Genius Foods will invest millions of pounds developing the Livwell and United Central Bakery (UCB) production sites in Hull and West Lothian, following the firm's 21M acquisition of the companies last week. Genius boss Roz Cuschieri ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The horse meat scandal has dominated the media in recent weeks. From sensationalist tabloid headlines to Twitter gags, discussion on the topic has been widespread. It all started in January after traces of horse meat were found in ...
Show organisers easyFairs said that exhibitors are set to showcase a wealth of products and services for the entire packaging supply chain as well as provide a forum to debate key issues. Packaging Innovations is co-located with five ...
Tags: Packaging, Innovations Show, easyFairs
UK branded chocolate sales will show growth over the next three years, according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Mintel. In this exclusive video, Peter Ayton, global consumer analyst at Mintel, said consumers ...
While the economic downturn has affected consumer spending across many sectors, craft and craft-style beers are defying recessionary trends with an impressive upward trajectory. Indeed, latest research by Mintel on the craft beer market in ...
Tags: Craft beer, craft style beers, beer category
Mintel has launched Mintel Futures—a unique approach to trend forecasting enabling a longer term, strategic outlook—from the global analyst team at Mintel. Stemming from a set of six key trends, Mintel has identified the ...
Tags: Packaging Opportunities, packaging, packaging industry
British Fashion Council presents a few facts and figures on London Collections: Men, which began on January 7 and will end on January 9. - Over 60 menswear designers will show on schedule at London Collections: Men (LC:M) 7th – 9th ...
Tags: British, Fashion Council, London Collections, Brand
In the household category function has always taken priority over form. For supporting evidence of this statement you only need walk down the household goods aisle at your local supermarket where you will be met by a wall of very similar ...
Tags: household goods, supermarket, packaging, delivery mechanisms
Sales of alternative fuel vehicles such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics, in the US, saw a 73% rise in 2012, according to a report by Mintel. Over 440,000 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics were sold so far this year, with the ...
Tags: Alternative Fuel Vehicle, Auto Parts, Honda
The recent opening of Kiddicare’s new Nottingham superstore represents the beginning of a physical retail journey for the online specialist. It marks the start of a ten-store rollout, with the retailer, owned by Morrisons, stepping ...
Tags: Toys, mortar retailing, Brand Focus
At an average of 91.88cm (just over 36”), the biggest male waistlines in the UK belong to folk from the West Midlands, according to new data from virtual fitting room company Fits.me. Following close behind are Wales (with an average ...
Tags: male waistlines, UK, Birmingham
If you asked for three words to sum up Britain in the 21st century, a pessimist might come up with 'lonely', 'busy' and 'aging'. Government figures indicate the number of single-person households is increasing by more than 160,000 a year, ...
Tags: popular format, single-serve, snacking trend
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 6:04:39 PM Barely a month after PACK EXPO International 2012, show owner and producer PMMI announces The Brand Zone at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013 is nearly sold out. ...
Tags: Packaging InnovationsTM, Containers&Materials Pavilion, Brand Zone
UK-based Mintel is will try to educate brand owners & package designers on how to meet evolving consumer demand on 28-31 October at Pack Expo International 2012 in Chicago. Mintel CPG Americas/EMEA president Pete Giannakopoulos said Pack ...
Speaking at the Pro2Pac exhibition, Mintel International innovations and insight director David Jago told Packaging News: “Sustainability as an issue has not gone away and if you look at the tracking data that we have got, consumers ...
Tags: Pro2Pac, Packaging News, tracking data, sustainability