Snack Foods

Got the munchies: what are the latest bagged snack trends?

17-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

Having a quick snack with a pint has always been a good way to increase sales at pubs. And, as snacks evolve, you need to keep up with the latest innovations.

Snacks: it's in the bag

21-Aug-2017 By Emma Eversham

With a lot of innovation going on in bagged snacks, we take a look at the latest products on offer, whether it’s worth stocking bagged snacks, what the ideal range is and what consumers are looking for. Emma Eversham reports.

What is your favourite: nuts or scratchings?

19-May-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Pub snacks are the lifeblood of all pub premises and an easy up-sell on a drinks round. Whether it is a bag of crisps, popcorn, nuts or scratchings, getting consumers to have an extra nibble is a ‘win win’. We take you through our pick of the snacks.

Bagged snacks

More than a mouthful of nuts: snacks go upmarket

14-Sep-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

A pint of lager and a packet of crisps still hold good for many pubs, but offering something different could generate more profit, Andrew Don reports

Snack attack: Tips on boosting snacks sales

19-May-2015 By Jo Bruce

Supplier JJ Food Service’s Sue Guilfoyle offers ideas for driving snack sales

Haywood boosts on-trade reach following Cosgrove's purchase

14-Apr-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Haywood Products has improved its on-trade distribution network after agreeing to purchase snacks supplier Cosgrove’s Foods.

KP Snacks initiative aims to help licensees crisp up their snack offer

17-Nov-2014 By Robyn Black

A new crisp brand and an initiative to help licensees boost their snack sales have been unveiled by KP Snacks.

Seabrooks launches 'peel front' sharing crisps for pubs

18-Sep-2014 By Robyn Black

The days of ripping the back of crisp packets to be able to share the bag may well be over, as Seabrook crisps reveals its new “peel front” format.

New Products

Meat Merchants launch new range of pub snacks

30-May-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

Norfolk based company the Meat Merchants have launched a range of four new meat snacks specifically targeting pubs.

Pub Snacks: Superior snacking

24-Mar-2011

There was a time when a bag of nuts or a packet of ready salted crisps were the only foods customers could eat at most pubs. Today, with a huge...

Pub snacks: bags of potential

22-Nov-2010 By Tony Halstead

Tony Halstead finds there are lots of ways licensees can boost interest — and revenue — through pub snacks.

Sell More, Save More: Snacks - profits in the bag

01-Jul-2010

Back in February, both the rural and community pubs in our Sell More, Save More project had no clear strategy for their snacks offer and indeed had...

Snacks are in the bag

20-Nov-2009

It was the year when the cheese & onion bit back. The flavour, first launched in the UK by Golden Wonder back in the 1960s, has leapt to the top...

Snacks focus: New flavours keep crisps front of mind

27-Mar-2009

THOSE PIONEERING souls who toil away in the new product development (NPD) departments of the nation's snack manufacturers must, one imagines,...

Credit crunching - Tayto takeover for Jonathan Crisp

20-Jan-2009

The Northern Ireland-based Tayto Group has acquired the Jonathan Crisp brand, further adding to its snack empire.The deal for the upmarket crisp...

Plan your snack attack

03-Jul-2008

Targeting the snack offer in your pub can be an easy route to greater profits. Simon Creasey reports At first glance, WH Smith may seem an unlikely...

Golden Wonder owner acquires Mr Porky

14-Mar-2008

Snack supplier Tayto Golden Wonder has added to its exanding operation with the acquisition of Mr Porky owner Red Mill Snack Foods.The latest deal...

Beer and Snacks Matching: The ultimate challenge

20-Jul-2006

You shall go to the ball, Cinders. The word on the grapevine - or at least on the potato plant - is that pub snacks, those loyal workhorses of the...

Crunch time

27-Nov-2003

The nation's insatiable appetite for snacks has food manufacturers competing for a bigger cut of the action. But are hosts beingbombarded by too much...

It's crunch time for snacks

27-Nov-2000

There is a snack out there suitable for everyone - it's just a matter of spotting it behind the barI fear that confidence in this great country of...