Probar, provider of healthy plant-based food products, announces the launch of a new branding and packaging campaign, developed by the creative agency Struck. The award-winning designs received the Merit award at the 2013 AIGA 100 show in Utah, which honors the best design over the past year. To keep pace with significant market growth, Probar […]
Designed by South Korean designer Yuhun Kim, the ‘Reading Tray’ is a transparent food tray that allows people to read and eat at the same time, while protecting the book from spills. Kim said that “although many people habitually do several tasks at once, they do not realize that they are multitasking”, unless a “mistake” […]
Subway restaurants, the world’s largest restaurant chain, and Lionsgate, a leading global entertainment company, announced that Subway will be the exclusive restaurant promotional destination for the film “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the highly anticipated second installment of the global blockbuster “The Hunger Games” film franchise. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” will open in theaters worldwide […]
Tesco will be tapping into consumer demand for fresh, seasonal British produce by stocking British Freshly Dug New Potatoes which will be in store for just four weeks from early July. Freshness is key for these tasty spuds which will harvested daily to ensure each pack is as fresh as possible. Carefully selected for their […]
SSP, the leading dedicated operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Kate Swann as Chief Executive Officer effective from September 4. She succeeds Andrew Lynch who will stand down after nine years in the role. Kate Swann has had a 23 year career in the retail […]
Burton’s Biscuit Company is launching new product Maryland Gooeys with a £1.5m advertising campaign. The firm is rebooting its Maryland ‘Mugs’ ad, created by VCCP, to promote the new cookie range. The TV ad is now on air and will run for the next six weeks, supported by video on demand and digital advertising. Media […]
Glasgow-based, Scots-born Italian restaurateur Domenico Crolla is an artist in the kitchen—he creates portraits on pizzas using just tomato sauce and cheese, and no Photoshop. In what he calls ‘Paparazzi Pizza’, he recreates realistic images of the likes of the Mona Lisa, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Lee, Anna Wintour, Simon Cowell and Tom Ford.
A US man has devoured 69 hot dogs, beating his own world record at an annual 4 July competition at Coney Island in New York. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut ate the sausages with buns in 10 minutes, breaking his old record of 68 and winning the world title for the seventh year in a row. In […]
JWT Singapore helped Pizza Hut morph into pasta restaurant, renaming its City Square Mall outlet as “Pasta Hut” for a five-day period. The stunt was designed to demonstrate Pizza Hut’s commitment to bring quality, affordable pasta dishes to a wide range of customers and get Singaporeans excited about their new line of pasta dishes, which were […]
For years it has been synonymous with the quintessential English favourite, strawberries and cream. But this year chefs have noticed an astonishing surge in demand for something rather less traditional on the Wimbledon menus – pizza. Tennis fans have been snapping up the Italian staple since the Championships opened and caterers predict the comfort food […]