All Pladis articles
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News
McVitie’s unveils Seriously Chocolatey Digestives
The NPD comprises a cocoa-flavoured digestive biscuit with dark chocolate chips, topped with milk chocolate
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McVitie’s adds Gold Digestives to tap the blonde chocolate trend
The NPD, which combines classic digestive biscuits with golden caramel, was ‘created with the latest flavour trends in mind’
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McVitie’s eyes ‘Zero’ added sugar spin-off for Digestives
The manufacturer has applied to register ‘McVitie’s Zero’ and ‘Jacob’s Bites’ as trademarks
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Pladis reports record revenues as share gains boost trading
The owner of McVitie’s saw a £127m jump in sales last year as price increases and branded market share gains boosted trading
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Jaffa Cakes adds cola flavoured spin-off to lure younger shoppers
The NPD was inspired by cola bottle sweets
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Pladis appoints Taryn-Lisa Molle-McConnell as vice-president of R&D
Her appointment marks the completion of the company’s leadership team under David Murray
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Analysis and Features
Shrinking the innovation deficit: Strategies for distinctive new products
Researchers have come up with a metric to define distinctive innovation – and found it’s lacking. So why should developers push the boat out?
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Category Report
Crisps, nuts & bagged snacks trends 2024: How spicy flavours are dominating
Spicy flavours are taking off in bagged snacks. So, how big can this fiery trend get? And is there still room for traditional tastes?
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News
Pladis appoints Sephora’s Steve Lesnard as president of Godiva
Lesnard would ‘grow and sustain Godiva’s position and expertise in the premium chocolate category’, said Pladis
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Category Report
How cakes & biscuits are getting smashed
Home-working, HFSS and cost pressures have hit sweet treats hard. So what can brands and retailers do to revive the market?
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KVI Tracker
Biscuits getting costlier as prices come close to doubling
The cost of a simple biccy break has rocketed as biscuit SKU prices soar in the supermarkets and discounters, The Grocer’s Key Value Item tracker revealed this week
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Long reads
Women’s power list: the 10 making manufacturing a woman’s world
These are the 10 women blazing a trail to take over grocery manufacturing
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Pladis appoints Fulya Fraser to new chief growth officer role
Fraser will oversee key functions across the company to bring consumer-led innovations to growth markets across the globe
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Pladis looks set to expand Jacob’s range with Wholesomes launch
Supplier has applied to register the name Jacob’s Wholesomes with the IPO under class 30, covering crackers
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Cawston Press appoints Jeeten Poonit as operations director
Poonit will lead the business through its next phase of growth while working on its Pressing For Better sustainability strategy
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Pladis shrinks plain McVitie’s Digestives pack weights by 10%
‘Our products are subject to change to reflect consumer preference, customer demand, affordability and inflationary pressures,’ said Pladis
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Pladis adds McVitie’s Tartlets biscuits duo
The treats feature a biscuit base, white cream filling and milk chocolate or raspberry yoghurt topping
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Pladis adds Wholistic snack bar duo under Go Ahead brand
The bars would ‘boost relevancy of the healthier snacking category among younger consumers’, said Pladis
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McVitie’s BN moves into cake with two-strong Mini Rolls range
Raspberry and Chocolate BN Mini Rolls come in a pack of five, individually wrapped, 35g bars
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City snapshot: Carlsberg buys Canadian craft brewer Waterloo Brewing for £86m
Carslberg has announced it has agreed to buy Canadian craft brewer Waterloo Brewing for a total equity value of CAD144m (£86m)