All Butters & spreads articles – Page 3
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Category Report
Are lower butter prices sustainable? Butters & spreads category report 2023
Cuts in own-label butter prices are a small sign of deflation. But with suppliers still under pressure, could they be soon reversed?
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News
Wyke Farms to launch UK-first carbon neutral butter
The Somerset-based supplier’s Ivy’s Reserve Salted Farmhouse Butter will go on sale in September
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News
Dairy alternatives name ban would be devastating, suppliers warn
New draft guidance is being prepared to help trading standards officers interpret and enforce laws on how dairy alternatives are marketed
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News
Trewithen Dairy slides into the red amid production cost hike
The supplier enjoyed a £10m increase in sales but has faced significant hikes in input costs
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KVI Tracker
Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl cut bread and butter prices
Sainsbury’s said it was passing savings onto customers after seeing a fall in the price paid to suppliers
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News
Anchor and Lurpak reduce block butter pack size
The dairy co-op has started phasing out 250g blocks of its two flagship brands, citing the cost-of-living crisis.
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News
Ornua profits fall despite strong turnover growth
The Irish dairy co-op and Kerrygold owner saw turnover grow by €918.3m to €3.4bn in 2022
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News
Lactalis launches vegetable oil-free Président lighter spreadable butter
The butter uses milk and cream to offer a ’rich, creamy and indulgent taste experience’, said Lactalis UK & Ireland
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News
City snapshot: British Honey Co calls in administrators
Listed producer of honey and spirits British Honey Co has announced its intention to appoint administrators following the failure to raise critical funds
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News
Wyke Farms opens £10m butter facility in Somerset
The new dairy will enable the company to produce premium butter with longer shelf-life, allowing for shipping to export markets and reducing waste in store and at home
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News
Peanut butter brand ManiLife swaps out plastic packs for glass jars
According to ManiLife, the move was driven by consumer demand and the desire to build ‘a reusable packaging loop’
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Analysis and Features
Dairy – butters & spreads 2022: Spreads slip as lockdowns come to end
If there’s one category that sums up the toll of inflation in grocery, it’s butters and spreads
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News
Nut butter brand ManiLife adds Cocoa Dusted snacking peanuts
The NPD comprises the brand’s ‘signature’ deep-roasted peanuts, coated in caramel and dusted with cocoa
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News
Petfood subscription service Butternut Box sees sales leap
Online petfood player Butternut Box saw a 50%-plus leap in sales last year as it built on pandemic demand, though losses grew due to investment in growth
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Category Report
Size matters: The Dairymen butter & spreads category report 2022
With everything shrinking except headline-grabbing shelf prices, how will the BSM category fare as inflation rises further?
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Analysis and Features
Posh butters and squeezable udders: how to add value in dairy
Against a backdrop of soaring prices, The Grocer charged five creative agencies with pitching dairy products Brits would be happy to pay more for
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News
Pip & Nut adds Sweet & Salty peanut butter - and makes Waitrose debut
The NPD is made with the brand’s “signature” peanuts from Argentina and sweetened with Mexican Blue Weber agave nectar
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News
Forest Feast claims category first with Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Dates
The innovation was developed after similar recipes proved popular on Instagram and TikTok
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Analysis and Features
How a London couple are putting their Heart & Soul into peanut butter
Asli Gokturk and Adem Garip were making their own peanut butter at home, before turning it into a brand during lockdown
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Comment and Opinion
Magnum, Flora, Twix… shrinkflation is rife, but shoppers will only take so much
Shrinking packs during the worst cost of living crisis in 30 years risks undoing years of brand loyalty