April Fools’ Day: Heinz, Argos and Boux Avenue prank customers

Did you fall for any April Fools jokes today? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there.  This year’s jokes have ranged from ‘hot tea taps’ and Subway ‘hand helpers’ to the part-soup, part-smoothie Smoup and a treadmill grasscutter. Piers Morgan joked that he had been given his old job at Good Morning Britain back after the … Read more

Freeze meanz Heinz! Baked beans will be sold FROZEN as company looks to rebrand tinned snack’s image

Freeze meanz Heinz! Baked beans will be sold FROZEN as company looks to rebrand the tinned snack’s image Move is part of a plan to ‘liberate’ baked beans from their old-fashioned image Food giant will expand the product into new formats – including a frozen option  The push began with the launch of a microwaveable … Read more

‘I knew I’d made it when Sainsbury’s told me I was outselling Heinz Sauce!’

A bottle of Levi Roots Reggae Reggae sauce Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur Levi Roots says the best financial decision he ever made was to hire a top-class corporate lawyer before he entered the Dragons’ Den in 2007. The multi-millionaire also credits his mentor and Dragon investor Peter Jones as the reason he has never made … Read more

Heinz asks customers if they want beans and spaghetti hoops in the one can

‘Boopz? It’s a food crime!’: Britons vent their disgust at Heinz over its plan to combine beans and spaghetti hoops in the same can – as firm launches Twitter vote to make it happen Heinz has asked customers whether they should combine two popular products They will use the portmanteau Boopz to describe the new … Read more