All Chilled foods articles – Page 71
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Focus On Lunchbox: Hand-held pastry products
Not so long ago, the pastries market was looking limp and tired, with little to offer shoppers besides the same old traditional sausage rolls or pork pies.
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NewsFocus On Chilled Ready Meals: Meals on deals
Meal deals and extensive NPD ensure shoppers keep coming back to the ready meals aisle – but there are still gaps in the market to be exploited, reports Gordon Carson
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Focus On Chilled Ready Meals: Four to watch
The City Kitchen quickly gained plaudits for its style and the quality of ingredients following its launch last June.
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Dinner Made Easy: Morrisons launches chilled meal packs
It’s not a ready meal and it’s not a dinner kit - or not as we know it. The Dinner Made Easy range differs from regular meal kits by containing all the ready-prepared ingredients needed to create a dinner, rather than just specific parts…
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NewsAcid Test: The Saucy Fish Co Ovenable Bag range
The fish tastes really fresh. I have tried bagged fish before but this was 10 times better! It breaks up nicely and was soft and lovely.
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NewsMarco Pierre White goes in a revamp for Glorious!
Glorious! has cut the apron strings with brand ambassador and television chef Marco Pierre White in a major relaunch for the brand.
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Natty hits Tesco with her rarebit
An innovative Welsh rarebit spreads range has won its first multiple listing.
Natty’s Welsh Rarebit makes its major retail debut in 45 Tescos in Wales this month. It comes in four flavours original, leek, chilli and bacon and is… -
NewsAcid Test: Branston Pickle Pork Pie
“The pie tasted okay and the pickle was a welcome addition, but I was dubious of the quality of the meat contained within.”
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NewsSandwich body blames mults for bland products
The pre-packed sandwich market has grown by 3.6% in the last year to more than £6bn, with volume sales up 4%. But there are fears that cheaper, recession-inspired ranges could now stunt the growth of the industry.
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Ginsters targets the picnic season with a raft of NPD
Ginsters has set out its stall to reinvigorate the savoury pies and snacks fixture with a raft of NPD including its first foray into mini-pasties.The Cornish company revealed the seven new impulse lines this week and warned that...
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New Covent Garden launches quiches in another stab at food
New Covent Garden Food Co is adding a quiche range to its portfolio one year after its ill-fated Sprout venture. The deep-filled range, rolling into Asda and Waitrose now, comes in carrot & coriander, broccoli & stilton and...
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Holland’s to unveil Corrie pie selection
Pie maker Holland's is launching three Coronation Street-themed pies.The Northern Foods-owned company has joined forces with the soap to introduce limited-edition pies including a Steak & Coronation Street Ale variant (rsp: £2.49)...
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Gluten-free Cornish pasty goes into Asda
Free-from specialist Dietary Specials is introducing a Cornish pasty into Asda to capitalise on the gluten-free market. The pasties will arrive in stores later this month (rsp: £2.99 for two).
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Picture This... Gü velvet: the dark side of puds
Gü debuted on TV this week with a darkly sensuous ad straight from a David Lynch film. A woman out walking her dog follows some eerie music coming from a house.
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Tesco rolls out Rowe’s hot food counters
Tesco is rolling out hot food-to-go counters next to its sandwich chillers, following the success of Cornish pasty counters in its south west stores. Rowe's bakery in Cornwall said its range of pasties, steak slices and sausage rolls was...
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Focus On Microwaveable Foods: Four to watch
Last year, Young's set out to tackle the problem of soggy microwaved fish fingers. The brand launched Micro Fish Fingers, which have a special coating that prevents moisture from the fish entering the crumb and packaging that reduces the build-up of steam to ensure the fish fingers come out crispy.
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Quality Test: Steak & kidney pie
As a pie connoisseur, I'm looking for flaky pastry, generous filling and viscous gravy. Sadly, each of these pies failed on at least one count.
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Focus On Microwaveable Foods: Rise of the micro snack
Scratch cooking is cost-effective, but microwave meals are convenient. And shoppers aren’t about to give them up just because times are hard. Vince Bamford reports
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Focus On Microwaveable Foods: Pots stand out from crowd
One packaging format growing its presence on supermarket shelves is the microwaveable pot with big names such as Innocent adding critical mass to a format that a number of smaller players have been using for some time.
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Morrisons trials fresh cream cakes
Morrisons is trialling a premium fresh cream cake counter in Kirkstall in Yorkshire, as part of a wider revamp of Market Street.
The cakes are 99p each or four for £3.60, and are displayed in a separate counter next to its cheaper, boxed…