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juli 04, 2008

Walkers Baked now in larger 37.5g package

Walkers, Britain's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is set to drive growth of its leading better-for-you brand, Walkers Baked, with a larger 37.5g pack aimed at the Impulse channel.Walkers Baked is the most successful launch in the Crisps and Snack...

juli 02, 2008

Do small snack package sizes increase snack consumption?

Controlling portion size is one of the corner stones in the efforts to reduce Obesity. In an effort to help consumers control portion size, snack manufacturers are increasingly offering these small packages.

That is a step in the right direction. Right? Maybe not....

juli 02, 2008

Ian Ellington set to head Walkers marketing team

PepsiCo UK has drafted in Mars strategy chief Ian Ellington as vice president of marketing for its Walkers business. He joins from Mars UK, where he has worked for the past 17 years. The move marks a departure in Pepsico’s strategy of promoting from ...

juni 30, 2008

Kettle Chips extends UK product range with Red Thai Curry flavour

Kettle Chips, the number one hand-cooked crisp brand, is launching a new variety - Red Thai Curry - in time for the key summer sales period.The new seasoning is a deliciously simple take on the popular south-east Asian dish, embracing a variety of spic...

juni 30, 2008

Pringles Rice Infusions adds Sweet & Sour and Peking Duck

Pringles, the UK's No. 1 large sharing brand from P&G, is offering shoppers the chance to "Take away a tempting taste of China” by adding two exotic new limited edition flavours to the current range. Sweet and Sour and Peking Duck with hoi si...

juni 25, 2008

Henderson's Relish flavour from Yorkshire Crisps

Consumers outside Yorkshire can now savour the taste of Henderson'sRelish from Sheffield for the first time, courtesy of the Yorkshire Crisps Company. It has teamed up with the Sheffield sauce maker - whose popular secret recipe has been produced in t...

juni 25, 2008

“You’ll never see Pipers Crisps in Tesco”

Lincolnshire farmer Alex Albone set up Pipers Crisps in 2004. Today, he produces 75,000 bags a week, good for a sales of £1.3m– but downright refuses to supply major supermarkets. “I’d rather sell to the village shop where you buy your daily newspa...

juni 25, 2008

Doritos Collisions hit the UK crisps and snacks market

Walkers, Britain's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is continuing to drive sales of its £93m Doritos brand with the launch of an innovative new range – Doritos Collisions – which takes two bold, complementary flavoured chips and puts them in one s...

juni 18, 2008

Walkers Snack Foods working with chef Heston Blumenthal

As the chef whose reputation has been built on his ability to confuse and tantalise tastebuds with such confections as crab ice cream and leather purée, Heston Blumenthal would be naturally drawn to a company that depends upon the strange alchemy of s...

juni 12, 2008

In the UK, Chips are still at top of kids' snacks wish-list

Children's favourite snacks are crisps, biscuits, cakes and confectionery but the healthy eating message is filtering through, according to a new survey. The survey was commissioned by the UK Federation of Bakers (FoB) and Flour Advisory Bureau (FAB).W...

juni 07, 2008

Which contains more salt: a bag of potatochips or a muffin?

If you are out and about and are looking for a quick, healthy snack for your children, an orange and lemon wholegrain muffin may sound like a good option. If you are watching their salt intake, however, you would be better off giving them a bag of cri...

mei 28, 2008

Lay's Baked krijgt prijs voor meest innovatieve produkt

Pepsico heeft heeft donderdag een speciale Wheel of Retail gekregen. Lay's Baked, de in de oven gebakken aardappelchips, werd gekozen tot meest innovatieve product.

mei 16, 2008

The Czech snack market: Internack vs Pepsico

Choosing your junk food used to be easy. During the “shortage economy” under communism, Czechoslovakia was deprived of the variety of prepackaged processed food found in the West. If you wanted a savory snack, your options were simple: salted sticks...

mei 06, 2008

Germany's Intersnack buys Czech firms Canto Hradec Kralove and Perri Crisps & Snacks Tremosna

Intersnack of Germany, known on the Czech market for its Bohemia Chips, has acquired two Czech companies Canto Hradec Kralove and Perri Crisps & Snacks Tremosna, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) wrote Monday. "We believe our sales will rise to K...

april 14, 2008

Crips adds new flavours.

Five new deliciously different flavours of award-winning snack CRIPS are being unveiled at the Natural &Organic Products Show: Natural Sea Salt Sea Salt &Cracked Black Pepper Thai Sweet Chilli Mature Cheddar Cheese &Spring Onion Sea S...

april 14, 2008

Will Chase sells Majority stake in Tyrrells potato chips to Langholm Capital and focuses on potato wodka

Will Chase, potato farmer and owner of Tyrrell's Potato Chips has sold a majority stake in Tyrrell's Potato Chips to private equity firm Langholm Capital for £30 million. Will Chase has overseen the rapid growth of his premium-end snacks - made using...

april 08, 2008

Metal splinter found in Roysters potato chips

Last week we paid attention in the PotatoPro Newsletter to metal detection. This news reminds us of the importance: Terri, aged 18, found the two inch shard cooked inside a crisp in a bag of Roysters she had just opened for her three-year-old brothe...

april 07, 2008

Oude fabriek Aviko afgebrand

De leegstaande oude fabriek van Aviko in Hoog-Keppel is door brand volledig verwoest. Alleen de muren van het pand staan nog overeind. Vorig jaar namen krakers bezit van de leegstaande panden. Aviko begon haar activiteiten in Hoog-Keppel in 1962. D...