All Crisps, nuts and snacks articles – Page 86
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PepsiCo signs Panesar for Asian-inspired line
PepsiCo is teaming up with England cricketer Monty Panesar to launch its first bespoke flavour of Walkers crisps targeting the UK's growing south Asian communities.Walkers Chilli & Lemon flavour has been developed specifically to appeal...
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Walkers goes back to basics with retro image
PepsiCo is reverting to its traditional-look logo for Walkers Crisps and reinstating a favourite flavour as part of plans to create a more natural image for the brand.The relaunch, supported by a £7.5m marketing campaign, is the biggest...
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Raisin producers offer alternatives to sweets
Suppliers of dried fruit and nuts are developing healthy confectionery alternatives in an attempt to grab a bigger share of the school lunchbox market.Sun-Maid has launched vanilla yoghurt raisins and milk chocolate raisins. The lines,...
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Tangerine set to buy Cadbury's Butterkist
Tangerine Confectionery, the UK's largest independent confectionery manufacturer, is poised to swoop on Monkhill Confectionery business, a Cadbury-Schweppes subsidiary which makes Butterkist popcorn and own-label products for supermarkets....
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we work together - Walkers Nonsuch
Katie Walker (left) is the UK sales manager for Walkers Nonsuch - a traditional toffee maker that supplies confectionery to 25 countries. Her younger sister, Emma Walker, is the export sales manager. Katie on Emma: Emma and I have worked together...
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Women encouraged to grab Nobby's Nuts
Blokey peanut brand Nobby's Nuts is being updated with a new look and ranges designed to broaden the appeal to women. PepsiCo, which is giving the brand vibrant new pack graphics, has added varieties to the line-up, including premium...
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Mr Tayto gets Irish votes in the bag - but withdraws at crunch time
Largo Foods pulled off a marketing coup at the recent Irish general elections by running Tayto crisps character Mister Tayto as an election candidate.He attracted crowds, bribed voters with crisps and secured radio, TV and newspaper...
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MSG health fears are without foundation
MSG health fears are without foundation Susan Scott International Glutamate Information Service Sir; Ken Brook-Chrispin, chairman and CEO of Seabrook Crisps, made...
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Eat Natural makes 5-a-day fun for children
Eat Natural has thrown its nut and fruit bar expertise into the kids' arena with the launch of a range of snack bars 'stuffed with fruit'. Eat Natural Lunchies, which is now being rolled into Waitrose, is available in two recipes:...
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The searchfor a star
It's late 1994 and a group of advertising executives from brand agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO are considering a PepsiCo brief for a one-off advert to reposition Walkers crisps. They hit upon the idea of an ad that shows the crisps as so tasty...
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Eat Natural bar brand revamp keeps it simple
Eat Natural has overhauled its fruit and nut bars to create a more contemporary feel and highlight the brand's 'simple' platform. The company is rolling out new packaging across its range and is poised to add new seasonal lines and...
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Multigrain additions for Hula Hoops brand
Whole grains are set to hit the bagged snacks fixture with UBUK's launch of Hula Hoops Multigrain next month.To strengthen its commitment to health, the snacks producer has also signed up celebrity Louise Redknapp as the face of its Go...
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20-store ambition for Nuts About Life
Kuwait-based Kout Food Group is to invest millions in turning its Nuts About Life business into a 20-store chain by 2009.The company already operates two London stores - a 500 sq ft outlet in Hampstead, which opened in June 2006, and a...
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Morrisons recalls cake
Morrisons has recalled its premium range ‘The Best’ carrot and orange cake because of a packaging error.The allergy advisory statement on the label does not state that the product contains nuts, although walnuts are listed in the...
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Six of the best - Bagged snacks
The huge variety of products in the bagged snacks sector, which includes crisps, baked snacks, tortilla chips and nuts, means that it covers a wide range of needs, from food that is an occasional, sinful treat to products a nutritionist would...
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A 'listening' culture reaps big rewards
The huge variety of products in the bagged snacks sector, which includes crisps, baked snacks, tortilla chips and nuts, means that it covers a wide range of needs, from food that is an occasional, sinful treat to products a nutritionist would...
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Marmite gets into bangers
In the wake of its success with Marmite-flavoured crisps and Guinness-flavoured Marmite, Unilever has teamed up with another supplier, this time to give a different sort of bang to the humble banger. Sausage producer Broad Oak has...
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Six of the Best: Bagged snacks
Star buyer: Adrian Gash senior buyer, crisps, snacks & nuts, waitroseGash has been with Waitrose for three years. He joined from Safeway, where he spent six years covering pharmaceuticals, bread and finally crisps. Gash says...
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Eureka - 28th April 2007
Product: Smoothie Bites Company: Mister Gorller Launch date: November 2006 Smoothies and cereals are already big success stories and a new snack product aims to combine the best of both. Smoothie Bites is looking to tempt snackers away from crisps,...
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Supermarkets accused of exploiting workers
Development agency ActionAid has accused supermarkets of exploiting overseas workers.Supermarkets were paying wages of as little as 5p an hour in some Bangladeshi garment factories, while cashew nut workers in India were being paid just 30p...