Potato range adds spice
FROZEN potato producer McCain has expanded its portfolio with six new products.
Spicy Peri Peri Fries and Steakhouse Ridge Cut Fries are each available with...
The meaty alternative
CHILLED snacking products offer a huge sales opportunity according to Kerry Foods.
The company behind Mattessons says that although the snacking category continues to be...
Ice cream and pizza appeal
FROZEN foods have done well since the recession arrived. A number of frozen food sub-categories, especially burgers, were negatively affected by the horse meat...
While you’re in the pink
MAGNUM, said by owner Unilever to be the UK’s number-one ice cream brand, is set to launch two new limited-edition flavours for summer 2015...
Essentially chilled
LOOK into a c-store that’s been refitted in the last couple of years and it’s likely that you’ll find a major share of the...
Ready meals to get red tractor
READY meals made with Red Tractor Assured meat can now carry a modified version of the scheme’s symbol.
The new “made with” logo is designed...
Healthy image makes the chiller a winner
Whether they are buying pizzas, ready meals or cold meats, consumers are looking for more than just convenience from fridge foods.
BUSY lifestyles, the...
Time to give peas a chance
MOVE over sprouts: according to frozen food giant Birds Eye, frozen vegetables such as garden peas and petit pois perform particularly well at Christmas,...
Cold comfort – Healthy figures for frozen market
DESPITE the horsemeat scandal, the frozen food market is now worth more than £5.6bn and grew in value by 4.5% last year.
According to Kantar...
Pizza joins the thin crowd – New variant launched
FROZEN pizza is a Scottish favourite, with almost 70% buying it, as opposed to 65.9% of the GB population, according to Goodfella’s.
The company...
Picked, packed and purchased
Good, well-managed fresh produce brings profit and boosts a shop’s image. But it takes work. We look at how two retailers are responding to...
Ambient hit for a summer freeze-up
SOFT drinks firm Calypso offers a wide range of freeze-drinks for summer. And this year the list will feature several new lines at a...
A treat for dark days
DESPITE the continuing recession and the terrible weather at the start of the year, demand for ice cream refuses to die. The total market...
Bring me sunshine… But perhaps not too much
THINK summer heatwave (if we ever get another) and you might think ice, ice lollies and ice cream.
But, apparently, warmth alone isn’t the secret...
Exotic and cool – Rubicon from Barr
THE tropical flavours of the Rubicon soft drink range – the UK’s biggest-selling exotic drink brand according to Nielsen Scantrack – form the basis...
I can’t believe it’s not vanilla
THIS may come as a surprise to some retailers who have been stocking it for years, but Mackie’s Traditional is not actually flavoured with...
