Potato News from United Kingdom

United Biscuits UK, a leading manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes, is launching a new McCoy's promotion on its handypack range.

Flo-Mech announces the latest development in the proven Flo-Flavour™ range of snack seasoning systems.  The latest Flo-Flavour™ Plus system uses separate oil and flavour applications as opposed to the traditional oil/flavour slurry system usually asso...

Campbell Soup Co., is reportedly looking into making a bid worth $2.3 billion to acquire the largest portion of British food company United Biscuits, according to a media report Sunday.

Middlesbrough-based snacks manufacturer Baked Snacks Company (BSC) has good prospects provided any new backer can inject sufficient capital into the business to give it a fighting chance, according to sources close to the firm.

McCain, the UK’s frozen potato brand, is raising the awareness of Rustic Oven Chips, the chip with four green traffic lights, with a new communications campaign.

An integrated marketing campaign for snack manufacturer Intersnack has been devised by Gardiner Richardson, for the client’s Penn State pretzel range.

Walkers are launching new Walkers Extra Crunchy – ‘The Walkers you share’ – into the crisps and snacks category this month.

McCain Foods (GB) has re-engaged specialist digital and eCRM agency, Underwired Amaze, to create a new eCRM hub and strategy, and extend its CRM activity across multiple channels using the Agillic platform. McCain Foods CRM activity case study Underwir...

Partner Logistics heeft in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, koelhuis van 220.660 vierkante meter groot geopend. Dit is volgens het bedrijf het grootste in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. De koelhuisfaciliteit werd ontwikkeld voor de aardappelverwerker Lamb Weston Mei...

National Starch Food Innovation has invested in a state-of-the-art new demonstration kitchen facility at its Manchester office to enhance the company’s Culinology expertise in the UK. The Concept Kitchen was unveiled by Jorgen Kokke, Vice President &am...

Below you find an excerpt of "Potato Weekly", by the Potato Council. This crop update, published on August 2, provides insight on the harvest and development of the potato production in the United Kingdom:Total early crop clearance to 31st Ju...

The UK’s large sharing snack hopes to spice up snacks sales this summer with two new Pringles Xtreme flavours: Hot Paprika &Smoky Bacon and Spicy Sour Cream &Onion.The launch of the new Xtreme flavours builds on the success of the current Pring...

William Chase, owner of the only premium potato-based vodka distillery in Britain, plans to take on much larger, mass-produced luxury brands in the U.S. market, Chase told Reuters.Unlike all large-scale vodka producers, Chase Distillery grows, mashes a...

Seabrook Crisps is looking to develop a second factory within the next five years. The company, which in the last three years has become the UK’s fastest growing potato crisp brand supplying all major supermarkets, intends to have a second factory up a...

The snacks and biscuits division of UK manufacturer United Biscuits could be parcelled out to different buyers, according to a research firm's analysis of the market following media reports the company is to be sold by its private equity owners.

A new potato processing variety has yielded well in trials in a difficult growing season.The new variety from Potato Innovations (PI), known only as YP0243, has yielded nearly 35t/ha of marketable ware in the trials.YP0243 is due to receive registratio...

Reuters reports that private equity firms Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) and PAI Partners are considering selling Britain's United Biscuits for more than 2 billion pounds ($3.06 billion). Reuters refers to a person familiar with the matter.   Blackstone an...

After last weeks speculations in the UK media on what would happen to the Food Standards Agency, the United Kingdom's food safety watchdog, here is the REAL plan, outlined in a press release by the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and th...