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Latest Snippets

'Rising numbers' of Britons growing own food

Nearly a third of British adults grow their own food, with many believing it to be healthier, a study suggests. One in six adults have started growing their own food in the last four years, according to the poll commissioned by City of London.

Grass the greenest way to feed cattle, finds study

Feeding cattle on grass is the most environmentally sustainable way to rear beef, the National Trust has claimed following research on its farms. Research at 10 of the Trust’s farms showed the carbon footprint of grass-fed and conventional farms were comparable. However, net carbon emissions were reduced by as much as 94% as a result of carbon sequestration on farms with well-managed grass pasture, it concluded.

Walkers take Sunbites ‘Once bitten, flavour smitten’ on the road

Walkers’ wholegrain snack brand Sunbites is launching its biggest experiential campaign for 2012 with a roadshow kicking off at Westfield Shopping Centre, backed up with a Facebook competition to win a year’s supply.

Pepsi Black from Suntory

Japanese Pepsi bottler Suntory will release Pepsi Black in June. Packed in a 490ml bottle, Pepsi Black is aimed at adults, and features ‘a less sweet taste’. The dark soda will have 50% less sugar than regular Pepsi and a lemon flavour.

Latest Blogs

Mobile Marketing – Top Tip 1

Hot on heels of the overwhelming success of my blog series ’10 Myths of Web, Debunked’ (for hot on the heels, read around a year later!) I thought I’d start a min series of top tips for mobile marketing. The proliferation of the small screen in our lives has brought with it a new set [...]

HA Week!

It’s HA Week and as the leading foodservice agency we have taken up the gauntlet to ‘be a hero’ and raise money for HA! So what’s going on at Jellybean this week in support of our industry charity? Well, for a start we are donating £5 for every one of the next 100 followers we [...]

Moy Park Wins Best Brand 2011

Congratulations to our client Moy Park, who have recently won the award for Best Brand 2011 at the Ulster Grocer Marketing Awards! Paul Burch at Moy Park said “Receiving this award is testament to the hard work of the team at Moy Park in developing our brand in recent years.” We at Jellybean are delighted [...]

What’s on the Horizon?

As the leading foodservice agency we like to keep abreast of all the latest trends and data in the market. That’s why on Thursday morning I was up bright and early to attend the Horizons breakfast briefing. Always a useful state of the nation address, it included an overview on how the foodservice market is [...]

Food to win hearts and minds

“To borrow an analogy from horse racing, your workforce are your thoroughbreds, you must feed and keep them accordingly” Diana Spellman, Partners in Purchasing. This was the overriding message emanating from the latest Footprint Forum, the brainchild of the Footprint Media Organisation, entitled ‘Mood Food’ – discussing and debating the links between nutrition and the [...]