Pic: GettyImages/FamVeld Made for Drink debuts in the potato chip category; Kellogg’s wants to emulate the success it had with White Choc Coco Pops with its new SKU and The Cookie Project is spreading kindness with its limited edition cookies baked by Kiwis with disabilities.
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Made for Drink is making a foray into the UK’s £1bn potato crisp category with two offerings inspired by world cuisine. The UK meat snack producer is rolling out Chicken Salt Fries and Tapas Fries into Sainsbury’s and other independent retailers in the UK on 21 April.
Despite its name, Chicken Salt Fries is actually a vegetarian treat, flavoured with an umami-packed condiment loved across Australia. The thin cut potato fries are seasoned with chicken salt, a turmeric-based seasoning that was made famous by Mitani in the 1970’s. Made for Drink collaborated with the seasoning house to create this Ozzie favourite, which it believes will go down as well with
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Tony’s Chocolonely in top 10 searches on Amazon UK as chocolate sales up by 78% in January By Anthony Myers As Valentine’s Day approaches, online retail giant Amazon is offering lower prices on hundreds of perfect gifts including chocolate, jewellery and flowers.
Latest figures for Q3 showed the pandemic sales boost helped Amazon triple its profits amid a 37% increase in earnings with revenues of $96.15bn in the third quarter of 2020.
Fresh research from market analysts and eCommerce data provider Profitero reveals that chocolate sales are up 78% year-on-year on Amazon UK (comparing Jan 1-19 with the same period in 2020).
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As a specialist, Cargill s FATitude research digs into consumers’ awareness and thoughts around the fats and oils found in packaged foods and found four key trends will impact the snacking space in 2021.
Kind Snacks has partnered with suicide prevention charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), to further champion its mission to get Britons to exercise kindness amid the continuing challenges thrown up by the pandemic.
Drinks which uplift, energize, and offer shoppers a treat are among those that can help retailers grab their share of more than £1bn ($1.36bn) in the UK’s soft drinks category over the next five years, says Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I.
This means a potential £8,992 in soft drink sales could be unlocked by each of the UK’s 46,388 convenience, symbol, and independent stores, estimates the company (formerly Lucozade Ribena Suntory).
SBF GB&I – whose key brands include Ribena, Lucozade, and MayTea – has identified four consumer need states across the soft drinks category and that retailers can easily tap into: by making they have the right pack, in the right place, for the right occasion.