Archive of all The Vegan Food Group articles – Page 3
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News
Brakes 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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News
This 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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Meatless Farm makes ready meals debut with five-strong range
It has rolled out three frozen and two chilled SKUs
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This 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 & Opinion
Impossible 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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News
Meatless 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 Report
Are 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 Report
The 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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News
Sozyë 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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News
Meat 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 & Features
16 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
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Analysis & Features
Savoury pastries & meat snacks 2021: brands able to maintain momentum
Higgidy and other meal-focused pastry brands have benefited from the continued growth of at-home dining occasions
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News
Meatless Farm appoints Dior Decupper as first global CEO
Dior Decupper was formerly Upfield GM for Benelux and France
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Meatless Farm agrees not to repeat ads following AHDB complaint to ASA
The plant-based brand resolved the complaint informally before the ASA moved to enforcement action
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Comment & Opinion
Booming plant-based brands should heed the category’s US slowdown
Product overload and health concerns have slowed growth of the meat-free market in the US
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News
Wall’s Pastry adds pair of vegan microwaveable slices to lineup
The duo would offer “a modern twist on the brand’s iconic product range of sausage rolls and other savoury pastries”, said the brand
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News
Meatless Farm to launch chicken fillet alternative in time for Veganuary
The new product will go on sale in Asda and Tesco in January
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News
Rustlers boosts plant-based range with ‘Meatless Maverick’ burger
The NPD is billed as mimicking the brand’s biggest-selling Quarter Pounder SKU
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Comment & Opinion
The Impossible Burger may soon hit UK shelves – but it’s got fierce competition
After years of waiting, the cult vegan brand today announced it is eyeing a UK launch
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Next Gen Awards 2021 - meet the Next Gen of grocery leaders
We’ve revamped our Top New Talent Awards – and attracted an even higher calibre of candidates than usual. Find out more about our 35 winners.