All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 76

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    Henderson's puts Yorkshire crisps in drum

    2009-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Crisps has made its Henderson's Yorkshire Sauce-flavoured range available in resealable drums following "rocketing" sales of the bags.The hand-cooked crisp company claimed the spicy flavour was already outselling its original...

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    Ad of the Week: Hula Hoops hits a hole in one (but not the other)

    2009-07-11T00:00:00Z

    It's dangerous to assume everyone sees things the way you do - Michael Jackson probably thought calling alcohol 'Jesus juice' in that documentary made him seem less creepy and sinister rather than more so.

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    Graze gets £2m shot in the arm

    2009-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Graze, which delivers boxes of fruit, nuts and seeds to offices, has secured £2m worth of investment from backers Octopus Ventures and DFJ Esprit.

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    Florette pushes freshness in TV ad aimed at women

    2009-06-27T00:00:00Z

    Florette is to highlight the 'fresh-er-ness' of its salad leaves in a £2m 'crisp to the bottom of the bag' summer ad campaign.

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    Mackie's diversifies into premium crisps

    2009-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Ice-cream brand Mackie's of Scotland has ventured out of frozen to launch a range of premium crisps. Mackie's will produce the crisps in partnership with potato grower Taypack and they will be officially launched at the Royal Highland Show...

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    Grocer 33: Asda brings in cheapest shop by 45p

    2009-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Asda secured victory again this week, undercutting nearest rival Morrisons by 45p. It made three reductions: the Hula Hoops by 2p, Marmite 9p and Seeds of Change sauce 1p.

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    Third Party: Wider implications of the Pringles VAT ruling

    2009-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Judges have put onus for VAT liability disputes back on Tribunals - but without adequate guidance, says Toby O'Reilly

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    Editor's Comment: Pringles are no more cakes than Mr Kipling French Fancies are crisps

    2009-05-23T00:00:00Z

    So the Pringle is a crisp after all. And not a cake, as the P&G's lawyers had argued (see p5). Quite right, too, I say. Pringles can be described as many things - a tasty snack, a clever gimmick, an early example of premiumisation, a party...

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    Campaign Trail: Lineker gets on his bike

    2009-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Gary Lineker is up to mischief again in PepsiCo's latest on-pack campaign for its Walkers brand. Gary's Great Trips is similar to last year's Brit Trips, which encouraged consumers to collect on-pack points for discounted days out at British...

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    Atkins launches first 'carb-friendly' range

    2009-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Low-carb diet brand Atkins is venturing out of snack bars with what it describes as its first range of "carb-friendly" products.The new products, which are being rolled into Tesco and Boots now, include cereal, wholegrain bread mix, wheat...

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    Tyrrells founder eyes export market with patriotic debut in gin

    2009-05-09T00:00:00Z

    William Chase, the founder of Tyrrells, who sold his potato chips business for an estimated £40m last April to private equity firm Langholm Capital, is venturing into gin for the first time with William's - a super-premium gin with a patriotic...

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    Builder's Breakfast 'was very complex'

    2009-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Walkers has revealed that the winner of its Do Us a Flavour competition is one of the most complex crisp flavours it has ever made. More than a million consumers voted in the competition, but Builder's Breakfast won the 22% majority of votes...

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    Hot Topic: Walkers does itself a very big favour

    2009-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Never mind the actual winner - Walkers' Do Us A Flavour was a sensational PR coup, says Charlie Wright

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    Builder’s Breakfast wins Walkers new flavour contest

    2009-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Voters have crowned Builder’s Breakfast as the winner of Walkers’ brand-building ‘Do us a Flavour’ campaign.

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    Walker's WPD aims to boost clout of DBC

    2009-05-02T00:00:00Z

    A new company led by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker has completed its takeover of DBC Foodservice and plans to turn it into "the best service-orientated foodservice business in the UK".

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    Crisps from God's own county

    2009-04-25T00:00:00Z

    You can take the crisps out of Yorkshire, but you can't take the Yorkshire out of the crisps. Nicolette Allen reports on a regional business with international aspirations

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    Doritos puts cheese and spice together

    2009-04-18T00:00:00Z

    Doritos is launching a new crisp variant that it claims brings together two of the most popular flavours on the market.The new Flamin' Cheeseball crisp (rsp: 38p for 40g, £1.77 for 225g), a mixture of cheese and spices, is to be added to the...

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    Tyrells goes super-size to win credit crunch consumers

    2009-04-16T12:14:09.670Z

    Crisp brand Tyrrells is launching two of its variants in a 300g bag for the first time, in a bid to tap the consumer trend for eat-at-home indulgence purchases.

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    Graham replaces Pickup as new United Biscuits sales director

    2009-03-28T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits has promoted Paul Graham to sales director following the departure of Dave Pickup to Innocent Drinks. Graham was previously grocery trading director for the McVitie’s and Hula Hoops manufacturer, joining UB from Masterfoods...

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    Advertising: Walkers sets tone with big ad spend cut

    2009-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The only crunch in the crisps category last month was the sound of budgets being squashed. PepsiCo scaled back its Walkers Crisps ad spend despite launching new super-premium brand Red Sky, spending just £2,842 on press ads for the brand’s...