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Product showcase 2021: Nim’s courts a lady, Livwell embraces ‘nooch’ and Dr. Oetker encourages kids to create slime By Gill Hyslop
What s on shelf this month that will get your tastebuds tingling? Pic: GettyImages/Kolonko
Pink lady
Nim’s Fruit Crisps has joined forces with Pink Lady to turn its apples into a ‘food on the move’ option that is healthy and one of your five a day.
The Kent-based snack producer gently air-dries the apple slices, which means much of the nutritious goodness and sweetness – which comes from being grown in 200 hours of sunshine – is retained, along with a great crunch.
Carolina Foods gets financial boost to take private label sweet baked goods capacity to next level
Carolina Foods produces enough doughnuts annually to circle the globe twice. Pic: GettyImages/sara winter Private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners has made an undisclosed investment in the manufacturer that produces nearly a million honey buns daily, as well as enough doughnuts each year to circle the globe twice.
Carolina Foods was founded in 1934 and has grown into one of the leading wholesale bakeries in the US, operating out of multiple locations across Charlotte, including a 100,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Charlotte’s South End.
A Scottish Bakers survey reveals the outlook for the Scottish bakery sector and its employees is bleak. Pic: GettyImages/Oleksandra Polishchuk Scottish Bakers is calling on government for additional support after a survey conducted amongst its members last month revealed the harsh impact of coronavirus.
Scottish Bakers members are made up of hundred of high street bakeries and cafes, as well as wholesalers supplying the hospitality sector along with schools, hospitals and works canteens. Collectively, the members employ more than 12,000 workers across Scotland.
The association said that despite working hard to introduce new ways to adapt to the tough rules introduced over the past year to limit the spread of coronavirus, the sector has been hard hit.
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Product showcase 2021: General Mills goes soft, Whole Earth gets personal and Bwydydd Madryn flies the flag for Welsh snacks By Gill Hyslop
What are you in the mood for today? Pic: GettyImages/lemono General Mills is moving its iconic Pillsbury brand into the cookie aisle with a line of Soft Baked Cookies; Whole Earth is gearing up for the Tokyo Olympics with personalised jars of peanut butter; and Pwellheli-based food distributor Bwydydd Madryn is ramping up its portfolio of Welsh treats.
Team Crunchy or Team Smooth?
Whole Earth are inviting fans to pick their team. The artisan peanut butter producer is commemorating its partnership with Team GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – now scheduled on 23 July to 8 August 2021 – by giving fans the chance to personalise their branded jar of Whole Earth Organic Crunchy or Whole Earth Organic Smooth.
Oreo maker takes Indian biscuit giant to court over alleged lookalike cookies Mondelēz-owned Intercontinental Great Brands has filed a trademark infringement case in the Delhi High Court against Parle Products over allegedly copying Mondelez’s iconic Oreo cookie.
Intercontinental Great Brands claims the design of Parle’s recently launched Fabio biscuit is ‘deceptively’ similar to that of its globally popular cookie.
Fabio does bear a resemblance to Oreos, being two dark biscuits sandwiching a white cream filling. Taking it a step further, Fabio biscuits are also stamped with a filigreed design, while both cookies sport blue and white branding.