Ready Meals

Italian Food Giants Merge To Create €1.1bn Cured-Meat Powerhouse

Cured meat and cheese producer Salumifici GranTerre and cured meat brand Parmacotto have agreed to merge, creating one of Italy's largest hubs for br...

Shift Away From Ultra-Processed Foods Likely To Take Some Time: Circana

The consumer shift away from so-called 'ultra-processed foods' (UPFs) is likely to take some time due to consumer confusion surrounding the category, accor...

Frozen Food Sales Return To Growth In UK, Says BFFF

Frozen food sales returned to growth in the UK in the first quarter of this year, the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has said, citing Kantar data.

Campbell Soup Misses Revenue Estimates As At-Home Dining Trend Eases

Campbell Soup Co missed market expectations for quarterly revenue, as consumers headed out to restaurants after COVID-19 curbs eased, impacting sales of th...

Tesco Seeing Limited Impact On Availability In Days Following Brexit, Says CEO

Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy has said that the ready meals category has been the only one to see serious disruption as a result of new trading agreemen...

Waitrose & Partners To Launch A New Range Of Premium Frozen Meals

Waitrose & Partners has announced plans to launch a new assortment of frozen meals comprising 24 items ranging from classic pies to quick and easy...

Bakkavor Posts 1.5% Increase In Revenue

Bakkavor Group, the UK-based provider of fresh prepared foods, has announced that group revenues were up by 1.5% for the 19 weeks to May 12, year-to-year....

Europeans Increasingly Shunning Home Cooking for Foodservice, Study Finds

In spite of a surge in sales for ready meals and 'meal kit' solutions in the past year, with sales across Europe up €8.3 billion in 2017, consumers ar...