All Confectionery articles – Page 122
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Hole new look for an icon
Nestle Rowntree is refreshing its iconic Polo mint brand with a more modern look. The move is also being backed by the "biggest ever package for the brand" including two new TV ads to be aired during August and September. Available from July...
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Fruity goings on as Nestlé Rowntree pushes brand into cereal
Nestlé Rowntree is taking its Rowntree fruit confectionery brand into unusual territory with two new products aimed at adults, including a cereal bar. Off the blocks on June 3, the new yogurt-coated fruit and cereal bar, called Fruitsome, and Fruit...
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New look for After Eight as clock ticks towards Nestlé's Chr
Nestlé Rowntree has become the latest confectionery giant to unveil its offering for retailers and consumers at Christmas. Top of the tree this time round is a revamp for perennial star performer After Eight with the boxed wafer chocolate mints...
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Nestlé Rowntree is launching three new hanging bags under th
Germolene has introduced new Bites & Sting Spray to its product portfolio. Consumers are to get the chance to win a Scandinavian style outdoor hot tub Jacuzzi spa in an on-pack promotion for Utterly Butterly Scandinavian style. Ashborne...
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Yorkie barred as council's humour fails
Nestlé Rowntree has been banned by a council from handing out Yorkie bars following complaints that its advertising campaign is sexist. Representatives from the firm were handing out Yorkies to men only in Liverpool city centre when a female...
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Starburst Splits
Rsp: 37p for single split pot Eden Vale will continue to supply the Starburst products from Nestlé's confectionery rival Masterfoods. Launched in October, sales of this fruit yogurt with separate serving of tangy fruit purée were highest in...
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PLAYING SKITTLES WITH BUFFY
Skittles Sours are to sponsor the sixth series of cult teenage TV drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series is predicted to attract more than a million viewers a week as it is aired on Sky One this month and next. An animated Skittles Sour...
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Special has extra choc
Mars' new look is being extended to drinks with a special edition Mars Extra Choc milk drink. Sporting the same new livery as the parent countline chocolate bar (as exclusively revealed in The Grocer, March 16), the new drink boasts 40% extra...
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Budweiser 10 x 207ml Price promotion £4.49 Floor stack
Cadbury's Chocolate Fingers 125/150g 2 for £1.50 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Chocolate Fingers 125/150g Buy one get one free Gondola end Morrisons Cadbury's Roses 480g 2 for ...
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The Mars bar was born in 1932 when young American entreprene
More than two million bars were made in the first year, each selling for 2d.Today, new parent company Masterfoods, an amalgamation of the Mars confectionery and petfood businesses, prides itself on keeping that price constant, claiming that the...
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a new bite at the bar
n As exclusively revealed in The Grocer this week, Masterfoods has ambitious plans to reposition its iconic Mars bar, including a new slogan and logo. But will the move claw back sales? Simon Mowbray reports Few things in this life are certain but...
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Werthers Original Grandad
Created by: Pahnke (Hamburg) Launched: 1992 A series of grandads and their grandsons has graced TV screens since the launch of this unashamedly sentimental ad series. Grandad bestows an abundance of love, affection and wisdom on the nipper, which...
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Eden Vale Munch Bunch yogurt and fromage frais brand is spon
Kraft Foods has introduced Expresso and Decaffeinated variants to its Carte Noire roast ground coffee brand. Football Mix a collection of jelly and foam sweets has rejoined Haribo's range to help retailers capitalise on World Cup interest....
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The thank you very much' Cadbury's Roses signature tune has
Evian's synchronised baby swimmers have returned to TV as part of the brand's £10m spend this year. Another four-week burst is scheduled from April 15. Julie Walters is fronting a new £2m campaign for Henkel's Glist 3-in-1 dishwashing tablets....
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Cadbury's Creme Egg x12 Price promotion £3.49 Gondola
Cadbury's Dairy Milk Bar 1kg Price promotion £3.98 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Heroes 1.5kg Price promotion £2.99 Gondola end Safeway Cadbury's Ice Cream Bars 3/4 packs ...
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Cadbury Trebor Bassett is repositioning its Wildlife Bars as
Wrigley's Orbit gum is now in seven rather than five-stick packs, but maintains the same price per stick, with rsps now 30p for Peppermint and Spearmint and 36p for Orbit Ice White. Orbit White has moved from a box to a 10-pellet pack (rsp 34p). ...
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Sainsbury will soon launch an intermediate ECR scorecard for
Thorntons posted a 9.2% rise in pre-tax profit to £10.3m on sales up 3% to £102m for the six months to January 12. The company said it would drive sales through more listings in other retail outlets and even pub chains. Procter & Gamble is...
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Munchies make confectionery mischief
Nestlé Rowntree is to relaunch its Munchies confectionery brand with new packaging designs and a hanging bag format. The company said it plans to push the chocolate treat into the 21st century, with new impulse packs featuring eight different...
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MILKY BAR ADULTS
Nestlé Rowntree is to expand its white chocolate Milkybar brand's adult portfolio with the launch of Milkybar Munchies. On shelf from March15, they will be backed by a £3m media package the brand's biggest since the launch of Milkybar Buttons in...
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Uniq recruits Ronald to turn it around
Bill Ronald, former managing director of Mars Confectionery, is joining the troubled Uniq group as chief executive officer. Ronald, 46, and a high profile figure in the food industry, left Mars late last year when the group's food and petcare...