All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 104

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    Elizabeth Shaw set to indulge in ads

    2000-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The Elizabeth Shaw Company will be breathing new life into its 99 year old mint crisp this Christmas, with the brand's first major advertising campaign for five years. The ads, which break in consumer glossies in October, November and December,...

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    Kissing gateway to starry prize

    2000-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Walkers is launching a gamecard promotion for tortilla chip brand Doritos as part of its £6m evening snacking programme. The Big Screen Kiss is an instant win in-pack promotion consisting of a heat sensitive gamecard that invites consumers to kiss...

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    Tasting panel: Aspall Dry Suffolk Cyder

    2000-06-10T00:00:00Z

    THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine This is an attractive pale colour with a nice mousse. In the glass it has a crisp juicy appley nose which is quite aromatic and enticing. The taste is extremely pleasant....

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    The Grocer Focus on Northern Ireland: Bakery suppliers

    2000-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Tayto gets into rough trade Tayto, Northern Ireland's number one crisp and snack brand, is targeting the booming crinkle cut market with its most important product launch in years. The company believes Rough Cuts will take a 10% share of the NI...

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    Tasting panel: Merrydown Classic

    2000-04-29T00:00:00Z

    THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This has a paleish gold colour and a light mousse. It has a quite crisp Golden Delicious' nose with a slight hint of dull woolly washing up water. It is medium dry ...

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    Launch talk

    2000-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Golden Wonder is spending £1m on the launch of Wotsits Wafflers ­ a brand extension of children's snack Wotsits. Wafflers, which will go to the impulse trade next month and to the multiples in the autumn, is targeted at 11-15 year olds. Support...

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    Covermount: Simpsons crisps first

    2000-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Simpsons Comic claims it will become the first magazine to covermount a bag of crisps when its next issue appears with a packet of special Eat My Shorts' snacks. The shorts-shaped crisps are produced by Snackhouse UK (formerly Bensons), which is...

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    Doritos chips and dips move closer

    2000-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Walkers is pushing evening snacking as a new category with a £10m spend behind its Doritos brand. The new initiative will focus on marketing chips and dips together, with the tagline dip in, chill out'. Doritos Dippas dipping chips have been...

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    KP calls for a big hand as it introduces Hoopy McHula

    2000-03-04T00:00:00Z

    KP Snacks plans to revitalise the sales and brand image of Hula Hoops with a £7m marketing campaign targeted at teenagers. Central to the marketing activity is a £4.5m advertising campaign featuring a wacky hand puppet character, Hoopy McHula. He...

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    Snack-a-Dip arrives with the Pringles style treatment...

    2000-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive: Karen Dempsey A new snack and dip product capitalising on the popularity of Pringles tube-type packaging will launch to the trade later this month. Snack-a-Dip comes with white corn tortilla chips and ambient dip in a tube. The three...

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    Fuel for men

    2000-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury has brought out a limited edition peanut based bar aimed at the 16-44 male "refuelling" category. It is a wafer based product and is lighter than its peanut based rival Snickers. Promotional support for P'Nut has only been on the internet....

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    THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow

    2000-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This has a pale straw colour with smallish bubbles. Has a green apple nose which is quite lively. A typical cava without showing any real class. Crisp and dry in the mouth with a clean appley flavour ­...

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    The Bart of snack sales

    2000-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Dysfunctional cartoon family the Simpsons make a new appearance in March on a range from Character Snackfoods, a newly created division of Benson's Crisps. The six single products sport Bart-like' names such as Eat My Shorts and No Problemos. ...

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    Tomato flavour potato Hoops arrive

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Hula Hoops Mealtime Potato Rings is launching its first flavour variant next month in response to consumer demand for new tastes. Limited Edition Tangy Tomato flavour will be on sale until May. Some 11% of calls to the brand's customer careline...