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The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
McVitie's launches brand new ice cream flavours based on best-selling biscuits – exact shops to buy
MCVITIE'S has launched two new biscuit-inspired ice creams that has shoppers racing to try them. The ice cream tubs are based on the household favourite Hobnobs and Chocolate Digestives and they come in two different delicious-sounding flavours. 1 There's the McVitie's Hobnobs The Oaty One Ice Cream and the McVitie's Milk Chocolate Digestives Ice Cream. Both are being sold at Iceland and The Food Warehouse in 500ml tubs. They usually cost £4.50 but they're currently on offer for £4. The Oaty One is described as an "oat biscuit flavour ice cream with oaty biscuit pieces, golden syrup sauce and shortcake biscuit pieces". Meanwhile the Milk Chocolate Digestives flavour is a "biscuit flavour ice cream with chocolate sauce, milk chocolate coated digestives biscuit pieces and milk chocolate shavings". Social media users have been sharing the news and getting excited. One post about the new snacks had thousands of likes and comment. Some shoppers said they needed to head to the shops immediately, while one person wrote: "Omgggg stop!!" Others said they looked "delicious" and "yummy". One shopper who had already tried out the new sweet treats said they were "absolutely lovely". Biscuit lovers are only just finding out the little-known reason behind how Hobnobs got its name 40 years ago The ice creams are the latest exciting new products to be launched by McVitie's. The biscuit maker recently unveiled two new Hobnobs biscuits: Oaty Cookies with either a milk or dark chocolate flavour. It recreates the classic Hobnob in cookie form, with the addition of chocolate chips. You can get them in Morrisons for £1.75. Plus, McVitie's also launched a new flavour of its popular digestive biscuit. The limited edition Pink Digestives Raspberry & Cream Flavour has a baby pink shade and comes in distinctive pink packaging. You can get them for £1.85 in Morrisons and Iceland or on Ocado, and for £2.25 at Sainsbury's. Another new ice cream flavour Big-name brands often bring out lots of new treats for the summer. Morrisons brought out Angel Delight ice cream sticks in the flavours Butterscotch & Chocolate and Strawberry & Vanilla. The packs of four ice creams are selling for £2.75. They're based on the popular childhood dessert.
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wendy's Announces Exciting Menu Change
When people think of Wendy's, often the first food item that comes to mind is the chain's hamburgers. The restaurant fast food chain is famous for its square-shaped hamburger patties. Of course, Wendy's is also famous for its delicious frosty drinks, which offer a slick, ice cream drink that's thick, creamy and sweet. It's simply unacceptable to have never experienced the taste of a Wendy's frosty. One area for which Wendy's isn't as well known is their breakfast options. But, that's about to change, because Wendy's is putting their focus on breakfast, which some say is the most important meal of the day. For a limited time, Wendy's is offering their breakfast biscuit sandwiches for $1 each. The cool thing is that you don't need to use their app or have a code. Just walk into your local Wendy's, and if it's participating in the deal, get your sandwich. This deal is for a limited time only, so note that to get it, you should act quickly. These biscuits are packed with protein, too. According to Wendy's, the Honey Buddy Chicken Biscuit has 16 grams of protein and features "crispy chicken drizzled with sweet honey butter tucked inside a soft, warm biscuit." The Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit has 17 grams of protein and features "applewood smoked bacon, fresh-cracked egg and American cheese." Finally, the Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit has 21 grams of protein and has "a grilled sausage patty, egg and cheese." Wendy's also has a full line of breakfast sandwiches. Tasting Table recently named Wendy's sausage, egg and cheese muffin their favorite breakfast item. So, even though Wendy's is still getting known for breakfast, they're making a dent in the market. Remember that as with many fast food chains, breakfast is only available in the morning at Wendy's. As Time Out notes, "But this deal is for breakfast only, so be sure to stop in before 10:30 a.m. when most Wendy's locations start rolling over to the lunch menu."Wendy's Announces Exciting Menu Change first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 18, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Our factory makes 2,500 custard creams a minute'
A man has said he is "very proud" that four generations of his family have worked at a biscuit company that is now producing 2,500 custard creams a minute after 170 years in Clarkson, aged 57, has worked at Hill Biscuits in Ashton-under-Lyne since 1987 and his grandfather Alf was employed at the same firm for 50 mother Mary, father Peter and son John have also worked at the company, which began as a cake shop on Stockport Road in Dukinfield in Clarkson family have a combined length of service of more than 100 years. Mr Clarkson from Guide Bridge said his grandfather Alf began working as an engineer at Hill Biscuits when he was 14 years old in 1935."There's still quite a few people here that worked with my grandad"."Things have changed a lot over the years - when I started our custard cream plant used to make 6,000 kilos a week and now we have 250 tonnes (250,000 kilos) a week". Hill Biscuits has been based at Tudno Mill in Ashton-under-Lyne since ovens run 24 hours a day, with around 350 shift workers producing biscuits like custard creams, coconut crackers, bourbons and gingerbread Hadfield has worked at the factory for 34 59-year-old said: "You can walk around Ashton-under-Lyne and pretty much everybody knows someone who's worked at Hill Biscuits - they are really good people." The firm makes between five and eight million biscuits every single day and sells products to supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl in the UK as well as exporting to customers of those buyers are in Australia, the Bahamas and Ward-Banner the chief executive of Hill Biscuits, said: "We've got lots of long-service employees with deep skills and that is a competitive advantage."The 52-year-old said: "Since a management buyout in 2017, we've increased production by 50%." Daniel Johnson runs the factory at the age of 31, and said "anyone can make a bourbon or a custard cream because there's no trademark".But he said the way they are made at Hill Biscuits is a closely guarded secret."There's only about a dozen people that know our recipes - it's something we do protect and we don't share our secrets with too many people."
Associated Press
16-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Mondelēz 2024 Snacking Made Right Report: Executive Letters
A letter from Dirk Van de PutChair & Chief Executive Officer, Mondelēz International A flaky croissant to accompany your morning coffee. A crispy biscuit for a mid-day break. A delicious bite of chocolate to wind down your evening. All over the world, snacking remains an important part of people's lives – a dependable constant in an everchanging world. At Mondelēz International, we're honored that consumers welcome our iconic chocolate, biscuit, and baked snack brands into their homes – and we are playing our part in our aim to have a positive impact on people and our planet. Like many other companies, we're closely tracking and planning around a dynamic operating environment. Against a backdrop of continued market and geopolitical uncertainty, stubborn inflation, and record input costs for key ingredients like cocoa, our Values and Purpose continue to guide us. Our more than 90,000 colleagues around the world remain committed to empowering people to snack right – by providing the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.(1) Accordingly, we continue to prioritize Sustainability as the fourth pillar in our long-term Strategy – alongside Growth, Execution and Culture. We continue to believe that helping to drive positive change at scale across the communities our business touches is an integral part of value creation. Simply put, we believe that more sustainable business is, and always will be, good business. At the same time, we recognize that analysts, policy makers, and other stakeholders around the world are evolving their expectations, standards, and guidelines for sustainability reporting. As we navigate a broad range of perspectives, we continue to share our progress through this annual Snacking Made Right Report. I'm pleased to share that we are making meaningful progress toward our goals, and I encourage you to learn more in the following pages, including reviewing our full-year 2024 sustainability data. I'm proud of our team for staying focused and agile in challenging times. The progress detailed in this report would not be possible without our dedicated and passionate people; our strong partnerships with suppliers, customers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs); and our multiple collaborations with industry coalitions, including the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF). As we progress in 2025, we remain focused on executing with excellence against our long-term growth strategy, including continuing to invest in our focused approach to creating a more sustainable business at scale. Our team is at its best when we are united and clear about what we need to do. With the right strategy, the right brands, the right geographic footprint, and the right people – I'm confident that we remain solidly positioned for long-term, sustainable growth. A letter from Christine Montenegro McGrathChief Impact & Sustainability Officer, Mondelēz International Since our inception as a Company, we have set measurable goals for advancing more sustainable business practices, focused on where we believe we can have the biggest impact at scale. We have clear roadmaps and strong execution plans – and we remain confident in our ability to make progress against the goals we set. While numerous stakeholders express changing points of view about the best way to define and evaluate sustainability programs and goals, I'm proud of the consistency of our approach. And I'm proud of the strong progress we continue to achieve against our sustainability goals in 2024, as a result. A few highlights: We believe that driving against these and other sustainability goals – detailed in the coming pages – is a supporting driver to enabling our long-term growth, accelerating our leadership position in snacking, and advancing a business that will remain resilient for many years to come. At the heart of our efforts lies the winning growth culture we continue to create in support of our people. Ever humble, but determined, we remain focused on making an impact where we think people and our planet need it most, and I am encouraged by the results of this focus resulting in the 2024 progress made against our goals. The world is changing rapidly, demanding that we change with it. We continue to adapt while remaining focused on investing in our growth strategy – regularly re-examining our plans and roadmaps in light of a challenging, dynamic environment. Now is the time to stay focused, keep going, and act in line with our Purpose, Mission and Values: Focusing on collaboration across all stakeholders remains at the heart of our sustainability strategy. I'm grateful to work alongside talented, dedicated teams at Mondelēz International, as well as passionate partners in the supplier, customer and NGO communities. I'm proud of the opportunity to learn from each other, challenge ourselves, and co-create impactful solutions. Together, I'm confident that we will continue to deliver sustainable business growth and long-term value for our many stakeholders. View the full 2024 Snacking Made Right Report. (1) 2024 reported information as of December 31, 2024. (2) Goal and reported information for cocoa volume sourced is based on a mass balance approach, which means that the equivalent volume of cocoa needed for the products sold under our chocolate brands is sourced from the Cocoa Life program. Reported information for the period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 includes volumes from cocoa producing countries Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, Indonesia, India, and Nigeria unless otherwise stated (which differs from prior years). Excludes markets where Mondelēz International does not sell chocolate brands. Excludes organic certified consumer offers for Green & Black's. Reported information is verified by an independent third-party and available in our ESG Reporting & Disclosure Reporting Archive. (3) In the reporting year 2024, our annual GHG emissions were accounted following the GHG Protocol Corporate Standards and using the operational control approach. Reported information following Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) guidelines for near-term target excludes Capital Goods, Upstream Transportation and Distribution of Raw Materials, Employee Commuting, Downstream Transportation at Customer, and End of Life long-term target excludes these same categories, except for Upstream Transportation and Distribution of Raw Materials and Employee Commuting. We have recalculated our base year 2018 and most recent years (2023 and 2024) inventory following the GHG Protocol Corporate Standards. Recent updates incorporate acquisitions Chipita and Ricolino. The footprint includes all acquisitions and divestitures to date except for Evirth. For more details, please see the Carbon Accounting Manual. Reported information is verified by an independent third-party and available in our ESG Reporting & Disclosure Reporting Archive. In the context of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), an 'absolute target' refers to a reduction in total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by a specific percentage or amount, measured against a baseline year, rather than a reduction per unit of production or activity. (4) 2024 reported information covers the period from December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2024. Our annual reporting cycle for this metric differs from previous years as we migrate to calendar year reporting. Reported information utilizes forward looking volume estimates. Reported information is verified by an independent third-party and available in our ESG Reporting & Disclosure Reporting Archive. (5) Reported information from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 measures the percentage of net revenue that comes from products that are either individually wrapped mindful portion units (≤200 calories) or have a mindful portion label/information per stock keeping unit, and includes any products with verified product specifications within biscuits and baked snacks, chocolate, and candy categories, and does not include Halls products, semi-final products not sold to consumers, bulk products for wholesale, beverages, meals, gums, gifting, seasonal or festive products, licensing/royalty revenue, private label products and products with small printable areas. Visit 3BL Media to see more multimedia and stories from Mondelez International
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
McVitie's owner Pladis invests into UK operations
UK snacking giant Pladis has invested £68m ($91.6m) across its local operations. According to the Godiva chocolate brand owner, most of the investment is earmarked for its sites in the Northwest of England and is expected to help boost the growth of some of its best-known brands. At its factory in Stockport, where it manufactures McVitie's biscuits and Jaffa Cake, Pladis is investing £21m to introduce a new chocolate moulding line featuring robotic technology. Meanwhile, Liverpool's Aintree site, where Jacob's Cream Crackers are made, will benefit from a £33m overhaul, including the installation of new ovens and infrastructure. Furthermore, £2m will be used to invest in the group's savoury assortments department in Carlisle, resulting in the bakery recruiting and training 48 new colleagues. Some £12m has also been allocated to support infrastructure across its UK sites which - alongside Stockport, Liverpool and Carlisle - include facilities in Halifax, Harlesden in North London and Leicester. The business said it is also furthering its sustainability goals with the investment, as it is expected to cut 876 tonnes of carbon emissions each year across its UK operations. Founded in 2016, Pladis employs 16,000 people across 27 bakeries and factories in 11 countries, with its brands sold in more than 110 countries. This latest investment rollout is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. Pladis' managing director for UK and Ireland, Mete Buyurgan said the news marked 'an important milestone in renovating our sites and unlocking capacity for our growth story. 'We have a fantastic suite of much-loved brands, baked by dedicated colleagues, and we have a responsibility to continue to nurture these brands for customers and consumers across the world,' the managing director said. 'The news of these investments we are sharing today will enable us to achieve this.' The news comes during a period of sustained growth for Pladis, as its global revenue increased by 8% year-on-year to £2.8 billion, according to its most recent financial report in 2023. Earlier this year, the snacks manufacturer launched an accelerator programme aimed at supporting early-stage companies both locally and internationally. "McVitie's owner Pladis invests into UK operations " was originally created and published by Just Food, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
