British baking firm Warburtons is set to stop the sale of its products Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, due to high transportation costs. In 2011, the company had launched its lines such as white Toastie loaf, brown bread and crumpets ...
Tags: Warburtons, transportation cost, food product, food industry
Online supermarket Ocado has extended its price offensive against Tesco with the nationwide roll out of its Low Price Promise campaign. The campaign, an extension of its existing 'Tesco Price Match' scheme, pledges to beat the price of ...
Tags: Ocado, Online supermarket, label products
Sainsbury's was the "stand-out performer" in the UK's grocery market in the last three months, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer's sales climbed 6.4% in the 12 weeks to 28 October, increasing its share of ...
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Eight of the UK's major grocers have agreed to sign up to a set of "principles" on special offers and promotions on food and drink products. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and The Co-operative Group are among retailers to have agreed to ...
Tags: grocers, food, drink products, Tesco, OFT
Kettle Foods has expanded its crisps range in the UK to include a tortilla range. Available in four variants, the chips are designed to be eaten paired with a dip, alongside a dish, or as a snack. Flavours comprise: Sweet Chilli Salsa; ...
Tags: crisps, tortilla range, Chips Range
Organic baby food brand Plum Baby has launched a range of meals for babies based on recipes from around the world. The Taste Adventures meals, targeted at babies aged ten months plus, will be the first use of international recipes for ...
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Hain Celestial has today (22 August) been announced as the buyer of Premier Foods plc's spreads assets, including brands such as Hartley's jam and Sun-Pat peanut butter. The US food group had been linked to Premier's spreads business, ...
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McNeil Nutritionals has extended the line of Benecol fat-free yoghurts it markets in the UK. The Forest Fruits yoghurts will come in a pack of four individual pots and include blueberry, prune, blackberry and raspberry flavours. Benecol ...
Tags: Nutritionals, yoghurts, fat, food group
Morrisons is to trial a voucher scheme in a handful of stores in the north-east of England. The UK retailer said the trial will take place in around ten stores initially, before the group decides whether to roll it out across the country. ...
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UK retailer Morrisons lost ground to its bigger rivals Asda and Sainsbury's, Kantar Worldpanel claimed today (11 September) as they issued their latest sales data on the country's grocery sector. The UK's fourth largest grocer saw its ...
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The week's two major stories broke within hours of each other on Wednesday - Tesco admitted it was "likely" to leave the US and Germany's Intersnack snapped up United Biscuits' salty snacks business. Elsewhere, ex-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy led ...
Tags: salty snacks, Intersnack, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Skips, dairy, pork sector
Eat Natural, a UK-based producer of fruit and nut bars, has launched a new Fruits & Fibre bar that is prepared with cranberries, peanuts, oats and toasted spelt flaked, for the Christmas season. The new bar offers 6g of fibre per 100g and ...
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Food manufacturers including Nestle, Mondelez International and Unilever have announced plans to "harmonise" the way they label the nutritional information for products sold in the EU. Twelve companies, which also include Kellogg, Mars ...
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Food manufacturers including Nestle, Mondelez International and Unilever have announced plans to "harmonise" the way they label the nutritional information for products sold in the EU. Twelve companies, which also include Kellogg, Mars ...
Tesco's US venture Fresh & Easy has extended its private-label offering with the launch of a 'Made Easy' convenience line. The range, which includes 39 varieties of bag salads and kits, micro-steamers, and sliced & diced vegetables has ...
Tags: salads, sliced vegetables, diced vegetables, easy meal