All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 79

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    My Alternative CV: Simon Turrell, Matthew Walker's Christmas pudding expert

    2009-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Simon Turrell, Matthew Walker's Christmas pudding expert, on Batman, Dawn French and fly fishing

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    Tax on dried fruit snacks ‘signals VAT on health food’

    2009-11-27T09:59:06.843Z

    Tax levies on 100% fruit snacks could be the start of a push by the government to begin charging VAT on healthy foods that were previously exempt, the National Dried Fruit Association warned this week.

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    Burts: It's in the bag

    2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Turnover has nearly doubled at premium crisps maker Burts this year, thanks in no small part to a thriving export market. Alex Beckett reports

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    Esom adds third board to his CV

    2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Steven Esom has joined the board at Cranswick as a non-executive director.The former Waitrose MD also holds non-exec roles at Carphone Warehouse and Tyrrells. He is also a partner at Langholm Capital, a position he took up in July, a...

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    PepsiCo’s healthier kids lunchbox range tested in Sainsbury’s

    2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

    PepsiCo has launched Planet Lunch, a range it claims is the first cross-category brand for the kids' lunchbox market.

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    Ben & Jerry’s goes nuts for new flavour

    2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

    The winner of Do The World A Flavour, Ben & Jerry's search for a new ice cream, will go on sale next March. Created by American Toni Gunnison, competition winner Fairly Nuts is a caramel ice cream with a caramel swirl and praline...

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    Bulletin: Jamie the salt addict... King's VAT warning... Greggs after Threshers bargains

    2009-11-12T12:53:13.753Z

    Celeb chef's sauce 'like 10 bags of crisps'; supermarket profits impress; high street baker hunting new sites

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    Sugar Puffs moves into cereal bars

    2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Honey Monster Foods is taking Sugar Puffs into the cereal bar sector for the first time.Monster Puffs bars, available now in milk and chocolate flavours, are positioned as an alternative to crisps and chocolate. The range comes in single...

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    Nutri-Grain revamp offers two options

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg's is overhauling its Nutri-Grain range to specifically target daytime snacking and breakfast.From January, the Nutri-Grain branding is being removed from the Elevenses range of daytime snacks to create a standalone sub-brand,...

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    Seabrook welcomes its third generation

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Seabrook Crisps has appointed Sam Brook-Chrispin, the daughter of CEO and chairman Ken Brook-Chrispin, to its board of directors, making her the third generation to join the company.Sam, who is a graduate of Nottingham University, will...

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    Marmite hails first in cereal bar sector

    2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Love it or hate it but Marmite is venturing into cereal bars with what it claims to be the world's first-ever savoury variant.The Marmite cereal bar, available next week, is rich in B-vitamins, high in fibre and has no artificial...

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    Walkers gets prepared for Christmas

    2009-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Walkers is gearing up for the festive season by launching a trio of new additions to its crisp ranges.The PepsiCo company launched a limited-edition Turkey and Stuffing flavour (rsp: £1.61 per six-pack) under the Walkers brand this week...

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    As Nature Intended fails in Manchester

    2009-10-03T00:00:00Z

    As Nature Intended, the organic supermarket chain founded by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker's daughter, has closed its store in Hale near Manchester due to lack of demand from northern customers. "It wasn't successful and it wasn't worth us...

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    Organic fruit snack made just for kids

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Ella's Kitchen is using the new school term to launch Pack'o'Snacks a new kids lunchbox range of 100% organic dried fruit packaged in pyramid-shaped boxes.The new range comprises three variants called The Chompy One, The Chewy One and...

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    Healthy update for Walkers Max crisps

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    PepsiCo is relaunching Walkers Max with a healthier recipe, NPD and updated packaging to grab a bigger share of the impulse crisps sector.The updated range, which is being rolled out this week, is now free from artificial colours,...

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    Tyrrells flies the flag with new flavours

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Patriotic fervour has gripped upmarket potato chip company Tyrrells, which has launched a new range of British flavours as part of a year-long Great British Campaign. The new additions Welsh Rarebit, Beef Wellington and Pork &...

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    Evans steps in as Amin moves up

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Richard Evans has been named PepsiCo UK and Ireland president after Salman Amin was promoted to executive vice-president of sales and marketing, based in New York.Evans has been general manager of Walkers Snack Foods since 2007 and at...

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    Ex-Innocent Brook launches Bear fruit and granola snacks

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    An ex-director of Innocent Drinks has set up Bear, a new range of baked fruit snacks that he predicts will claw £5m in sales over the first three years.After four years as Innocent's commercial director, Giles Brook departed earlier this...

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    Kebabs with KP sauce

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    After England's thumping defeat in the fourth Ashes Test, some of our batsmen should probably be looking for new careers. Odd, then, that the blameless Kevin Pietersen absent with long-term Achilles knack is the one cooking kebabs this month for...

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    Quality Test: Own-label plain naan bread

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    A good naan should be crisp on the outside, soft inside, and pleasantly yet subtly seasoned. Sainsbury's tried a different approach, with a soggy and artificial offering. It didn't work.