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Focus On Frozen Food: Innovations
Birds Eye's bid to tap into the £140m convenient rice category features four products combining rice with Birds Eye's frozen vegetables. Consumers can pick from four flavours, including Mediterranean Vegetable and Pilau with Peas and Spinach, in packs of two for £1.79.
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Levi Roots now unveils Rasta Pasta
He’s at it again! Reggae Reggae founder Levi Roots has now expanded into the pasta sauce category.
Rasta Pasta sauce (rsp: £1.89), now in Morrisons, is described as “lightly spiced, with sun-ripened tomatoes, pineapple, guava and herbs”…. -
NewsPatak’s turns up heat with new extra spicy range
Patak’s is spicing up its range of Indian cooking sauces with a new extra-hot line. Its new Hot & Spicy range comprises a Tikka Masala, a vindaloo and – hottest of all – a phal (rsp: £1.59 each).
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NewsRasta Pasta is latest launch from Levi Roots
Levi Roots has added to his ever-expanding line-up with Rasta Pasta, marking his second product launch in a week. The Caribbean-themed pasta sauce features sun-ripened tomatoes, pineapple and guava. It is available now in Morrisons (rsp: £1.89).
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Comment & Opinion
Putting down Roots
When does the little guy become the big guy? At what point does a cottage industry become a sprawling commercial empire with fingers in every metaphorical pie?
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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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Focus On Scotland: Awards show off Scotland’s healthy side
Could the Scots finally be kissing goodbye to the deep-fried Mars Bar? This year's Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards, which took place in Dunblane on 26 May, certainly showcased a raft of healthy, innovative, food products.
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NewsNordic Bakery offers dark rye chips snack
Scandinavian-style café Nordic Bakery is launching a rye chips snack into its stores and the wholesale channel this month. Made from Finnish rye, the dark rye chips (£1.30/80g) are low in fat and are pitched as a healthier alternative to...
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Focus On Scotland: The brands switching lanes to win
The past year has seen a spate of cross-category innovation as Scottish brands target new customers and look beyond their traditional markets.
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NewsCampaign Trail: Sunbites have the x factor
X Factor finalist Rebecca Ferguson will be making her first TV appearance as the face of Walkers' wholegrain snack Sunbites in a campaign that launches on Monday (6 June). The TV ad echoes Gary Lineker's first Walkers role with wholesome Ferguson...
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Focus On Scotland: Nick Nairn’s rallying cry
Scottish celebrity chef Nick Nairn dislikes being characterised as "a tub-thumping patriot", but as he prepares to launch his first, avowedly regional, range of chilled foods including a whole Haggis Nairn complains that his homeland is "still woefully under-represented south of the border"
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Focus On Scotland: Thumbs down to salmond’s ‘Tesco tax’
Scotland can be a minefield for retailers more accustomed to operating south of the border. The Scottish government's new majority status is set to reignite the debate over minimum alcohol pricing, for instance.
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NewsFocus On Scotland: Scotland eyes organic growth
The Scottish government wants the organic sector to be a key driver in its ambitious plans to grow food and drink sales. But that’s only half the story, as Virginia Matthews reports
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Focus On Scotland: Innovations
Seafood producer Loch Fyne is showcasing some of the best of Scotland's seasonal food and drink with a new range of summer hampers.
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Focus On Scotland: Younger punters key to market
They've both traditionally attracted an older, overwhelmingly male audience but now the whisky and real ale industries are eyeing up new customers.
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Focus On Scotland: Scots want local, if the price is right
The export market might be buoyant, but domestic demand for Scottish food and drink isn't miles behind and Scots don't just want the obvious fare.
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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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Focus On Oils: Algal oil not just a novelty food
Algae may not be particularly pretty, but it can produce up to 300 times more oil per acre than the likes of rapeseed and soybeans, several times a year, and it could be heading this way.
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NewsFocus On Oils: Extending the olive branch
Despite pricing volatility and a fall in promotional activity, shoppers continue to flock to the oil fixture – particularly for olive oil. It’s all down to NPD and added value, finds John Porter