Amazon Top Up added to PayPoint’s digital voucher range

PAYPOINT has added Amazon Top Up to its range of digital vouchers. Customers are now able to purchase a voucher in cash to top...

Celebrate with jelly and ice cream

LUXURY tea brand Teapigs is celebrating its 10 year birthday with a limited-edition blend of strawberry jelly and ice cream tea. 10 years ago Nick...

Permission to munch

Permissibility and portion control, the growth of food-to-go, and increasing demand for savoury biscuits are all contributing factors argued to have had an impact...

Turkey shapes are go

BERNARD Matthew’s has joined forces with International Rescue for its first ever licensed range, the TV tie-in Thunderbirds are Go pack. Assistant brand manager Katherine...

Filling the gluten gap

WITH 20% of UK shoppers now buying gluten-free products, according to Mintel research, a growing number of shoppers are looking for sweet and savoury...

Value on display

BISCUITS and cakes manufacturer Pladis has rolled out the next phase of its Convenience & Impulse (C&I) strategy, including two new channel-exclusive launches and...

Fresh look for winter

Lees of Scotland has unveiled a new design for its re-sealable Mini Snowball Tub. The makeover coincides with the launch of new individually-wrapped 24 packs...

Bulking up

NOT immune to challenges facing the wider food industry, sales of wrapped bread also continue to be influenced by specific factors – not least...

Farmhouse flavour for Hovis range

EARLIER this year bread firm Hovis bet on the farm when it launched a new Farmhouse loaf range – including Hovis Soft White Farmhouse...

Speciality the star of in-store bakery

The in-store bakery sector is currently one of the top-performing sectors in convenience retailing, presenting shopkeepers with huge profit opportunities, according to Aryzta Food...

Snacking packs a crunch

RECENT growth in the snacking market has inspired Border biscuits to offer more convenient on-the-go pack options for its range. “Over 26 million of our...

Treats still top in Scotland

Biscuits are in above-average growth in Scotland with sweet, chocolatey treats the category’s star performers SCOTLAND’S total take-home biscuit category is now worth £271m, according...

Five with a chocolate twist

Walkers Shortbread is extending its shortbread range by adding a luxury five-variety chocolate shortbread collection. The new lines include Chocolate & Raspberry Shortbread; Ginger Royals...

Hacking is all part of the game

KERRY Foods has taken to the internet with Mattessons Fridge Raiders. In the £1m campaign  the Mattessons Snacker Hacker has stolen the gamer tags of...

New soft and strong classic

TOILET tissue brand Andrex has upgraded and renamed its  white tissue as Classic Clean. It says it’s the  brand’s biggest product change in 60 years ...

Oreo seeks new young biscuit fans

THE everyday treat category is currently the largest sub-category in sweet biscuits, but it won’t be able to maintain growth unless it is attracting...