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All Confectionery articles – Page 25
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Category ReportEaster unleashed: Easter & spring category report 2022
After two years of Covid restrictions and muted celebrations, the Easter bunny looks set to run free. What does that mean for sales?
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InterviewsCandy Kittens founder Ed Williams on how the brand axed its Playboy purr
Ed Williams has transformed Candy Kittens from a sleazy reality TV plot into one of the UK’s fastest-growing sweet brands. Now, he’s tackling Goliaths
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NewsSerious Sweets picks up honeycomb maker Mighty Fine
Serious Sweets supplies the major retailers and the foodservice industry with a range of private label fudge, toffee, marshmallows, brittles and butterscotch
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NewsMondelez looks set to launch even bigger Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons spin-off ‘Mega Buttons’
The confectionery giant told The Grocer it was always looking at the ‘latest innovations and flavour trends’
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NewsRitter Sport launches vegan ‘Without Moo’ chocolate bars
The bars have rolled into Ritter’s web store, where they will be available exclusively to the brand’s DTC consumers
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Range PreviewHot cross bun chocolate and Daim eggs: Cadbury Easter range 2022
Mondelez is bulking up its Easter range with new offerings from Dairy Milk, Twirl and Daim, to name but a few
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NewsCandy Kittens range becomes fully vegan following Eton Mess revamp
Going fully vegan had always been an ambition for the brand, as sustainability was a ‘top priority’, it said
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery – sugar 2021: mints, gum & sweets show slow recovery
The past year has left a sour taste in the mouths of candy suppliers
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery – chocolate 2021: choc rallies as HFSS ban looms
Chocolate is about to get whacked with a regulatory stick, as a clampdown on promotional space and deal mechanics looms for HFSS products
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NewsNuud wins £750k investment in funding round led by Candy Kittens founders
Jamie Laing and Ed Williams said they had been “immediately impressed with the strength of the Nuud brand”
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Comment & OpinionThorntons couples hit the passive-aggressive sweet spot
Thorntons is a long-established British heritage brand – and its new advert nods to a profoundly British behaviour
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Comment & OpinionSchool of Chocolate: slow start for Netflix’s latest cooking competition
The show sees eight professional pastry chefs and chocolatiers bid to impress their teacher over a series of challenges
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NewsGiles Brook joins board of Love Cocoa and Hip Chocolate
The addition of the former Vita Coco CEO and serial fmcg investor Brook would “drive the strategic development” of both Hip Chocolate and Love Cocoa
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NewsMondelez upgrades sales outlook as it hikes prices to battle inflation
Cadbury owner is the latest fmcg giant to highlight the role of price increases as the industry continues to battle inflation
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NewsRebel Kitchen makes confectionery debut with Coconut Bytes duo
The vegan treats would meet the growing demand for plant-based and organic food and drink, said Rebel Kitchen
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NewsLindt unveils premium vegan chocolate bar duo
Its new bars use a combination of oat-based drink and almond paste in their recipes
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NewsNick’s accelerates UK expansion plans thanks to $100m funding pot
CEO Stefan Lagerqvist told The Grocer the business was aiming to follow the rapid expansion of fellow Swedish brand Oatly but in the better-for-you category.
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NewsPlastic-free gum brand Milliways lands £1m cash injection
The brand has completed a funding round from investors with an eye to expanding its distribution in the UK
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NewsHealthier doughnut brand Urban Legend closes first multimillion-pound fundraising
Urban Legend is the first brand to be launched by former Graze CEO Anthony Fletcher’s Believe in Science
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NewsLindt challenges Cadbury with first hot chocolate launch
It is the posh confectioner’s first move into drinks