All Butters & spreads articles
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Category ReportIs it toast for palm oil? Jams, spreads & honey category report 2025
Palm oil is linked to the loss of orangutan populations. No wonder it’s a no-no for many nut butter brands
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NewsYeo Valley’s margins squeezed in ‘fiercely competitive marketplace’
Yeo Valley acknowledged ‘the sometimes competing forces’ of paying a fair price to farmers while keeping retail prices low
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RankingsDairy - butters & spreads 2024: price drops can’t prevent BSM squeeze
In spite of lower prices, many suppliers continue to experience major sales declines
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KVI TrackerMince pies up 40% year-on-year amid tight sultana and butter supplies
Twenty-six mince lines are pricier this year than last
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KVI TrackerButter prices soar by a fifth amid tight milk and cream supplies
Thirty-seven out of 117 butter lines at the major multiples have seen their prices hiked in the five weeks to 13 November
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Dairy foods
Churned in small batches on a Somerset farm, the winning product blends garlic, parsley, mint and lemon
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NewsKP Snacks enters nut butters with Whole Earth Foods deal
KP Snacks has moved into the nut butter category with the acquisition of branded leader Whole Earth Foods
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NewsManilife invests £1m in new factory as a platform for growth
The new 13,500 sq ft site in Derbyshire – set to start production in the first quarter of 2025 – has capacity to store up to six billion peanuts, equating to 15 million jars of peanut butter
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NewsWyke Farms launches new branding for its core range
The new branding will extend across all marketing communications, website and social media
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Analysis & FeaturesWho holds the power in UK dairy?
UK dairy has become ‘more polarised towards the bigger players’ over the past five years. Here’s a look at the 15 biggest and how they’ve risen to the top
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy is Unilever selling its cream business?
Unilever wants to spin off its £7bn-sales global ice cream business. Why? Who wants to buy it? And will it work?
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Analysis & FeaturesCreative challenge: next-gen packaging ideas to liven up dairy
We challenged agencies to create packaging fit for the future. Ideas ranged from a refillable ice cream carton to a seaweed-based butter wrapper
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the dairy category is getting fit for the future
Dairy is shaping up for success with a series of major strategic deals, buoyed by slowing inflation and stabilising costs
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Category ReportHow can marge get back in fashion? Dairymen butter & spreads category report 2024
Margarine has been in and out of consumers’ favour. Now, it’s losing out to less processed butter with ‘clean’ ingredient lists
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NewsAll Things Butter launches category-first chocolate butter
The launch forms part of the brand’s mission to expand the category with chef-crafted flavours that create more occasions for butter use
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NewsUpfield announces name change to Flora Food Group
The name change capitalises on the company’s longest-standing and most popular brand, Flora
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NewsPilgrims Choice owner Ornua Foods UK sees sales rise in ‘stable’ 2023 accounts
Pre-tax profits remained unchanged at £11.6m on the back of inflation-busting ‘sustainable pricing structures’ said the subsidiary of Irish dairy co-op Ornua
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NewsLurpak launches clean ingredient deck plant-based variant to UK supermarkets
Lurpak Plant Based will be available to British shoppers from 21 August
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NewsKerrygold owner Ornua hires ex-Nestlé exec Cesar França to run Global Foods division
Brazilian França will be responsible for driving the ’continued success and ambitious growth plans’ of Kerrygold, Ornua said
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NewsFuture of Hollybush butter brand secured after sale to Gower View Foods
The sale follows the announcement its owner Evan Rees (Butter) Ltd is to close