All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 84
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UBUK goes nuts with brands for New Year
UBUK is welcoming in the New Year with a range of snacking launches as well as slashing the saturated fat content across its crisps portfolio. New for 2007 is limited edition McCoy's Jackets, available from March. The crisps are made...
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Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer. It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
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Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer.It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
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Walkers challenged over 'wet' potatoes
Potato growers are angry about a Carbon Trust report that says they add water to their spuds. The trust's Carbon Footprints in the Supply Chain looked at how PepsiCo sources and processes potatoes for Walkers crisps. It concluded the...
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A farewell to creativity?
Under the Ofcom ruling it's unlikely these classic family ads would get off the ground today: Tango - Orange Man R-Whites - Secret Lemonade Drinker Walkers - Gary Lineker Coca-Cola - Teach the World to Sing...
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Seabrook claims it can relate to Blah!
Seabrook Crisps is hosting an unusual on-pack recruitment drive - for the UK's newest political party. Packs of the brand's natural sea salt line will carry a strip featuring key messages from the Blah! Party, along with details of how...
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Asda recalls porridge
Asda has recalled an own-label porridge due to possible cross-contamination with nuts. The retailer said that some of its packs of Simply Porridge could contain nuts, making it unsafe to eat for people with a nut allergy.The affected...
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TGI Friday's set to head for UK retail
American restaurant chain TGI Fridays could be the latest foodservice brand to head for UK retailers' shelves. The brand is available in US stores in bagged snacks, meat strips and frozen meals, and is performing well, according to...
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European Capital to buy Whitworths
Nuts and dried fruits supplier Whitworths is expected to be sold to private equity firm European Capital for £85m.Reports suggest that European Capital has beaten off bids from private equity groups Barclays Private Equity, HG Capital and...
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Milk Marque gets into health foods
Milk Marque's 12,000 British farmer shareholders are the new owners of a health food company selling dried fruit, nuts and seeds. Community Foods was purchased this week by Milk Marque, the shell of the former dairy co-operative that...
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Iceland's comeback kid
On the bookshelf in Malcolm Walker's otherwise unremarkable office at Iceland Foods HQ in Deeside, north Wales, sits a title oddly out of place among the grocery-related tomes. George IV: A Life in Caricature, lampoons the larger-than-life king...
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Walkers pulls Jamaica ad
PepsiCo has pulled an advert for its new Walkers Baked crisps and replaced it with those it showed for its standard lines after an anti-crisp campaign by the British Heart Foundation.The advert, due to air this week, shows thousands of...
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Crisps make mark - is it any Golden Wonder?
Crisps and snacks have remained consistent in the overall category chart remaining in 9th and 10th place accounting for approximately 4% of all featured space promotional activity recorded. The dominant brands in this category include Golden...
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Dr Oetker prescribes deep heat treatment
Dr Oetker is throwing down the gauntlet to frozen pizza competitors as it aims to reinvigorate the ailing deep-pan sector with a range positioned as "the holy grail of deep-pan bases". It is investing £6m to support its new The Deep Crisp...
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The Bratz get lippy with the Buddies
Bratz, the number one craze for tweenage girls, is making its debut in the biscuit aisle with a new Bratz Fabulous range from Bon Bon Buddies. Aimed at snacking and lunchboxes, the strawberry and vanilla-filled chocolate flavour biscuits...
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BHF warns of oil content in crisps
The British Heart Foundation has warned that children consume almost five litres of cooking oil a year if they eat one packet of crisps a day.The charity's warning is the second phase of its campaign aimed at highlighting the dangers of...
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Tesco and Tyrrells in crisps spat
Tesco has agreed to stop selling Tyrrells crisps after the brand owner threatened to sue it, according to reports.Will Chase, the founder of Tyrrells, accused the retailer of selling the crisps even though he had asked it not to. He...
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as nature intended
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker's influence in the retail industry apparently doesn't stretch as far as his daughter. Caroline Walker, managing director of As Nature Intended, is proud to say that she's done things her way,...