All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 72
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NewsEx-Green & Black’s chief Lowe hired as MD of Kettle Foods
Kettle Foods has appointed the former boss of Green & Black's chocolate as its new managing director. Dominic Lowe has picked up the reins of the premium crisps maker following its acquisition by US snack food giant Diamond Foods from...
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NewsKettle Chips in ‘plastic crisp’ recall
Four varieties of Kettle Chips carrying a best before date of 29 October 2011 have been recalled.
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NewsMicozzi replaces Lyons as Walkers marketing head
Walkers Crisps has appointed Sebastian Micozzi as its new head of marketing, following the departure of Greg Lyons last month. Lyons has been promoted to vice president, marketing of PepsiCo Beverages Canada, where he will report...
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NewsFrom farm shop to discount grocery website
A new discount grocery website called Rosspa was launched this week, selling branded and fresh lines under the strapline 'cheaper online groceries'. Deals at Rosspa include £2.89 price-marked packs of Jordans Country Crisp for £1.25, and...
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NewsHula Hoops offers up sharing bags of its ‘hole new’ range
If you pine for the days when you were small enough to fit a Hula Hoop on your finger, then United Biscuits may have the product for you. The company has extended the bagged snack brand with the launch of Big Hoops, which it described as…
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Diet crisps fly off shelves at Poundland
Poundland has shifted £1.5m worth of WeightWatchers-branded crisps in less than two months. The round-pound discounter relaunched an exclusive range of the brand earlier this year and ran a golden ticket promotion on multipacks of the...
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NewsSensations get new look - and flavours
Walkers is revamping its Sensations crisps and adding two new flavours in a bid to revive the brand. Value sales of Sensations have fallen 9.2% over the past year [Nielsen 52w/e 25 June 2011], and Walkers is hoping a refreshed pack design...
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NewsCadbury Cakes refreshed with new varieties and pack revamp
Premier Foods is revamping its Cadbury Cakes range with a packaging facelift and new variants. This month the company is rolling out Double Choc Mini Mini Rolls (rsp: £1.99) alongside a reformulated Cadbury Milk Chocolate cake bar...
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NewsTangerine eyes ‘next level’ after stake sold to Blackstone
Growth Capital Partners has sold its 40% stake in Butterkist popcorn maker Tangerine Confectionery to Blackstone Group. In January 2006 GCP backed a £10m management buyout of Toms Confectionery, which subsequently re-branded as Tangerine.
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PepsiCo still optimistic on healthy crisp ‘challenge’
PepsiCo's search for a new baked crisp product that is a hit with consumers is "by far its biggest challenge", UK president Richard Evans has admitted. PepsiCo this week released the results of its UK and Ireland business against a raft...
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Walkers trebles sales of ‘thin’ crinkle crisps
Walkers has more than trebled the value of the 'thin' crinkle-cut crisp segment following the launch of Crinkles in April.The first mass-market 'thin' crinkle crisp brand has generated an impressive £11.7m in sales in its first two...
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NewsLeading US pretzel brand Snyder’s pushes into UK
The biggest pretzel brand in the US is making a push into supermarkets later this year. Snyder's of Hanover currently has limited UK distribution and will make its mass-market debut with the rollout of Pretzel Pieces, made from large...
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NewsDoritos offers online game to boost sales of dips with its chips
Doritos has unveiled plans to get more shoppers particularly gamers buying dips with their chips. According to Doritos brand owner PepsiCo, half the American shoppers who buy chips also pick up a dip, compared with just one in 10 UK...
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NewsTyrrells plans further growth abroad with new marketing boss
Posh crisp brand Tyrrells has appointed Anne-Laure Follie to the new role of international marketing manager as it looks to drive further growth overseas. Follie joined the company in May from Green & Black's where she was global...
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NewsCampaign Trail: Sunbites have the x factor
X Factor finalist Rebecca Ferguson will be making her first TV appearance as the face of Walkers' wholegrain snack Sunbites in a campaign that launches on Monday (6 June). The TV ad echoes Gary Lineker's first Walkers role with wholesome Ferguson...
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NewsNordic Bakery offers dark rye chips snack
Scandinavian-style café Nordic Bakery is launching a rye chips snack into its stores and the wholesale channel this month. Made from Finnish rye, the dark rye chips (£1.30/80g) are low in fat and are pitched as a healthier alternative to...
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NewsItsu to target retailers with new Asian snacks
Itsu is launching a new range of snacks, energy drinks and popcorn as the sushi restaurant chain looks to follow the likes of Nando, Pizza Express and Wagamama onto supermarket shelves. Itsu, set up by Pret A Manger founder Julian...
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NewsNow Levi Roots gets into the crisp market
He's given us Reggae Reggae sauces, ketchup, relishes, cooking sauces, ready meals, soft drinks, pizza, cookbooks and even a music festival so it was only a matter of time before Levi Roots put his name to crisps.
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NewsNew York Style pita chip set to challenge Warburtons snacks
The baked snacks aisle is hotting up. Under the New York style brand, Greek-owned company Chipita will launch into the UK for the first time, taking on Warburtons Baked Pitta Chips and other rivals in this emerging category.
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Focus On Crisps, Nuts & Snacks: Flavours finding favour
When Golden Wonder launched cheese & onion crisps 49 years ago, it could not have envisaged how massive and varied the sector would be half a century later.