Archive of all The Vegan Food Group articles – Page 2
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News
Meatless Farm set to enter administration as all staff made redundant
Loss-making Meatless Farm is set to collapse into administration after a desperate search for new investment to save the plant-based brand proved fruitless
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Analysis & Features
The death of vegan brands and saviour of plant-based diets
Own-label success shows rumours of meat-free category’s death are greatly exaggerated
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News
Vegan foods manufacturer Plant & Bean falls into administration
Meat alternatives supplier Plant & Bean has filed for administration after soaring costs and operational disruptions hit trading
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Richmond meat-free lineup hit by shrinkflation
The prices of sausage and bacon alternatives have increased by up to 25% per gram after the brand reduced pack sizes
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Meatless Farm hires Kroll to save its plant-based skin
The Leeds-headquartered business has hired advisors at the restructuring and insolvency specialist to run an early options process in a bid to save the brand
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News
Meatless Farm unveils filled pasta products, sausages and burgers
The new lines are Chorizo-Style Sausages, New York-Style Cheezeburgers and the UK’s first branded pasta products filled with plant-based meat
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Hain Celestial appoints Michael Hunter as CCO
Hunter has joined the business this month from his role as executive board member and CCO at Meatless Farm
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Comment & Opinion
There’s still room for growth despite grocery’s plant-based purge
As competition has intensified, share has diluted, shoppers have been sated, and many products have under-delivered
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News
Meat-free growth tailing off as retailers shrink ranges
The number of meat alternative lines in the traditional big four and Waitrose fell 10.9% during the six months to 20 March
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News
Meatless Farm introduces eco-labelling to its core product range
The traffic light labelling system is designed to communicate the environmental impact of its products to consumers keen to reduce their environmental footprint
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Analysis & Features
Meat-free 2022: Fake meat lines giving life to brands
In the meat-free market, fakery is an attribute
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Category Report
How 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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Reports
How 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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News
Beyond 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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News
Quorn 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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News
Meatless 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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News
This 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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News
Goodfella’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 & Opinion
Cute 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 & Features
Is 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