Archive of all read meals articles – Page 3
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NewsCathedral City partners with Oscar Mayer to launch chilled meals
The new products include a cheesy lasagne, cottage pie, chicken & bacon pasta bake and macaroni cheese
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NewsCook launches into new category with range of frozen sauces
The new range will be sold at Cook stores nationwide
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NewsSimplyCook defies category woes to make first-ever profit
The company called 2023 a “watershed” year and said in its newly filed accounts that it moved into the black thanks to a “right-sized” plan, with lower marketing investment and disciplined cost management
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NewsDTC startups in spat over Dragons’ Den April Fool’s ‘spoof’
The ads posted by ready meal brand Simmer, which ran on TikTok and Facebook, had been removed by the time of writing
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NewsMowi extends ready-to-cook Bistro salmon range
Mowi has developed a new SKU, salmon fillets with a lemon & herb butter, which has joined the range
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NewsLittle Dish appoints Sophie Giddings as marketing director
Giddings has joined the business, effective immediately, from her previous role as marketing director for Lily’s Kitchen
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NewsUp to 10 execs depart Pilgrim’s Europe in wake of £4.2bn restructure
The JBS-owned businesses are in the process of an integration under the Pilgrim’s Europe banner
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NewsFish Said Fred expands oven-ready range with two new SKUs
The new lines have been launched to tap into rising demand for global flavours
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Ivana Taylor-Ross, marketing exec, The Gym Kitchen
Ivana builds community presence and influencer partnerships for macro-counted, high-protein, low-calorie ready meal brand The Gym Kitchen
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NewsShicken wins further multimillion backing from Matthew Glover’s Veg Capital
The brand will use the £4m cash injection to scale up manufacturing capacity and ‘realise the global potential of its restaurant-quality range’
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NewsCook eyes store expansion after ‘suspiciously good’ year
‘There’s huge areas of the country where there still isn’t a Cook,’ CEO and co-founder Ed Perry told The Grocer
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NewsBirds Eye adds trio of frozen pasta meals to Steamfresh lineup
The innovations responded to ‘high consumer demand for convenient, easy-to-cook, tasty and nutritious meals’, said Birds Eye
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Lici Sawyer, junior brand manager, Bol Foods
Lici explains how a degree in Spanish taught her the communication skills to land a marketing role at Bol Foods
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NewsPilgrim’s Food Masters plans closure of London factory, with 260 jobs at risk
The manufacturer said it was continuing to ‘face industry challenges and lower than expected market volumes’
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Comment & OpinionMeal kits should be huge, but they’ve proven a tough sell
Sainsbury’s is thinking along the right lines with this SimplyCook tieup, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsCook trialling frozen ready meal vending machines in railway stations
Cook has installed vending machines at Orpington and Bromley South stations, which have been live since last month
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Comment & OpinionHow do you solve a problem like meal kits?
HelloFresh should focus on its core, affluent, loyal and happy customers, of which there are fewer, but are worth more
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Category ReportFrozen trends 2024: Morrisons and Iceland face off
Using exclusive product launches and eye-catching PoS activity at freezers, supermarkets are fighting hard for shoppers’ attention
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat next for obesity fight after calorie reduction failure?
Most categories haven’t got anywhere near the targets set for them. Will a new deadline – or a new government – make any difference?
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s growth slows as straitened shoppers buy less
Volumes were flat in the year ended 31 August 2023, compared with double-digit gains in the prior 12 months