All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 74
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NewsToffee flavour joins the Dodgers family
Burton's Foods is bringing out the first non-jam Jammie Dodger in over a decade, supported by a £4.5m TV campaign. Toffee Dodgers, available now, comes in the biscuit's traditional heart-shaped cut-out format, but features a sticky toffee...
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NewsSeabrook boosted by £6m fund for growth
Seabrook Crisps has secured additional banking facilities as it ramps up plans to boost distribution in the South. The family-owned company has agreed extra funding of up to £6m with its existing bank HSBC to help pursue its five-year...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Birds Eye to Pringles
Last year Birds Eye brought in a polar bear – voiced by Willem Dafoe – to dispel some myths about frozen food, and highlight that its fish...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Walkers to Kingsmill
Brits aren’t renowned for being adventurous eaters, but offering them the likes of BBQ Kangaroo or Teriyaki Chicken crisps seems to have worked...
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NewsUB hits back at Fox’s with indulgent range
United Biscuits has unveiled its latest weapon in the premium biscuit battle an indulgent bite-sized McVitie's range. McVitie's Temptations will be available from next month in Belgian Milk Chocolate & Hazelnut, Belgian White...
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NewsTyrrells eyes the world as sales rocket by 42%
Sales of posh crisp brand Tyrrells have leapt 42% in the past year and the company is confident it will be able to repeat the trick this year thanks to strong international growth. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer after a year in the...
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Love is a fried potato snack
Few manufacturers miss out on the chance to knock out a quickie Valentine's Day cash-in. And here's a good effort from Kettle Chips, creator of this heart-shaped crisp, found by Yvonne Goulsbra of Macclesfield.
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NewsChase lands national Waitrose listing for its posh vodka lines
Chase Vodka has struck a new national listings deal with Waitrose that it reckons will help boost turnover from £1m to £15m by 2016. The upmarket distillery, which is owned by Tyrrells founder William Chase, revealed this week that its...
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Tyrrells’ Brown moves to Firefly
Natural energy drinks company Firefly has recruited Paul Brown to the new role of sales director. He joins the company after four years at Tyrrells where, as sales director, he helped increase sales by 30% and forged deals with...
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NewsHisaki adds potent peas to portfolio
Hisaki Snacks has added "the most potent" Wasabi Peas to its portfolio. The Asian food distributor has made the Hisaki Wasabi Peas (rsp: 99p) available for retail now and is currently in final negotiations with one higher-end multiple....
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NewsRingos star in Golden Wonder’s latest push
Tayto is relaunching retro favourites Ringos in an attempt to revive the fortunes of the “neglected” crisp brand and take Golden Wonder’s comeback to the next level. Part of a wider overhaul of the Golden Wonder brand by the Irish…
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NewsPepsiCo admits it’ll be hard to cut salt further
PepsiCo has warned that it won't be able to make any more radical cuts to salt levels in its Walkers crisps until there have been further scientific advances. The company had taken reformulation as far as it currently could without...
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NewsEntrepreneur unveils Nutella-type spread - without the nuts
An entrepreneur is coming to the rescue of frustrated nut allergy sufferers with a new "Nutella-type" chocolate spread and peanut butter - made without nuts. Food innovation specialist Moving Food is launching nut-free No Nut Nutty Choc...
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Focus On Household: Probiotic Aggie gets help from good bacteria
"Many cleaning products are like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut," claims Aggie MacKenzie, star of Channel 4 TV series How Clean Is Your House?
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NewsSeabrook cuts salt by 90% in new range
Seabrook Crisps is branching into healthier crisps as it accelerates its plans to expand distribution into the south. The new Goodbye Salt, Hello Flavour range, available now, contains 90% less salt than Seabrook's standard crisps, and...
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NewsYorkshire Crisps add Roast Lamb limited edition
The Yorkshire Crisp Company is adding a limited edition Roast Lamb & Mint pack to its range following a consumer competition to create a new flavour.
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NewsBrits turn monster munchers as crisps ward off recession blues
Hungry Brits scoffed their way through a staggering 208 million more bags of crisps in 2010 than they did the year before. It seems consumers were more interested in comfort food and small treats as the economic crisis bit than health...
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: O! So Natural Fruit Crisps
The freeze-dried fruit crisps are aimed at plugging a gap for more flavourful fruit crisps.
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Oliver Rudgard, Tyrrells
Oliver Rudgard, marketing director at Tyrrells Potato Chips, on Tube train chivalry, crisp tastings and panpipe teaching
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Focus On Cereals: Kellogg's dominates big spenders
Kellogg's continues to dominate cereal advertising spend, its brands accounting for seven of the top 10 spots. The brand spent a whopping £23.2m on Crunchy Nut advertising alone last year, a 113% increase on 2009, and it seems to have paid off.