Baking goes back to the bean

Home-baking brand and manufacturer Dr. Oetker UK is adding to its established vanilla range with new Madagascan Vanilla Bean Paste. The new product comes in a...

Scottish popcorn aims to pop across UK shelves

Scottish popcorn producer Poporopo has created two jobs to help meet anticipated demand after signing a deal with a leading UK’s leading food distributors. Set up...

Tyrells Extends Multipack Offering

Tyrells, the Herefordshire-based premium crisp brand, is extending its multipack range in a bid to gain a bigger share of the adult packed lunch...

Vosene Kids Revamps Entire Range

Children's hair care and body care brand Vosene Kids has unveiled its first major packaging revamp across its entire product range. The move follows extensive...

Cracker Crisps hits TV screens

United Biscuits has launched the latest television advert for savoury brand Jacob’s, in support of its new range of bagged snacks, Jacob’s Cracker Crisps, as...

Qcumber launches ginger variant

SOFT drinks brand Qcumber is adding a new flavour to its range. Qcumber with Ginger is a blend which the company hopes will set...

Whiskas teams with WWF to help protect tigers in the wild

Mares Petcare has announced that a partnership between Whiskas and WWF-UK to help protect the world’s wild tigers. Through the charity activation, which is the biggest...

Summer of love/hate for Marmite

Unilever UK is rolling out a new advertising campaign for Marmite to support the launch of its limited edition summer spread, available to buy...

Shortie takes a long walk for Dean’s

This August, to celebrate its 40th anniversary, premium Scottish shortbread and biscuit manufacturer Dean’s, is letting loose its mascot ‘Shortie’ on a month-long tour of Scotland From the Lonach...

A sandwich evolution

With school summer holidays coming to an end parents will be thinking about what to give the kids for school lunch. But lunchboxes also...

Beyond mealtime

THERE are opportunities for retailers during the school term beyond selling items for packed lunches according to Dairy Crest. The company’s central shopper marketing...
Belvita

Thinking outside the lunchbox

AT-work and at-school food consumption is not longer all about lunch says Susan Nash, trade communications manager at Mondelez International. She said: “One in three...

Merchandise to win sales

HIGH numbers of new snacking products introduced in the last year have led to confusion on the shelves, Matt Collins, trading controller convenience at...

Passing the multiple choice test

MULTIPACKS are a staple of consumers’ lunchbox shopping lists says biscuits manufacturer Bahlsen. The firm added Pick Up biscuits to its portfolio around a...

Sweet treat ready to thaw and serve

DEMAND for healthier snacks has prompted CSM Bakery Solutions to develop a reduced-fat doughnut. Available as a sugared ring or a cocoa ring...
The Convenience Guide Scotland 2015

Health on the menu

MANY schools now monitor lunchboxes in line with nutrition standards for school meals and that has created demand for healthier alternatives, according to Marina...