Simon Howie fires up the BBQ in Asda

Perthshire butcher brand Simon Howie has ramped up its presence in Scottish Asda stores for the summer with new listings for its BBQ range.
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Popcorn goes for freedom

FREE-FROM snack producer Ten Acre has launched a new range of popcorn. Gluten, dairy and MSG-free, as well as suitable for vegans, Ten Acre...
Promotional image of Nescafé brand partnership with Nestlé chocolate brands Quality Street and Aero.

Nescafé teams up with Nestlé chocolate brands

Nestlé has brought its Nescafé coffee brand together with two of its popular chocolate brands to produce new chocolate mocha coffee variants.

Trust comes to the crunch

MANY of the food industry’s product categories may be suffering from falling sales values as discounters, fierce competition and consumer price sensitivity all contribute...
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Sour Patch Kids sweetens the deal in new Strawberry flavour

Mondelēz International has strengthened its line-up for the Sour Patch Kids brand with the introduction of a new Strawberry variant.

Price-marked snack packs

PRICE-MARKED packs have been particularly important to boosting sales in the crisps and snacks category, according to KP Snacks. Nielsen figures, quoted by the company,...
A pack shot of Popcorn Kitchen Chocolate Treasure sits against a red background with popcorn kernels and chocolate pieces and coins around it.

Popcorn Kitchen pops in the home for Christmas

Micro-business Popcorn Kitchen has grown its Home Popping portfolio with its latest addition to its Christmas line up with Chocolate Treasure.

The right time to reassess the range

NOW is the perfect time for retailers to reassess their RTD and hard selzter offer, according to spirits giant Diageo.
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New packs of nutrition in Cheerios makeover

Cereal Partners UK has unveiled the revamped packaging for Cheerios to help highlight the nutritious nature of the cereal found inside.

Wine growth set to bubble over

wine focus: analyst predicts boom in value and volume sales ahead THE next five years are set to see increasingly strong growth for wine, according...
Asim Sarwar, managing director of United Wholesale Scotland, top, says nothing will be the same in Glasgow wholesaling after his firm’s expanded Maxwell Road depot opens in coming weeks. But giant competitor Batleys, right, is thought by industry insiders to be about to gain a Glasgow city site too.

United takes M9 as turnover rises

Expanding wholesaler buys central Scotland C&C and reports £10m revenue increase.   Glasgow-based wholesaler United Wholesale (Scotland) has acquired M9 Cash & Carry in Falkirk as...

Squeeze the sugar away

SOFT drinks manufacturer CBL Drinks has reformulated its Fruit Squeeze range of flavoured drinks, leaving the sugar out. The range, which previously contained sugar,...
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The man from Del Monte says with or without – it’s up to you

IN a time of big decisions here’s another – mocktails or cocktails? James Logan, commercial director of Refresco Gerber, the firm behind Del Monte...
A person pours of a bottle of Hambledon sparkling wine into a glass which a person is holding.

Success for Hambledon wine

English sparking wine firm Hambledon Vineyard is seeking new avenues to expand the business following an award win at the Frontier Awards.

A new zero in energy range

BIG cans are driving the energy drinks category according to Adrian Troy, head of marketing at AG Barr, and he says that flavoured energy...
Pack shots of Soopa Hooch Blue Raspberry and Cherry Cola.

Soopa Hooch builds a fruity range

Alcoholic RTD range Soopa Hooch has unveiled two new additions to its range, with the new Cherry Cola and Blue Raspberry variants.