All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 80
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Cadbury enjoys sweet success over Christmas
Alcohol may once again have been the dominant category over the festive period, but as far as the brands were concerned it was the big hitters of confectionery, biscuit/cake and crisps/snacks brands that topped the tree.
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Top export award goes to Walkers Shortbread
Walkers Shortbread walked away with a brace of awards at the Food from Britain Export Awards, sponsored by The Grocer. The shortbread, biscuit, cakes and oatcakes supplier, which exports its products to more than 80 markets worldwide,...
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acid test -Thierry's Wine services & Carlsberg
Expert's verdict... 6/10 ?A novel idea and a crisp Cabernet Sauvignon with lots of blackberry and vanilla. The Vins de Pays market is enjoying something of a rejuvenation at present. However, I am not sure that the absence of a strong on-pack brand...
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Walkers ploughs £27m into promoting a natural image
Walkers is investing £27m in bagged snacks this year as part of its efforts to create a more natural image for the brand. The biggest-ever spend for the Walkers portfolio will also support the launch of a sub-brand called Farmers'...
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Walkers' Nonsuch
Walkers' Nonsuch, England's finest speciality toffee maker, is giving 10 readers the chance to win a Toffee Hamper.The hamper will contain a variety of twist-wrapped toffees, a selection from its traditional bar range, along with its...
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New premium bottled water from Norway
A bottled water from Norway that claims to have an "unmatchable crisp taste" is coming to the UK, supported by a £2m marketing push.Isklar, which means ice-clear, is set to hit supermarket shelves in the spring, positioned at the premium...
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Health appeal boosted in £10m revamp at UB
United Biscuits is ploughing more than £10m into major launches including McVitie's Digestives, Go Ahead!, McCoy's, KP and The McVitie's Cake Company brands from January.With health the key focus, UB is introducing Go Ahead! Wholemeal, a...
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Tayto buys up Welsh rival's Real Crisps
Northern Ireland-based Tayto Group, owner of Golden Wonder crisps, has acquired Real Crisps from Welsh rival Sirhowy Valley Foods.The deal, for an undisclosed sum, includes Sirhowy's 65,000 sq ft factory at Newport. All 132 workers at...
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Cadbury Christmas Cakes
With its eye-catching new packaging, unique and appetising taste and an enticing new product, Cadbury Cakes Christmas range is set to fly off the shelves this year.New for Christmas are Cadbury Orange Crisp Bites, which follow the...
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First Fairtrade branded snacks set for multiples
Liberation, which claims to be the UK's first major Fairtrade snacking brand, is set to hit the shelves in time for Christmas. The branded nut range is being launched by the Liberation Foods Community Interest Company, which was set up by...
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Tyrrells' £5m windfall will fast-track move into vodka
Crisps maker Tyrrells Potato Chips is to invest a £5m prize in advertising and a factory that will make vodka from potatoes and apples. The company scooped the investment, in the form of an interest-free loan, when it won the Midlands...
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Cadbury Christmas cakes
With its eye-catching new packaging, unique and appetising taste and an enticing new product, Cadbury Cakes Christmas range is set to fly off shelves this year. New for Christmas 2007 are Orange Crisp Bites. The Family Yule Log has been...
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Festive snacks are unveiled
Snack supplier Nature's Table is launching a range of limited-edition fruit and nut snacks with a festive twist.The three new variants comprise a yoghurt cranberry option, a macadamia & cranberry mix and white chocolate strawberries. The...
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Cobnut renaissance hailed by growers
Cobnuts are undergoing a "renaissance" thanks to a bumper crop and record demand for the hazelnut-like nuts.This year's unseasonal weather has produced a national crop of about 600 tonnes, almost twice last year's production, and growers...
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In Brief: Time to taste; Pringles jingles; On-pack celebration
Time to taste Duchy Originals has unveiled its autumn ad campaign , Less Haste More Taste, to communicate the time taken to produce each product. It includes poster s, press ads and a radio campaign.
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Hula Hoops get starry Christmas ambitions
United Biscuits is changing the shape of Hula Hoops for the first time in its 34-year history, with a star-shaped crisp for Christmas. It is also bringing out a festive sausage and bacon 'pigs in blankets' variant to the range, in a move...
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Brands are flying the flag
Provenance has long played an important part in the marketing mix for major players such as shortbread producer Walkers, Baxters and Highland Spring. Baxters has shown consistent revenue growth over the past five years across all its...
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Nutrient profile panel told to rip up model and start again
Dairy bosses are calling on the FSA to scrap the Nutrient Profiling Model underpinning Ofcom's restrictions on advertising food to kids and target specific problem products such as sweets and crisps instead.On 20 September, an...
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Glisten to buy Dormen Foods
Confectioner Glisten has acquired speciality nut company Dormen Foods from its founders for £7.5m.Glisten will also make further payments subject to certain conditions, with a maximum total consideration of £12m.Dormen, which has...
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Whitworths is showing consumers a little Love
Fruit and nut specialist Whitworths has created a new brand to bring "a benchmark in quality" to the healthy snacks market.Love is a range of fruit and nut bars targeted at 25 to 40-year-old women, especially working mums who want to...