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Frozen spuds become luxury item at McCain
The humble spud is the latest food item to spawn premium freezer variants in an attempt to chip into the stagnant frozen sector. McCain Foods hopes to inject some life into the frozen food aisles by bringing out the luxury Potato Gourmet...
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Pizza giants give kick to ailing frozen sector
Goodfellas has announced plans to relaunch its Deeply Delicious frozen brand while rival producer Schwann's is investing £5m in its Chicago Town range, in an attempt to grow the struggling frozen pizza category. Despite topping the...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? My career in chilled foods started as a graduate with McCain Foods in 1983 and developed in both operational and commercial roles at Sun Valley, Geest, Tinsley Foods and Hazlewood Foods, additionally working...
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Birds Eye factory to close
Birds Eye, the frozen foods brand acquired last year by private equity group Permira from Unilever, is closing its factory in Hull with the loss of 490 jobs.The company blamed inheriting a business with “unsustainable over-capacity” for the...
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Findus recalls skewers
Findus has withdrawn certain batches of its gourmet salmon skewers due to the presence of crystal violet, an illegal veterinary medicine.The chemical dye is not allowed in food in the European Union.The affected product is Findus...
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Glass contamination prompts more product recalls
A further seven frozen ready meals have been withdrawn from Asda due to possible glass contamination. Last week, Asda withdrew 24 ready meals because the rice in the products could contain small fragments of glass. Sainsbury's and Birds Eye...
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Buyer's View
Frozen food is a great category, delivering fresh, quality, convenient products. However, with some sectors having an average of more than 60% of sales on promotion, it has once again shown a total decline in value, even though volume is...
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Star Product: a taste of the gastropub
Birds Eye's Pub Specials range gives consumers a taste of their local gastropub without having to fork out the heavily inflated prices that tend to accompany such establishments. Developed in partnership with Paul Yaxley, a top chef at the Fox &...
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A year-long ice cream impulse
Ice creams - particularly impulse formats, flew off the shelves this year, as the long hot summer tempted consumers towards the freezer. The handheld sector showed impressive growth of 7.6%, while ice cream tubs also grew, although at a less...
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Brand giants are listening
Coke, Walkers, Birds Eye, Magners and Pringles are among the major brands that have grown in value - in some cases spectacularly - this year, as the industry shows it can respond to consumer needs without government intervention. The...
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Aah! Those pies have it
RHM Frozen is extending its range of Bisto frozen savoury pies, with two 220g individual lines for larger appetites. The company is building on the brand's ongoing 'Aah! Bisto family night' theme and claims the newcomers fill a gap in the...
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McCain oven chips go for a green light
McCain has developed what it claims is the first oven chip to score green across the board under the FSA's traffic light labelling system. Its new Rustic Oven Chips are cut thicker than standard products and also have the skins left on....
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Jean-Christophe Novelli ready for Findus meals
Findus has teamed up with Michelin-starred celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli to launch a range of upmarket ready meals. The new collection features the famously temperamental kitchen maestro on packaging and is aimed at bringing back...
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UK range of frozen kebab ready meals
Kebab shops that rely on post-pub munchies to boost sales could be in for a shock, thanks to a new range of frozen microwaveable kebab-based meals from UKebab. The company is the recently opened UK arm of six-year-old France Kebab, which...
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Viennetta spawns two tasty variants
Ice cream dessert brand Viennetta is being given two new variants - the first major NPD for the product in more than three years - to warm up sales in the run-up to Christmas. A chocolate and orange version, comprising chocolate and...
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Glenn to head Iglo Birds Eye as CEO
Martin Glenn is set to take up the new role of chief executive officer of the Iglo Birds Eye Frozen Foods business once its sale to Permira is completed next month. Glenn has worked in the food industry for 25 years, the past 14 of which...
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Blind brilliance means sloppy and soggy's out
Schwan's is attempting to turn around the fortunes of the frozen quiche market with an extension to its Chicago Town brand that promises a ready-prepared product more akin to those made from scratch. Schwan's is launching a Chicago Town...
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McCain leads with big offers and fries to go
Frozen promotional space accounted for 8% of activity this week and of that space frozen potato products accounted for 18%. The three brands recording activity were McCain, Aunt Bessie's and Harry Ramsden's. McCain led the way with offers...
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A chip on his shoulder?
McCain, the world's biggest chip maker, is obviously a follower of the philosophy that the best leaders lead from the front. Nick Vermont, regional CEO of McCain's operations in the UK, Ireland, South Africa and Eastern Europe, has spearheaded...
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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...