Vintage Dark Chocolate Aged for 18 Months Fetches $345 per Bar

Vintage Dark Chocolate Aged for 18 Months Fetches $345 per Bar

Dark chocolate and wine have a great deal in common. For both, the long road from cultivation to fermentation to production can be seen as a journey of chemical evolution. This is just the beginning of the story. Next there is the matter of storage and ageing, during which the journey continues. Oxygen and other […]

Dogs Trust Wants You To Celebrate Valentine’s Day Doggy Style

Dogs Trust Wants You To Celebrate Valentine’s Day Doggy Style

Dogs Trust has provided an alternative to the traditional Valentine’s Day scenario by creating a dining-in experience for dogs and their owners complete with champagne and a bespoke mutt-friendly menu. The MicroChippy café will allow canine owners to spoil their best friend at London’s renowned gourmet hotdog and champagne bar, Bubbledogs. For £12 humans can […]

Tesco Plays Matchmaker for Valentine’s Day With ‘Basket Dating’

Tesco Plays Matchmaker for Valentine’s Day With ‘Basket Dating’

To help Tesco become the destination supermarket for Valentine’s Day, BBH has created an online campaign that sees a psychotherapist match-make shoppers based on the contents of their shopping baskets. For many, Valentine’s Day feels like a retailer event awash with the same offers, targeted at the same people: couples. Tesco are talking to everyone […]

Sarson’s Goes Retro in Limited Edition Vinegar Bottle by Parker Williams

Sarson’s Goes Retro in Limited Edition Vinegar Bottle by Parker Williams

Brand design agency Parker Williams has designed a limited edition “Chip Lovers” bottle label for Sarson’s, the UK’s number one vinegar brand. Packs of malt vinegar will feature the brand’s successful vinegar-loving couple, ‘Fish and Chip’. Along with channelling the nostalgic power of artist Paul Thurlby’s imagery, the limited run sees Sarson’s change its background […]

Mattessons and Saatchi & Saatchi Invite You to “Meat Your New Snack”

Mattessons and Saatchi & Saatchi Invite You to “Meat Your New Snack”

Kerry Foods-owned Mattessons, and Saatchi & Saatchi London, announced the launch of a new UK-wide campaign that aims to disrupt the status quo of the nation’s snacking habits, and incite a revolt against crisps. The ad stars the ‘Snackarchist’, a geeky, tongue-in-cheek character who embodies the Mattessons rebellious spirit, and breaks all sorts of rules […]

New Covent Garden Soup Co. Launches Limited-Edition Thai Style Soup

New Covent Garden Soup Co. Launches Limited-Edition Thai Style Soup

Soup pioneer New Covent Garden Soup is introducing a limited edition Thai Style Broccoli and Ginger variety with Valentine’s Day in mind. Made with a delicious mix of well documented aphrodisiac ingredients and Thai spices, the soup is perfect for consumers seeking to celebrate the most romantic of months. The limited edition aims to help […]

Count Grecula a Great Success Say The Co-operative

Count Grecula a Great Success Say The Co-operative

The Co-operative’s reputation for creative design that sells on-shelf continues to grow with its latest challenge to convention; a wine label design that wouldn’t look out of place on the shelves of a comic book store. Equator Design’s creative team is the inspiration behind The Co-operative’s Truly Irresistible Grecula Wine. The 2014 Greco features a […]

Takeaway Pizza up to Nine Times more Expensive than Homemade Pizza

Takeaway Pizza up to Nine Times more Expensive than Homemade Pizza

A detailed study into the costs and calorie counts of pizzas at the UK’s main pizza chains and supermarkets has revealed that takeaway pizzerias are charging up to nine times the price for an equivalent product purchased from a supermarket or made from scratch. The investigation also highlighted the high calorie load of pizzas from […]