Company

    2011-07-23T00:00:00Z

    What's it like to work for your company? Fun, exciting and exhausting! We move fast and are always planning the next project.

  • ALL-BRAN
    News

    Kellogg’s targets an all-new All-Bran audience

    2011-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg's is hoping to revitalise its 90-year-old All-Bran brand by targeting younger women rather than elderly people with digestive problems. Sales of All-Bran, the second-oldest Kellogg's brand after Corn Flakes, have...

  • QUIRKS
    Analysis and Features

    Acid Test: McVitie's Quirks Double Choc

    2011-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Quirks has been designed to attract younger consumers to the biscuit aisle

  • GOLDEN-WONDER-NOODLE
    News

    Movie tie-up for Nation’s Noodle lines

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Golden Wonder: The Nation's Noodle is the latest food and drink brand to sign up as an official sponsor of the film version of TV series The Inbetweeners. Limited-edition Nation's Noodle and Normous Noodle pots offering consumers the...

  • WEETABIX-SLOW-RELEASE
    News

    Weetabix focuses on slow energy release

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Weetabix has unveiled a new pack design and £7m marketing push for the cereal in a bid to reposition it as a 'slow-release energy' food. TV ads that broke today (16 July) feature the strap 'Fuel for Big Days' and pitch the brand as the...

  • MISFITS
    News

    Mars offers quirky new dog treats

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Mars Petcare has unveiled a new dog treat brand offering quirky shapes and flavours. Available to retailers from this week, the five-strong Misfits line-up is designed to give dogs a range of tastes, texture and smells and includes…

  • News

    Diet crisps fly off shelves at Poundland

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Poundland has shifted £1.5m worth of WeightWatchers-branded crisps in less than two months. The round-pound discounter relaunched an exclusive range of the brand earlier this year and ran a golden ticket promotion on multipacks of the...

  • KITKAT-POP-CHOC
    News

    Pop Choc goes into impulse

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé is expanding its Kit Kat Pop Choc brand which it launched in sharing bags in March into the impulse market. The company says retail sales of Pop Choc have hit £3m since launch, prompting the roll-out of the bitesized pieces of...

  • MARK-GARCIA-OLIVER
    Profiles and QandAs

    My Alternative CV: Mark Garcia-Oliver MD of The Fresh Pasta Company

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Mark Garcia-Oliver MD of The Fresh Pasta Company, on Saturday Night Fever, spiders and being Pastaman

  • News

    Admirable new Thorntons tactics

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Sir, It was refreshing to read your recent Thorntons article ('Can Thorntons perk itself up with a shot of Caffé culture?, 2 July, p14). Jonathan Hart's strategy to move the business from an inflexible, out-of-date model to a flexible,...

  • GUZZLE PUZZLE
    Analysis and Features

    Acid Test: Guzzle Puzzle

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury says the new format will extend the brand’s reach to young families and adults

  • TULIPS
    News

    World Flowers closure followed a £4.4m loss

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Retailer price pressure, cold weather in Kenya and disruption caused by last year’s ash cloud culminated in World Flowers posting a £4.4m loss before it ceased trading on 2 May 2011, The Grocer can reveal. World Flowers was a major…

  • MCCAIN-TOASTED-SANDWICHES
    News

    Shift in focus for McCain toastie offer

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    McCain has revamped its frozen toasted sandwich offer to focus on health and taste rather than speed. The company has scrapped its Micro Toastie product, which was aimed primarily at a teenage market, and replaced it with the McCain...

  • SENSATIONS-NEW-LOOK
    News

    Sensations get new look - and flavours

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Walkers is revamping its Sensations crisps and adding two new flavours in a bid to revive the brand. Value sales of Sensations have fallen 9.2% over the past year [Nielsen 52w/e 25 June 2011], and Walkers is hoping a refreshed pack design...

  • PARIOLI
    News

    Tesco’s latest venture delivers a taste of Italy

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has ramped up its branded activity this week with the launch of a range of Italian products. The Parioli line-up, rolling out to stores now, includes pasta, cooking sauces, olive oil and tinned tomatoes, but industry insiders have…

  • HEINZ-PUREE-SOUP
    News

    Heinz purée range to stir cup soup market

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is hoping to revolutionise the cup soup market with a range of soups made from a purée rather than a powder. Squeeze & Stir soups are packed in individual sachets (rsp: 59p) containing the concentrated purée, which is designed...

  • CADBURYS-CAKE-BARS
    News

    Cadbury Cakes refreshed with new varieties and pack revamp

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Premier Foods is revamping its Cadbury Cakes range with a packaging facelift and new variants. This month the company is rolling out Double Choc Mini Mini Rolls (rsp: £1.99) alongside a reformulated Cadbury Milk Chocolate cake bar...

  • WESTON-WEBB
    News

    Ex Mars president to be the new MD of Birds Eye

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    A former Mars president will join Birds Eye UK & Ireland as managing director in September following the departure of Anne Murphy, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. Andy Weston-Webb, who has worked on brands such as Colgate, Mars,...

  • News

    All-day bara breakfast from Ginsters

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Ginsters is extending its Cornish Bara range with an all-day breakfast version. The original three-strong line-up of baras was launched in March, when Ginsters described the product which is made with soft bread dough as "the love child...