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Grace Foods UK, the UK’s leading supplier of Caribbean food and drink*1, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a raft of marketing activity, including its biggest ever new product development drive.

In addition to major brand developments, the company has pledged to raise £10,000 for charity, with £5,000 being donated to both GroceryAid, which supports people in the grocery industry, and The Angel Foundation, a UKbased charity which provides the health care sector in Jamaica with much-needed medical equipment.

“We’re marking our 10th anniversary, and the 95th anniversary of our parent company GraceKennedy, with a year-long programme that will excite people who already enjoy Caribbean food and drink, but we’re also confident that it will attract new shoppers to what is already one of the most dynamic sectors of the world foods market,” says Adam Reader, Grace Foods UK’s Managing Director.

The NPD programme will be spearheaded by Encona, the UK’s no.1 hot pepper sauce brand*2, with the launch of a limited edition Carolina Reaper Chilli Sauce; the hottest ever to be produced by a mainstream table sauce brand. Launching in April with a bold ‘heat warning’, the sauce will be available in 142ml glass bottle format (RRP £1.49/case sizes of 6), featuring the Carolina Reaper chilli, blended with tomatoes, garlic, cumin and orange to create a wellrounded, fiery and fruity flavour.

“This is the hottest Encona sauce ever and will enable retailers to tap into consumer demand for sauces that are full of flavour and hotter than ever. The ‘get it while it’s here’ appeal of a limited edition sauce will generate additional consumer interest,” adds Reader.

The NPD programme also sees the introduction in April of two new products, Pepperpot Soup Mix and Tomato & Chilli Soup Mix, to Grace Foods’ packet soups range. Both are free of artificial flavours, colours and preservatives.

The soups’ launch coincides with Grace Foods broadening its scratchcooking range with the introduction of two new products, Chickpeas and Lentils, boosting the UK’s favourite canned pulses range which is already growing at 32% year-onyear* 3.

Later in the year, Grace Foods will also be unveiling new variants and pack formats of its fast-growing Grace Coconut Water range along with new pack designs for its gluten free, high fibre plantain chips.

In addition, the Grace Aloe Vera drinks range will feature in a major marketing drive, as will Nurishment, the UK’s No.1 nutritionally enriched milk drink, following the recent relaunch of Nurishment Extra.

“The category boosting NPD, and other anniversary activity, will strengthen our position as the UK’s leading supplier of Caribbean food and drink, enthuse shoppers and drive them to the world foods fixture in record numbers. These are really exciting times for us, our trading partners and everyone who will enjoy Caribbean food and drink this year,” adds Reader.

*1IRI UK Caribbean Food and Drink – Retail Sales, Period MAT 52 w/e 31st December 2016

*2 IRI UK Table Sauces, Unit Sales, MAT 52 w/e 30th January 2017

*3 IRI UK Caribbean Food & Drink, Value Sales (Major Mults) w/e 28th Jan 2017

GRACE FOODS UK

www.gracefoods.co.uk

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