Naan bread for speed
THE growing popularity of Indian ready meals has inspired the latest Kepak Convenience Foods range of hot, quick and tasty products. Rustlers Hot Naans...
Revamped sauces bring menu tastes
RESTAURANT favourites provide the inspiration for five new flavours in the Homepride cooking sauce range. With nearly half of consumers now eating out at...
£2m push for Tic Tac
THE generation known as “millennials” is the target of a £2m ad campaign for the latest variety of Tic Tac, Apple Burst.
Millennials are aged...
Extra choice for RYO smokers
THE Cutters Choice RYO brand is expanding and brand owner British American Tobacco is also launching a new cigarettes line. Last month Cutters Choice...
Breakfast – just add water
MORNFLAKE hopes to shake up the breakfast-on-the-go category with an ambient product that turns into cereal complete with milk, just by adding water.
Launched recently,...
Express ads aim to train consumers
IBUPROFEN brand Nurofen’s new £5m ad campaign aims to underline the product’s claim to work faster than other pain killers – including own-brands.
The multi-channel...
Customers asked to create a birthday flavour
LANARK-based Border Biscuits is celebrating its 30th birthday by inviting customers to suggest a new flavour in the Big Baking BonanzaIt’s the second time...
Watching brief on Planet Football
THE economic outlook is sparking debate. Some say we are growing fast, some say we’re not. But one thing’s for certain, many of the...
Key dates
Many football aficionados will be intrigued to view Chile v Australia but let’s face it most fans will be looking out for the big...
Get the drinks in
Top-class TV football and beer ... over the years it’s been a natural match. How can retailers cash in on drinks sales this summer?
SCOTLAND...
Fuel time till full time
ENERGY drinks firm Boost Drinks is advising retailers to make the most of the late-night World Cup fixtures to push sales of energy drinks.
The...
A perfect match
Each four years the World Cup provides major excitement for football fans. This time most of the games are perfectly timed for TV viewing...
Is the price mark right?
How, exactly, do you feel about price-marked packs? Lines that come already marked with a prominently positioned, recommended retail price on the pack have...
Tea giant says strike while the top-up is hot
SPECIALIST teas might be showing decent sales growth but tea giant Tetley says retailers shouldn’t lose sight of the facts that everyday black tea...
Priced packs set to juice up drinks launch
RIBENA, said by brand owner Lucozade Ribena Suntory to be UK’s number-one selling juice drink brand, has just introduced Orange & Guava flavour to...
Marked ahead of the crowd
IF many retailers think PMPs have become a necessity when selling tobacco they’re not the only ones, most suppliers think so too. Richard Wood,...
