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Country Choice unveils new bake & bite packaging

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Country Choice has unveiled new hot food-to-go packaging designed to further drive sales of its range of Bake & Bite branded handheld hot savouries, which includes sausage rolls, pies, pasties, breakfast baps, wedges and chicken pieces. The packaging, designed to help retailers capture consumer attention…

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