All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 103
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Playing Ketchup
Walkers and Heinz are teaming up to produce Heinz Tomato Ketchup flavoured crisps. Walkers already had a Tomato Ketchup flavour but the Heinz version which has taken six months to perfect has proved more popular during trials. Both brands'...
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KP McVitie's division scrapped
United Biscuits is scrapping its KP McVitie's sales division as it restructures and puts more cash behind activities in the wholesale sector. Up to 400 staff are being axed, including 145 sales reps. A spokeswoman said that few employees would be...
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New cola with a Georgian frontage
Crystal Drinks the company owned by Cott Beverages until two years ago is launching a traditional style cola called Old Georgia Cola. The company said: "It is made exactly the way cola used to be with Kola Nut and Coca Leaf extract." It has...
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Opinion: Do you like being a football?
It's hard to guess which will be the more sickening. Will it be patronising, wannabe MPs of all political shades donning crisp new Barbours and shiny green wellies before splashing through sodden meadows hunting rural votes? Or the ear-grating tones...
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It's a new Spice group
McCoys is the latest KP snack brand to get the spicy treatment. Hot on the heels of Hula Hoops XL and Mini Cheddars flavour extensions, KP has created McCoys Spice, a brother brand for the main McCoys. The new spicy flavours are Firecracker, Balti...
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Doritos drives Chip and Dip with bags of the hot and hip
The new advertising campaign for Doritos spearheads this year's £12m investment by Walkers aimed at developing the Chip and Dip category. A bunch of new products and a clutch of new merchandising units are also a key part of the brand's evening...
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Extensions for two favourites
Cadbury is planning new brand extensions for Crunchie and Dairy Milk. Crunchie Nuggets are nuggets of honeycomb covered in Cadbury milk chocolate. And Dairy Milk Shots are balls of Dairy Milk in a crisp sugar shell. They both come in 125g and...
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Brandwatch profile: crisps and snacks
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Jan '00 - Dec '00 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor TV Direct Mail Total 27,138 ...
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Comic goings on with Dennis the Menace style Skips
KP is ganging up with kids' comic The Beano for a deal which includes limited edition Baked Beano flavour Skips, as well as an in-pack trading card promotion across the range. Available from May, the new flavour comes in Dennis the Menace style...
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Kettle appoints new sales chief
Kettle Foods, producer of the Kettle Chips brand, has appointed Andrea Riddell sales director. She is to succeed Laurie Grey who will retire this summer. Riddell has worked in the fmcg sector for 22 years, most recently as head of the sales...
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Crisps turning Nice N' Spicy
Golden Wonder is transporting its Nice N' Spicy flavour on to crisps. The flavour has traditionally been associated with Golden Wonder's snack brand Nik Naks and will now be available on standard 34.5g bags of crips. Marketing controller Kirsty...
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Snack burst
Pop Cracks, microwaveable crisp snacks in three flavours are due to explode on to UK shelves next month. Imported by Siro (UK), they work like microwaveable popcorn, taking two minutes to heat in the microwave in their own bag. The 40g packs come...
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Tazos bag a head start for Walkers
Walkers is running a new Pokémon promotion which aims to piggyback on the release of new Pokémon games for Gameboy. The Walkers promotion is based around a collection of 25 lenticular Tazos, 23 of which carry images of new Pokémon characters....
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Iceland: Walker organic dream has cost Iceland £20m
Malcolm Walker's failed attempt to convert Iceland to organic produce has left his successor facing a £20m bill. Chief executive Bill Grimsey said: "We now fully understand the cost of unravelling the contracts entered into in an attempt to buy...
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Mini Cheddars turn smokey and tangy
KP is taking Mini Cheddars beyond their cheesy homeland into non-cheese-based territory. Two new flavours Smokey BBQ and Tangy Salsa join the range from March 26, replacing Cheese and Onion and Cheese and Ham which will be delisted. This...
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Rush is just the tonic for Warner Lambert Healthcare
High profile marketer Andy Rush has been appointed general manager of Warner Lambert Consumer Healthcare's business in the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries. Rush joins from KP Nuts where he was general manager. His career has included spells as...
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Michaela helps to stoke up Oriental Express and RVP
RVP Foods best known for its Oriental Express frozen ready meals brand has promoted Michaela Blunden to marketing director. She joined the company a year ago after spending her earlier career in consumer marketing roles at Holsten, Walkers...
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SUN COMING OUT
Snackhouse, best known for children's snacks and Benson's crisps, is unveiling ethnic snack range Under the Sun in March. The range includes curry and chilli flavoured rice crackers (rsp: 99p, 100g); sesame sticks (rsp: 99p, 125g); Bombay mix...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Crisps, snacks: innnovati
The general trend towards casual eating and away from formal mealtimes, including lighter packed lunches, has benefited crisps and snacks. Young children enjoy interesting textures, pronounced flavours and cheap prices. Teenagers and young...
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Aggressive self-medication
KP Nuts former general manager Andy Rush has left to join Warner Lambert Consumer Healthcare as general manager. Rush is running the UK Ireland and Nordic division of the healthcare company following its recent merger with Pfizer. Rush said: "We...