All Chilled foods articles – Page 73

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    Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Four to watch

    2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Ex-England rugby skipper Lawrence Dallaglio teamed up with Sacla' in September to release a range of pasta sauces.

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    Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Character pastas feel the pinch

    2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Unless you are a three-year-old, you probably don't think about the Teletubbies too often. The psychedelic quartet have been a big name in the kids' pasta market, along with the likes of Scooby-Doo, Winnie the Pooh and SpongeBob SquarePants.

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    Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Shoppers switching to ambient

    2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The pasta market is worth £297.1m and has shot up 16.1% in value and 5% in volume. Much of the value growth has been driven by consumers paying more for their pasta, particularly dry pasta, which is up 23.8% in value and 5.5% in volume.

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    Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Dolmio leads in the advertising stakes

    2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Sales of pasta and pasta sauces have thrived despite a significant dip in advertising spend. Mars cut its advertising budget for Dolmio almost in half, from £8.29m last year to £4.33m this year. However, Dolmio was still the most heavily advertised...

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    Peter’s targets kids by spicing up slices

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Peter's Foods has set its sights on the younger market with the launch of a new line of slices.The 185g slices, being launched into the Premier range, come in eight flavours including Spicy Chicken Fajita with Discovery seasoning, Ham...

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    Focus On Soup: Take-home Snapshot: Promos encourage switch to fresh

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    The total soup market is valued at £491.2m, an increase of £36.7m on 2008. This growth is largely down to price rises, with the average unit price increasing from 65p to 71p.

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    Focus On Soup: Pots, not pouches, the packaging of choice

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Pouches have enjoyed success in categories such as fish and petfood but so far they have failed to win over soup shoppers. They seem ideal with a long shelf life, protection from fluctuating tin plate costs and can be microwaved yet...

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    Focus On Soup: Chilled soup steams ahead

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Cheap, comforting, and with a hint of retro chic, 2009 should have been a bumper year for canned soup. And if not canned, then pouches, which are working well in other categories thanks to a modern, microwaveable and lightweight profile.

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    Amy’s Kitchen adds touch of India to soups

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    California-based convenience brand Amy's Kitchen is adding an Indian Dal soup to its Waitrose range.Indian Dal Curried Lentil soup is made from a mixture of organic lentils and beans flavoured with a mild blend of spices and herbs (rsp:...

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    Veg Pots inspire new premium stew range

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    The success of Innocent's Veg Pots is catching. Alan Rosenthal, former buyer for Spanish food supplier Brindisa, has created Stewed! a range of chilled exotic premium stews.The four-strong range of Stewed! products (rsp:...

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    Pukka Pies upgrades to family size

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Pukka Pies has launched its first family-size pies with the aim of becoming market leader in the family-size hot pie market.The 700g pies come in chicken and steak varieties (rsp: £3.89) and will be in Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco from...

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    Tesco swaps Chinese range to Hom lines

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has replaced its chilled own-label Chinese ready meals and side dishes with a new range, after securing an exclusive marketing agreement with TV chef Ken Hom.

    The retailer is switching all 27 of its current SKUs for the 32-product…

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    Tesco swaps Rustlers line-up for Feasters after range review

    2009-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is to delist microwaveable snack brand Rustlers by the end of the month and replace it with its biggest rival Feasters.The retailer's decision to stop selling all hot snacking products manufactured by Kepak Convenience Foods,...

  • RUSTLERS HOT SUB
    News

    Acid Test: Rustlers Hot Subs

    2009-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Can this quick-heat meaty snack provide an alternative to the usual packaged sarnies for the UK's hungry office workers?

  • SANDWICH M&S
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    Sarnie revival is sign of economic recovery

    2009-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Bread makers this week hailed an increase in sandwich sales as an early sign of economic recovery as Hovis was revealed as the UK's fastest growing bread brand.

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    Tesco lists Guinness pies in 300 stores

    2009-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Debbie & Andrew's is to supply 300 Tesco stores with its Guinness-infused steak pies.A 600g family pie and a 250g individual pie will hit stores in October to coincide with the brewer's 250th anniversary. The pies would give...

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    Tesco to net students with fish finger sandwich

    2009-09-07T09:31:21.450Z

    Tesco is to launch a ready-made version of a student staple: the fish finger sandwich.

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    Cracking idea for Wallace & Gromit sarnies

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Sandwich maker Brambles Food is raising dough for Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation with a new range. Brambles will donate 15p to the kids' charity for every new Wallace & Gromit-themed sandwich sold. It aims to earn...

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    Kepak takes the hot sub concept to retail

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Kepak is adding a hot subs range to its Rustlers fast food portfolio to tap into consumer demand for subway sandwich snacks.Rustlers Hot Subs, available from next month, come in two variants; southern fried chicken with creamy mayo, and...

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    Sales up after pork pies ditch crusty old image

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    British shoppers are rediscovering their taste for pork pies restoring the category to growth after a poor 2008.Shoppers bought 360 million pork pies over the year to the end of May [TNS], 2% more than in the previous year. Value was up...