All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 100
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Hit or miss? - Hula Hoop Shoks
It was hard to ignore the arrival of KP's Hula Hoops Shoks in the bagged snacks category last April. For a start, the foil packs were cube-shaped and came in bright green, pink or orange, while the flavours gloried in the names Full-on Onion,...
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ABF profits from acquisitions
Associated British Foods said interim results had seen good performances from its Kingsmill bread, Ryvita crispbread and discount clothes store Primark and buoyed by new the businesses of Mazola oils and Ovaltine drinks.The group – which...
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Spanish Salsa joins Pringles flavours
Procter & Gamble is supporting the arrival of new Spanish Salsa flavour Pringles with a dedicated £2m TV spend. Due to hit the small screen next month, the campaign is part of the brand's £10m 2003 marketing budget. Further activity is set to...
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SKIPS IN THEIR EYES
Savoury bagged snack Skips is to sponsor new TV series Stars in their Eyes Kids, which starts a nine-week run this weekend, as part of the brand's £2.7m marketing budget this year. Ads at the beginning, end and during the show feature an...
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Doritos' cinema push is just the ticket
Walkers has announced a further flurry of activity behind four of its key brands. As part of its ongoing £7m round of support behind Doritos, the snacking giant has joined forces with Odeon and Blockbuster to give away more than seven million...
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Crisps are bulky and there is pressure on stocking, in the s
In terms of consumer non-availability Safeway, with 24% unavailable for non-promoted products and a massive 37.5% for promoted products, takes the trophy. Here it is worth re-emphasising that we use four regionally separated stores as our sample. In...
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It's The Osbourne
Kelly Osbourne is to be the face of Walkers' corn snack brand Doritos in two new TV commercials. Due to hit the small screen on Monday (March 17), the ads back the relaunch of the small bag format and the arrival of new Extreme Chilli Heatwave...
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Chocolates join toffees
Walkers Nonsuch, best known for producing speciality slab toffee, is adding chocolate products to its repertoire with the launch of Milk Chocolates with Toffee Centres. The newcomers, which boast a double coating of milk...
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Study clears link between chips and cancer
Scientists have dismissed recent claims that foods such as chips, crisps and toast could raise the risk of cancer.A few months ago Swedish scientists rang the alarm bells when they found high levels of a chemical called acrylamide – which...
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He’s still around
Bagged snack brand Hula Hoops is to welcome back its ‘ordinary bloke’ brand ambassador Steve Threlfall as part of a £10m spend this year. The character formed the backbone of 2002 activity for the core range, starring in spoof ads which...
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He's still around
Bagged snack brand Hula Hoops is to welcome back its ordinary bloke' brand ambassador Steve Threlfall as part of a £10m spend this year. The character formed the backbone of 2002 activity for the core range, starring in spoof ads which...
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Tesco recall for nut cutlets
Tesco has recalled a batch of its own label vegetarian nut cutlets which could be contaminated with glass. The recall of Tesco Vegetarian 4 Nut Cutlets – manufactured by Goodlife Foods – came after four customers complained of glass found in...
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Baked Bean for a laugh
Walkers has confirmed it is to add a limited edition Baked Bean flavour to both its crisps and Monster Munch ranges to help raise funds for Comic Relief. It plans to back the newcomers with a burst of TV ads starring brand ambassador Gary...
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Walkers puts its muscle behind Wotsits
Mary Carmichael Walkers has unveiled its first marketing plans for the Wotsits savoury snacks brand as it finally takes full control of its summer acquisition. Activity will include updated packaging, as well as "extensive" in-store PoS...
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A staggering 91% of retailers could not think of a deal that
In our monthly survey, retailers are given no prompts,but simply asked to think of a promotion that was worthwhile. Only 9% were able to highlight activity worth mentioning  and that was on Carling, Coca-Cola, Foster's, Walkers and Whiskers....
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GETTING STUCK IN
Adrian Hill has a tough act to follow when he took up his new job as company secretary at Walkers' Nonsuch, the independent toffee specialist based in Stoke-on-Trent. His predecessor was Cyril Jackson who had held the position for the last 50 years...
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books and crisps
Walkers has signed a deal with The Sun to run the Free Books For Schools campaign for the fifth year running. From next year, schools will again be able to collect tokens from The Sun, sister paper News of the World and packets of Walkers...
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Paul Monk is a self-confessed masochist. Why else, he argues
Also, if the fact that Walkers already appeared to be in an unassailable position as Britain's number one branded crisps producer wasn't bad enough, Monk now faces the reality that the battle lines are in the process of being redrawn without the...
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Multinational giant PepsiCo has plans to launch a raft of ne
The company, which already has a number of major brands in the UK such as Pepsi, Walkers and Tropicana, is looking to introduce a range of snack products it acquired with its purchase of Quaker Oats Company last year, as well as Gatorade, which...
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Smile adds to buyers after acquisition
Smile Newshops has added three people to its buying team in the wake of its purchase of the 15-strong JCR News group. Gail Callery has become impulse buyer for confectionery, soft drinks, snacks, crisps and news. She was previously confectionery...