Sauce adds more free choice
PESTO brand Sacla has added Free From Wild Mushroom Risotto sauce to its range.
It is gluten, wheat and dairy-free and is the eighth free-from...
Building the dairy future
Giant merger will bring benefits of scale and new thinking on every aspect of milk, says Müller
THIS year is seeing major changes in the...
Spreads marked for convenience
DAIRY Crest is putting more sizes of two of its biggest spread brands, Utterly Butterly and Country Life, which it says have...
Spreading the name
Firm expands spreadable butter and cheese ranges
CHEDDAR cheese remains a staple of Scottish larders, according to Graham’s the Family Dairy, and it says...
Saying cheese
CHEESE is changing, says Susan Nash, trade communications manager at Mondelez International.
She sees traditional cheddar as in decline while other types of cheese are...
40th birthday on the neck
NEW Zealand wine brand Brancott Estate has introduced an on-pack promotion as part of its 40th birthday celebrations.
The competition, on bottle neck tags and...
Happy 140
BAKERY brand is celebrating its 140th birthday with a touch of gold.
The celebratory flash has been added to Warburtons products including loaves, crumpets and...
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...
Cut price Cosmo adds 59%
A slashed cover price, increased distribution of free copies and the introduction of pop-up distribution points all helped women’s magazine Cosmopolitan turn in the...
Newsagents slam Mail
THE National Federation of Retail Newsagents has expressed dismay at the news that last month’s increase in the price of the Daily Mail would...
Malibu puts Kiwi in a can
STRAWBERRY Kiwi is the latest variant to be added to the Malibu cans range.
The new line is designed to capitalise on what brand owner...
Pancake Day more popular than Valentines Day?
PANCAKE Day, 9 February, will be celebrated by 50% of people in the UK, while only 41% will be marking Valentine’s Day, according to...
The changing face of impulse
AS this article is being written members of the Scottish Grocer team are travelling the country, along with independent experts and colleagues from sponsors,...
Celebrating the girders
IRN-BRU brand owner AG Barr says the big-selling brand and many of its other soft drinks play a key role in impulse stores across...
Best sellers add price attraction
Glen’s Vodka and its whisky stablemate High Commissioner are, says brand owner Loch Lomond Group quoting Nielsen research, already number 1 sellers in their...
Sweet dreams made of this
CADBURY owner Mondelez International has long experience of confectionery as a classic impulse category but it sees impulse opportunities in other categories too –...
