All Confectionery articles
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News
Trek and Nakd maker Natural Balance Foods sinks to a loss on £11m VAT bill
A backdated £11m tax bill has sent Natural Balance Foods tumbling into the red as the Trek and Nakd bar producer fell foul of HMRC VAT rules
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Harry Neave, NPD technologist, Nomo
‘Doing an apprenticeship is a great way to get started. It gives you hands-on experience and a real idea of how the food industry works as a whole’
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Analysis & Features
Was Urban Legend ahead of its time or always set to fail?
The doughnut brand’s tech is ingenious – and will be sold on. So why didn’t its products catch on?
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Category Report
X-rated chocolate: trends in chocolate 2025
Ads for chocolate are about to be banned from TV before the 9pm watershed and outlawed online. How will this affect sales?
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Category Report
The end of cheap choc? Trends in chocolate 2025
Cocoa crises have caused chocolate’s volumes and profits to crumble. And shelf prices are soaring in supermarkets
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News
Brands escape junk food watershed ban as ministers publish rowback on ad rules
Ministers have added additional sections to the legislation on ads for ‘less healthy food products’
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Tesco-backed ‘healthier’ cookie brand Jnck Bakery shuttered
Low-HFSS cookie company Jnck Bakery has entered liquidation after being delisted by Tesco, its major backer
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News
CapVest-owned Natra expands into peanut butter with Bredabest deal
The move would create a ‘powerhouse in sweet spreads and confectionery, combining expertise, innovation and scale to better serve customers across Europe and beyond’, according to Natra
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Promotional Features
How to win in a new world of snacking
As consumers redefine snacking and category boundaries blur, find out how well-known brands and retailers are rethinking how they approach the sector – and what might constitute a successful snack brand of the future
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Comment & Opinion
Birthday cake sandwich? Viral UPFs distract from health concerns
Novelty products designed to create social media buzz can overshadow the bigger conversation about what is unhealthy for us, says Jack Scott, co-founder of Dash Water
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News
Terry’s goes ‘beyond orange’ with Chocolate Caramel Ball
The ‘indulgent’ treat combines Terry’s signature milk chocolate with a ‘caramel twist’
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News
Lakrids By Bülow ready for global expansion following IDG Capital buyout
The business said the deal marked a significant milestone in its evolution from a local artisanal liquorice brand into a globally recognised premium confectionery player
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News
Cadbury Dairy Milk and Biscoff launch co-branded Advent calendar
The new Advent calendar will hit major retailers in September
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News
Ad industry launches voluntary less healthy food ad ban compliance campaign
The Advertising Association, ISBA, the IPA, IAB UK and IMTB, among others, are working to urge advertisers, agency creatives, media owner sales teams, influencer marketing agencies, fmcg brands and retailers to ‘Don’t be on the Naughty List’
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News
Nestlé adds ‘bakery-inspired’ Aero, Milkybar and Munchies lines
The treats will hit supermarket shelves in August
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Profiles
Wafflemeister’s Rikos Leong-Son on challenger brands, Star Wars and waffles
‘The biggest reward is seeing people eating your product out and about and having a huge smile their face’
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Category Report
The big Halloween weekender: trends for Halloween 2025
With Halloween 2025 falling on a Friday, retailers are gearing up for major sales of party lines. Which ones are likely to be the biggest hits?
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News
Price hikes drive growth at Mondelez, but volumes and profits hit
The owner of Cadbury and Oreo increased prices by 7.1 percentage points in the three months to 30 June, with the group pushing prices harder in emerging markets versus its developed ones
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News
Candy Kittens ties up with M&S for British Classics sweets range
The sweets are packaged in ‘bold’ stripy pouches
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News
Lindt & Sprüngli raises outlook as premium chocolate sales hold up
The sales boost came despite the company pushing through some steep price hikes due to high cocoa prices