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Trek teams with the Saracens

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Natural Balance Foods’ Trek brand has been named the official snack bar partner of Saracens Rugby Club. The brand is in double-digit growth and sees this collaboration as a means to further broaden its appeal to a whole new audience of rugby enthusiasts. Protein variants added £25m to the UK snack bar market in 2022 …

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