Archive of all The Vegan Food Group articles – Page 3
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Category ReportHow plant-based ready meals are heating up: Plant-based category report 2022
A slew of listings in supermarkets suggests vegan ready meals are hot right now. But could rising input costs cool off that demand?
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ReportsHow ready meals are adapting to cost strains
One way plant-based ready meals can adapt to cost of living fears is by repositioning themselves as alternatives to weekend takeaways or eating out
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NewsBeyond Meat signals ready meals launch with trademark application
The vegan brand has applied to register the trademark ‘Beyond Meals’ with the Intellectual Property Office
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NewsQuorn profits shrink as rivals eat in market leader’s share of meat-free category
Profits at Quorn have retreated as soaring costs put pressure on margins and an increasingly crowded meat-free category saw sales dwindle at the market leader.
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NewsMeatless Farm launches chipolatas and chickenless roast for Christmas
The roast is designed to ‘rival the more traditional meat-based Sunday lunch’ and is ready in 35 minutes
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NewsThis to launch trio of meat-free ready meals into Tesco
They are billed as being low in saturated fat and high in protein
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NewsGoodfella’s makes move into ready meals with eight-strong Italian range
They were “inspired by the rich and comforting flavours of Italy” according to the brand
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Comment & OpinionCute cartoon kids ask tough questions for Green Cuisine
Birds Eye’s Green Cuisine brand has to tread carefully with its ‘Welcome to the Plant Age’ campaign
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Beyond Meat beyond hope? And what its slump says about the other plant-based players
Beyond Meat was on fire following its 2019 IPO, yet it’s since crashed and burned. The fall raises questions for the entire plant-based sector
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NewsBrakes relaunches ‘Help for Hospitality’ fund as cost pressures bite
The wholesaler has now relaunched the initiative to ease increasing costs for its customers, such as rising energy prices and staff wages
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NewsThis takes plant-based products into freezers for first time
The introduction of chicken-style tenders and nuggets to the range aimed “to answer the demand for a wider variety of convenient and high-quality plant-based options”
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NewsMeatless Farm makes ready meals debut with five-strong range
It has rolled out three frozen and two chilled SKUs
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NewsThis plots biggest-ever meat-free crowd round to supercharge growth
This – launched in 2019 by Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman – is aiming to raise at least £4m from the round but expects to overfund and beat the €5.4m (£4.6m) raised by Spanish brand Heura last month
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Comment & OpinionImpossible has hit the UK. But with inflation soaring, is it right product, wrong time?
Has the pioneering fake meat brand already missed the boat in the UK?
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NewsMeatless Farm debuts plant-based steaks
They are soya and gluten-free, and are touted as containing over 15g of protein per fillet
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Category ReportAre veggie BBQs being left on the shelf? Barbecue category report 2022
Plant-based is struggling to nail the barbecue occasion despite success in wider grocery. How are meat-free players responding?
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Category ReportThe big freeze: Frozen category report 2022
Frozen food is worth about £800m more than pre-pandemic. Can it hang on in the face of HFSS rules, hospitality and energy costs?
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NewsSozyë debuts vegan fish and oyster sauce alternatives made from seaweed
The sauces offered “kind and healthy food alternatives without compromising on taste”, said Sozyë
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NewsMeat alternative brands unleash a deluge of NPD as vegan supply chains hit by unprecedented demand
Brands have gone as far as hiring temporary workers to get through Veganuary
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Analysis & Features16 new plant-based products coming to supermarkets and food-to-go for Veganuary 2022
Brands aren’t holding back, with fast food retailers pushing the boat out to entice customers with new vegan offers