Chilled
Boursin has the ultimate cheese for the Christmas cheeseboard, with its new Boursin Blue Cheese flavour soft cheese.
To celebrate the launch of Stranger Things Season 5, Babybel has launched Mini Babybel Hellfire – a plant-based cheese with red Jalapeño and cayenne chilli spice.
Jason’s Sourdough has created two heat-at-home toasted sandwiches made with their white ciabattas sourdough in Three Cheese and Ham Hock & Cheddar.
Unearthed have also launched two new ready to heat sandwiches, a Croque Monsieur and a Croque Fromage.
Squeaky Bean has launched two new pies – both plant-based and made with flaky pastry. The two new pies come in flavours Braise Veggie with ale gravy and Spanish Chorizo Style Pie made with butter beans and smoky spices.
Pukka has also launched a selection of pies for the coming winter season. The new lines include: Hog Roast Slice, Thai Red Chicken Curry Parcel, Creamed Pepper Steak Pie, One Big Minced Beef & Onion, and a Festive Pie.
Itsu and Bakkavor have launched a range of six chilled ready meals, including: Katsu Chicken Brown Rice, Korean Style Spicy Pork Noodles, Chicken Pad Thai Noodles, Teriyaki Chicken Brown Rice, Thai Style Chicken and Teriyaki Veg Gyoza Brown Rice.
Ambient
Tilda is expanding its children’s good range with Tilda Taste Travellers, created in collaboration with child dietitian Lucy Upton. The internationally inspired meals come in four flavours: Mexican Rice Bowl, Japanese Katsu Curry Rice, Pesto & Pea risotto, and Mild Thai Green Curry Rice.
OXO is getting ready for winter meals with a new range of bone broths, ready-to-use stocks and stock powers. The bone broths come in both Beef and Chicken, and contain high amounts of protein and collagen.
Step up your gravy game with Guinness Gravy. The new gravy is available in Chicken and Beef flavours and comes in a recyclable can – each one has 4% ABV.
Hovis is expanding into sourdough bread with two new sourdough loaves. The two breads include: White Sourdough Cob and a Seeded Sourdough Cob.
Snacks
Pip & Nut has expanded its healthy snack range with Protein Bars; each bar has 10 grams of protein. Available in Peanut Butter, Caramel Almond and Dark Chocolate Peanut. They all contain seeds, roasted nuts and nut butter caramel.
Just Love, a free-from bakery, has released a new range of small format, individually wrapped six sweet treats made without gluten, nuts or milk as an exclusive launch into Brakes. The treats are Victoria Cake, Carrot and Chocolate Square Cakes, along with Blueberry & Lemon and Chocolate Muffins and Confetti Cupcakes.
Snack’d has updated its gut-friendly bars to use 100% recyclable paper-based packaging that can be recycled in any bin (on the street and at home). This coincides with the launch of three new flavours: Apple & Raisin, Peanut Butter & Banana, and Double Cacao & Orange.
Mars Drinks and Treats have moved into the bakery aisle. The new sweat treats include Galaxy Clusters and Maltesers Crisp Bites.
Bun House Mooncakes are also going festive with two new wintery flavours: coconut Winter Melon and Pistachio Cookie.
If you have Australians in your area, they’ll be thrilled to see that white chocolate Tim Tams are now available in the UK.
The Christmas snacks continue with PepsiCo’s new range of savoury festive crisps: Doritos Gingerbread, Walkers Emmental Cheese, Walkers Beef Wellington, and Sensations Honey Glazed Ham.
Drinks
TRIP, the popular wellness soft drink has launched a Magnesium+ Electrolyte Powder, a functional hydration drink. The powder comes in a Peach Yuzu flavour and is made with a blend of natural electrolytes from Himalayan pink salt and coconut water with magnesium, vitamin D and ashwagandha.
Irn Bru has released a limited-edition Winter Bru – a carbonated drink spiced with ginger and cinnamon and the unique Bru essence.
Brewdog and Mackie’s – two Scottish brands – have teamed up to create a honeycomb stout called Two Scoops, inspired by Mackie’s Honeycomb Ice Cream.
Gordon’s gin has designed two new Spritz Edition bottles, designed to be mixed with Prosecco. The new flavours include Strawberry & Passionfruit and Lime & Elderflower.
Echo Falls has expanded its ready-to-drink category with lower ABV Summer Berries Fruit Fusion Spritz.
