All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 81

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    Tayto Golden Wonder acquires Red Mill

    2008-03-14T08:09:00Z

    Crisp manufacturer Tayto Golden Wonder has acquired Red Mill Snack Foods for an undisclosed sum.Red Mill makes a number of own-label and branded snacks including Mr Porky pork scratchings and the Transform A Snack range. “We have...

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    Doritos targets latest ad at the final frontier

    2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Doritos is planning to boldly go where no brand has gone before by broadcasting an advert into space.In a £2.5m campaign to reinvigorate flat sales, it is launching an on-pack drive this month inviting consumers to make an advert and...

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    Tyrrells in shock £40m sale claim

    2008-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Crisps supplier Tyrrells has entered exclusive talks with Langholm Capital after the private equity firm tabled a bid as high as £40m, The ­Grocer has learnt.The exclusivity arrangement is timely as Tyrrells' founder Will Chase is likely...

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    Pringles tries again to bag megabrand status

    2008-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Pringles is launching into the bagged crisps market for the first time in a new attempt to crack the £630m single-serve category. Pringles Pocket Pack and Rice Infusions Bite Size, mini versions of the standard brands, will be introduced...

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    Tangerine Confectionery acquires Monkhill

    2008-01-21T08:14:00Z

    Tangerine Confectionery has acquired Monkhill from Cadbury Schweppes for £58m.Monkhill manufactures Butterkist popcorn, Barratt Sherbet Fountains and Jameson's chocolate confectionery and operates three factories and a distribution...

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    spotlight

    2008-01-21T00:00:00Z

    I used to have a marketing agency looking after brands such as Kettle Chips and Cobra Beer, but from the age of 12 I had a dream to own my own farm.I bought my farm in Devon eight years ago, rearing specialist breed cattle such as Ruby...

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    In Brief: Prawn Pringles; Prawn Pringles; Fairtrade sauces; Gluten-free minis

    2008-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Prawn Pringles  Prawn cocktail flavour is to be added to the Pringles menu from next month. The launch marketing campaign has the strapline 'Fall in love with new Pringles Prawn Cocktail'.  Typhoo's trunk call  Typhoo is promoting the release of movie...

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    Scots wholesalers elect new president

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Iain Hill has been elected vice president of the Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA). Hill is managing director of Ayrshire-based wholesaler Iain Hill, which delivers crisps, snacks, soft drinks and confectionery to independent retailers...

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    Evans to succeed Walkers' Campbell

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Walkers UK general manager Neil Campbell has been promoted to president of Tropicana USA and will be replaced by Richard Evans, PepsiCo commercial vice-president in the Middle East and Africa. Campbell has been with PepsiCo UK for more...

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    Cadbury enjoys sweet success over Christmas

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    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

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    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

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    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

    2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-11-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-11-10T00:00:00Z

    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...