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januari 15, 2008

United Biscuits unveils environment plan

UK biscuit and snack maker United Biscuits said yesterday it will cut its carbon emissions by more than a third by 2020 and reduce water and packaging use by a fifth as part of a new strategy to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment. ...

januari 11, 2008

Walkers to spend record on marketing this year

Walkers, the UK's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is putting a massive £27 million (USD 54 million) marketing investment behind the Walkers brand this year, the biggest spend in the brand's 60 year history. Walkers is an iconic British brand whi...

januari 11, 2008

PepsiCo Buys Bulgarian Nuts, Seeds Seller Penelopa

Beverage and snack maker PepsiCo said it has agreed the acquisition of Bulgaria's leading producer and seller of branded nuts and seeds Penelopa.In a statement released late on Tuesday, Bulgarian time, PepsiCo said the acquisition was "consistent ...

januari 04, 2008

Tyrrells' vodka plans move a step closer

Crisps producer Tyrrells is expecting to have its first bottles of vodka ready for sale by April after it was given the green light to build a distillery on its Herefordshire farm. Councillors granted the company planning permission to build the dist...

december 31, 2007

GAIN report: U.S. Opportunities in France's Ready To Eat and Snacks market

Lifestyle and demographic changes have fueled growth in the ready-to-eat and snack distribution outlets representing over 45,000 points of sale in France, with 2006 sales growth over five percent. Best prospects are chips and crisps, snack foods, bagel...

december 20, 2007

Selkhozinvest announced construction of a Potato Processing Plant in the Tyumen Region (Siberia)

According to the department of investment policy of the Tyumen region, Ivan Dudanov, Chairman of the Directors Board of Selkhozinvest announced the company's plans to invest about EUR30 million into the construction of a potato processing plant and to...

december 19, 2007

Walkers Baked gets £3m support package for 2008

Walkers Baked has been the most successful new product launch in the Crisps and Snacks category in the last 3 years. It is now the biggest better-for-you brand in the category and is central to Walkers plans to accelerate growth in the market. Now wor...

december 18, 2007

Richard Evans to replace Neil Campbell as general manager Walkers UK

Neil Campbell, general manager of Walkers UK, has been promoted to president of Tropicana USA. He will be replaced in the UK by Richard Evans, who moves from PepsiCo Middle East and Africa. Evans, who takes over his new role in January, is currently c...

december 18, 2007

McCoy's crisps (United Biscuits) adds to range in 2008

United Biscuit's UK is launching a number of additions to the McCoy's range going into 2008. Along with new pack sizes and limited editions, February 2008 will see the launch of an innovative new range, which was inspired by the nation’s favourite tak...

december 17, 2007

Jingles for Pringles: a £300 winning video ad

A home-made advert that cost just £300 is going to be shown in a prime slot on Christmas Day. Advertising bosses were so impressed with Nils Elders' video, they rejected hundreds of other more expensive works. The idea was to have a jingle composed...

december 17, 2007

United Biscuits extends go ahead! portfolio with 'Go Wholemeal' and 'Go baked Snaps'

United Biscuits UK (UBUK), one of the UK's leading snack manufacturers, is extending its go ahead! portfolio with two new exciting ranges, one sweet and one savoury. Wholemeal Fruit Bakes and Baked Snaps are set to further grow the UK’s number one h...

december 10, 2007

Pringles Christmas update

Pringles has always been one of the UK's most popular snacks but 2007 has been an even better than usual year. Not only has the last 12 months seen the exciting launch of new Pringles Rice Infusions, but the core range has gone from strength to strengt...

december 04, 2007

Cancer Research UK reassures women over acrylamide/cancer link

Cancer Research UK moved to reassure women over a study suggesting that a common chemical caused by frying, roasting or grilling may be linked to ovarian and womb cancer. The charity said that women should not be overly concerned as the study is the ...

november 30, 2007

Seabrook crisps goes local

Seabrook Crisps is sourcing local potatoes for its range of crisps. The Bradford-based company has asked the EFFP (English Farmers and Foods Partnerships) for assistance in setting up a supply chain with local producers. The EFFP has identified Wold...

SirHowy Valley Foods taken over by Tayto

november 29, 2007

Tayto takes over Sirhowy Valley Foods, the firm behind Real Crisps

The company behind Real Crisps, Newport-based Sirhowy Valley Foods, has been acquired by the Tayto Group. Northern Ireland-based Tayto is the third biggest crisp brand in the UK, having already acquired Golden Wonder, and the acquisition takes the gr...

november 27, 2007

Norway's Stranda Baltic invests EUR 2 mln in Latvia

Vegetable producer Stranda Baltic has launched its new fresh vegetables production unit in Salas parish in Latvia at a cost of EUR 2 mln. The main product of Norwegian-owned Stranda Baltic SIA is small snack carrots, which are packed in mini plastics b...

Heatox project brings new pieces of the acrylamide puzzle

november 26, 2007

Heatox project completed: brings new pieces to the Acrylamide Puzzle

Acrylamide formation in heated food became a totally new research field, when its presence in various foods was revealed in 2002. The EU Commission reacted swiftly and in DG Research Framework Programme 6 (FP6) a strategic targeted research project, ...

november 26, 2007

Residents block Tyrrells' vodka distillery plans

Residents are attempting to block plans by crisps producer Tyrrells to turn its Herefordshire farm into a vodka distillery. The company hopes to use a £5 million regional prize it won in the Bank of Scotland’s Corporate £25 million Challenge to use p...