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...

Mackie’s of Scotland has an appealing addition

Mackie's of Scotland's latest flavoured ice cream variant comes with high appeal after consumers helped choose the new variant.

Health and treat fans fuel yogurt boost

£2.5bn - Value of GB take-home yogurt sales £233m - Value of Scottish take-home yogurt sales 33% - Share of Scottish take-home yogurt taken by...
A bottle of Goslings Spirited Sea sits on a wooden bannister of a ship with a ship's wheel blurred in the background.

New Goslings Rum docks in the UK

Love Drinks is set to bring an innovative new dark rum to the UK that has been aged whilst travelling at sea with Goslings Spirited Seas.
SPIRITS giant First Drinks has a new initiative, How Convenient, to help c-stores maximise their sales of spirits. The company, which owns William Grant & Sons, Glenfiddich, Hendricks gin, Rémy Martin, Disaronno and Tia Maria, sees corner shops as a key area of growth.

Tapping the spirit of the top-up

SPIRITS giant First Drinks has a new initiative, How Convenient, to help c-stores maximise their sales of spirits. The company, which owns William...

New RTD gin cans

Tonic brand Franklin & Sons has created two RTD gin and tonic cans, in partnership with Manchester Raspberry Infused Gin and Caorunn Scottish Gin

Probiotic gardening

Yakult is encouraging consumers to spend time outdoors and embrace the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening through its new initiative Grow With Yakult
Nomadic, breakfast, c-stores

Breakfast pots target ‘nomad’ shoppers

THE last few years have seen the rise of on-the-go breakfast products as time-pressed  consumers appear to have been seeking early-morning foods to eat ...

Accelerating trends in snack category

Growth for larger pack formats has been a trend of the pandemic across categories, but in snacking it looks like Covid-19 has only served to accelerate existing trends

Win-win with PMP

The benefits of PMPs to consumers is obvious, but some retailers have questioned if the same advantages apply to them

Fruity gins for summer

SUMMER flavours take centre stage for the latest launches from Whitley Neill gin.
Oooh - a saucy new look

Oooh – a saucy new look for Sharwoods

SHARWOODS is giving its cooking sauce, accompaniments and cooking kits range a major makeover. The firm says the design update will help shoppers differentiate more...
Chupa Chups

Air goes sour

THE Chupa Chups range has been extended by the introduction of Airheads Sour. Each pack contains bite-sized candies in five sour flavours. They are available...
A perfectly preserved bottle from the 1920s has inspired Hankey Bannister whisky to recreate the flavour in its new Heritage Blend.

Blast from the past – Hankey Bannister whisky

A perfectly preserved bottle from the 1920s has inspired Hankey Bannister whisky to recreate the flavour in its new Heritage Blend. The bottle was...

Insights from the shop floor

Tayto strategy built on retailer knowledge
Cathedral Single Pack

Cheesy to eat on the go

DAIRY Crest is encouraging shoppers to view cheese as an on-the-go snack by expanding its Cathedral City Adult Snack Bar range