All Chilled foods articles – Page 75
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Ready meal premium for Mey Selections farmers
Farmers producing meat for Sainsbury’s ready meals in the Mey Selections range will receive a guaranteed premium under the terms of a new supply agreement. In a deal believed to be a first for ready meals, Sainsbury’s will be paying a higher price...
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Falafel in the line-up as Linda McCartney gets into snacking
Hain Celestial is taking its Linda McCartney brand into the snacking arena with a range of falafel and is adding new dishes to its traditional meal menu as part of a rejuvenation plan for the brand. The falafel balls, which will be available from...
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Gü launches family-sized desserts
Chilled desserts specialist Gü has launched two family-sized desserts to tap growing demand for sharing puds. The 450g offerings, Gü Chocolate & Vanilla Cheesecake and Frü Zesty Lemon Cheesecake (rsp £3.99), provide ‘8 cautious slices’ or ‘6...
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Ginsters sizes up its pies to fit appetites
Ginsters has overhauled its pie range, reducing the size of its individual pies from 250g to 180g and introducing a range of 550g family-sized pies. The move was prompted by research that suggested many pies on the market were the wrong size, said...
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Discovery’s revolution in dipping
Mexican food specialist Discovery Foods has introduced a range of dips on the back of its £2m La Revolucion ad campaign. The Salsa, Guacamole and Nacho Cheese dips (rsp £1.29-£1.59) are the latest in a string of launches from the brand since...
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Food expert tries to broaden kids’ tastes with ethnic range
Children’s food expert Annabel Karmel has launched World Foods multi-ethnic ready meals in an attempt to encourage children aged four and up to eat more exotic dishes. The new range, which includes chicken tikka masala & rice and salmon...
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Peter’s eyes slice of Pukka-Pies’ market with Premier range
Welsh pie specialist Peter’s is hoping to grab a slice of Pukka-Pies’ market with a new ‘posh’ pastry range that launched into more than 400 Sainsbury’s stores this week. The Premier Pie range carries an rsp of £1.35, pitching it right in Pukka’s…
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Heinz uses sauce brands to sell sandwich range
Heinz is moving into the pre-packed sandwich market for the first time – using its sauces as a key selling point for the 19-strong range. The Heinz line-up, which is being rolled out across convenience stores next week, consists of sandwiches, baps,...
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Venison pizza ready to debut in Scotland
A venison pizza, thought to be the first commercially available on a wide scale, will make its debut in Sainsbury’s stores in the first week of November. The pizza has been developed by game processor Highland Game and Scottish-Italian pizza...
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Green revamp for M&S pizza
M&S’s pizzas have undergone a makeover in preparation for a relaunch of its Italian range next week. M&S said more than 60% of the packaging in its pizzas had been stripped away, so almost 500 fewer tonnes of cardboard and 83 fewer tonnes of...
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New Covent Garden launches family lines
The New Covent Garden Food Co is shaking up its chilled soups portfolio by introducing new flavours, improved recipes and its first family-sized range to broaden the brand’s appeal. The Daniels Group subsidiary is putting £1.5m behind the push,...
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Frü adds trifle and summer pudding
Frü adds trifle and summer pudding Gü is hoping to almost double UK sales of its Frü Fruity Puds brand to £9m in the next year by adding two new products to the chilled fruit-based desserts range. The new products consist of traditional British summer favourites strawberry &...
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Mulberry juice first claimed by Fairjuice
Drinks company Fairjuice has introduced what it claims is the UK’s first mulberry juice drink. Mulberry Fair is available in two flavours, Mulberry & Sanguinello Orange and Mulberry, Grape & Pear, rsp £3.29 for 1 litre. The company says mulberries...
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Youngs brings scampi and Kiev together
Seafood company Young’s is combining two 70s favourites in its latest launch. Scampi Kievs are made from Scottish scampi stuffed with garlic butter and covered in breadcrumbs and retail at rsp £3.99 for a 250g bag. They join Young’s other scampi...
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Organic sarnie supplier aims to appeal to kids
A retail sandwich range aimed specifically at children is making its way into the chillers later this month in a bid to bring younger consumers to the category. Organic sandwich brand Fresh Naturally Organic is launching the sandwiches,...
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Florette scores TV first with groundbreaking thermal ad
Florette has launched what is believed to be the first TV advertising campaign to run only when the weather is warm enough. In a move set to revolutionise food marketing, the prepared salad specialist is using 'thermal...
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Frozen ready meal sales fall slows...
The decline in the frozen ready meal category is easing off, indicating that the aisle could be back in growth in the coming years.Although new data from Keynote reveals sales in the £612m category were down 3% in 2007, it is a marked...
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New ready meal range targets busy parents
Busy mums struggling to feed fussy offspring are the target of a new range of healthy chilled ready meals for children. Eat Fussy is the brainchild of Annabel Karmel, food consultant, chef and author of children's food and nutrition...