All Confectionery articles – Page 14
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Range Preview
Stuffing inspiration and sparkling salmon: Waitrose Christmas range 2023
Waitrose is already gearing up for the holiday season. Here’s a sneak peek at its Christmas range for 2023, featuring over 140 new products
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News
Tony’s Chocolonely enters bagged confectionery with Littl’ Bits
The NPD is the result of three years’ development by the ethical chocolate brand
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News
Milliways ties up £3m to take on chewing gum giants
Sustainable gum challenger Milliways has closed a £3m funding round to take on the giants of the category and become a household name.
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Haribo steadfast in face of HFSS rules as revenues hit new high
Revenues at Haribo have soared to record levels despite the sweets maker battling government restrictions and rising costs.
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Analysis & Features
MrBeast’s chocolate brand: making its presence felt in UK confectionery
How is the MrBeast brand going to grow UK sales and which retailers will stock it next?
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News
Asda lists MrBeast chocolate bars tipped as ‘the next Prime’
It comes as demand for the products has seen single bars being sold for £8
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Spar to stock MrBeast chocolate bars in exclusive convenience deal
The symbol group has secured a deal to be the range’s convenience distributor until January 2024
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Comment & Opinion
New York Fancy Food Show 2023: seven emerging trends
Joyful marketing and ‘flavour pearls’ were on the menu, says Chris Blythe, director at The Brand Nursery
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News
Own label supplier Hames Chocolates invests £250k to boost production
The cash injection would increase ‘overall efficiencies’ for the business and ‘open up new revenue streams’, it said
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News
Toblerone targets gifting market with launch of posh Truffles
The premium Toblerone Truffles comprises individually wrapped diamond-shaped truffles made of Toblerone chocolate
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News
Project D closes crowd round to back rollout of doughnut stores
Premium doughnut maker Project D has raised close to £500k from the crowd to aid a retail store rollout
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Fruittella links with Manchester Drinks for pocket-friendly squash launch
Fruittella Water Enhancers will roll exclusively to B&M stores this summer
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News
YouTuber MrBeast launches Feastables snack range in UK
There are now two products available via the Feastables UK website: the chocolate and peanut butter bar Deez Nuts, and the puffed rice chocolate bar Crunch
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News
Monty Bojangles adds quartet of chocolate tablets
Each square of the bars features an embossed character, allowing shoppers to ‘create secret messages’
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Analysis & Features
15 ways supermarkets and grocery are celebrating Pride month
As the world’s biggest companies give their social media logos the rainbow flag treatment, these grocery brands are opening their purses to address the issues facing the LGBTQ+ community
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News
Montezuma’s Chocolate rescued by Paramount Retail Group
The confectionery maker and retailer has been rescued in a deal that sees the chocolatier’s founders return to the business
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News
Serious Sweets acquires rock maker John Bull Confectioners
Serious Sweets has continued on the acquisition trail, having bought premium marshmallow brand Mallow & Marsh in February
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News
Tony’s Chocolonely appoints ‘guardians’ to protect slavery-free commitment
The confectionery brand has named three ‘mission guardians’ who can prevent changes to the company’s sourcing principles
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News
Montezuma’s searches for buyer as Inverleith heads for the exit
Upmarket chocolate brand Montezuma’s has hired advisors to find a buyer for the business and provide private equity owner Inverleith with an exit, The Grocer has learned.
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News
Hancocks owner Innovative Bites acquired by private equity firm
Innovative Bites said the deal would strengthen its position in the UK confectionery and snacks sector while pushing expansion