Prepare for your captive audience
Limited shelf space in a c-store makes it important to stock a versatile drinks range at Christmas, says David McLaughlan, key account manager at Glen Turner.
Support for Team GB
Cereals giant Nestlé has launched a Paralympics tie-in on-pack promotion.
Cookies and cream – Fredericks Dairies joined up with Oreo
INDEPENDENT ice-cream manufacturer Fredericks Dairies has joined up with Oreo to launch the brand’s first UK ice-cream line. The Oreo Cones Four Pack started...
Taking a bite at sharing sales
Cake bites aim to entice those seeking an evening at home
SHARING is the name of the game for United Biscuits as it sets its...
Blasting onto shelves
Carabao has reformulated and renamed its Mandarin Orange variant.
Marked bottles boosting sales
Retailers looking to springboard off RTD's popularity with young adult consumers, adding PMPs into the premix might be well worth investigating.
Clear the head with a Smokehead Hot Toddy
Smokehead Whisky is out to keep seasonal illness at bay over the Halloween period with its own Hot Toddy cocktail recipe, helping drive up sales of the whisky.
Morrisons to increase wages
Supermarket giant Morrisons plans to increase its hourly pay rate for store staff to £8.20 an hour from a previous minimum of £6.83.
The £8.20...
Convenient options in food-to-go
According to Meal Track data collected by The Wholesale Company, food-to-go (FTG) occasions have been on the up in forecourts and convenience by 29% and 8% respectively, as of August last year.
Heinz launches a saucy competition
Heinz has launched a new saucy competition for consumers to win the chance to bag themselves a culmination of the brand's sauces in Every Sauce.
Cif expands Infinite Clean line with Anti-Bac variants
Cleaning brand Cif has expanded on its Infinite Clean spray range with the rollout of its new Anti-Bac variants which claim to kill 99.9% of bacteria.
Adding soft drinks to the mix
Soft drinks play a key role during the festive season, with the category set to drive sales for retailers across the period.
Start small and talk to beer fans
IT’S an exciting time for ale and premium beer sales in the UK, and Scotland is playing a major role in the ale revival...
Shareable breakfasts
SOCIAL media can have a huge effect on consumer trends across categories – from hospitality chefs making more use of ‘Instagram-friendly’ ingredients, to influencers shaping fashion trends.
Quick and sparkly
Jeyes has added two products to its Easy homecare range.
Easy Sparkling White Bleach is a gel with scrubbing micro particles.
It is available in 750ml...
Not just a barbecue bite
DESPITE the barbecue season being long gone, consumers will still be looking to buy sausages according to the Lifetime of Meat survey by OnePoll...
