All Confectionery articles – Page 81
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Premium gift NPD by Green & Black’s
Green & Black’s products have broken through the £10 price point for the first time in five years with a new gift range.
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Nicola Hainie, technical manager at Border Biscuits
Nicola Hainie, technical manager at Border Biscuits, on in-store sampling, deep fried Mars bars and Ace of Base
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NewsHolland & Barrett adds sweet sense of theatre to new store
Holland & Barrett is pushing further into traditional grocery categories with a trial of pick’n’mix and novel food dispensers at its largest-ever new store in Richmond. The 2,600 sq ft shop, which opened this week, features peanut…
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NewsChocolate countdown to birthdays
A British company has developed what it claims is the first seven-day chocolate calendar for counting down kids’ birthdays. Supermarket listings are being sought for The 7 Days To Go! calendar (rsp: £2.99), which contains seven pieces of…
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Weetabix woos kids with sci-fi adventure app
Weetabix has launched a new app to encourage kids to interact with their cereal packs at breakfast. Weetakid takes youngsters on a journey to another galaxy to help the Weetakid character rebuild his world.
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News‘Mindless munching’ sees sweet sales soar
Brits have munched their way through 120 million more boxes, bags and bars of sweets and chocolates in the past year. Supermarket sales of sweets soared almost 5% year-on-year to a whopping 2.9 billion packs, while the value of the market…
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NewsMaltesers to go Fairtrade next year
Mars is switching its Maltesers brand to Fairtrade chocolate from next year. The move will boost total sales of Fairtrade in the UK by around 10%, with Mars expecting to pay cocoa farmers another £900,000 a year on top of current prices.
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NewsThorntons’ chairman von Spreckelsen to step down
Thorntons is on the hunt for a new chairman. John von Spreckelsen has announced plans to leave the embattled confectioner at some point in the next 12 months.
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NewsTesco takes Chokablok into Magnum territory
Tesco's Chokablok ice cream has taken another step towards becoming an established brand by muscling in on Magnum's territory with the launch of premium ice creams on sticks. The Belgian chocolate-coated Chokablok on Sticks will launch...
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NewsMars targets ‘absolute’ reduction of emissions
Mars is drawing up a raft of new green initiatives, with targets experts claim will be among the most ambitious ever set by a food and drink supplier. The manufacturing giant will set absolute caps on the toll its activities take on the...
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Cavalier chocolates introduce the UK to sweetness of stevia
A range of chocolate confectionery using natural sweetener stevia instead of sugar is set to hit UK shelves early next year. In a UK first, The Cavalier Company, which sells stevia chocolate products through Target in the US, plans to...
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Thomson brought in from Pacific to take top UK Wrigley role
Hamish Thomson is the new general manager for Wrigley UK, The Grocer can reveal.Thomson, who is currently based in Australia where he leads Wrigley's Pacific region, will be taking up the role next month. He replaces Ian Burton, who was...
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NewsThe incredible shrinking Christmas confectionery
The festive rattle of the Christmas chocolate tin will be quieter this year after Cadbury shrunk the weight of chocolates in each one by up to 16%. A tin of Cadbury's Roses now weighs 850g, down from 975g, while a tin of Heroes now...
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NewsCarte d’Or mini tubs aim to scoop success
Carte d'Or is looking to replicate the success of sister brand Ben & Jerry's mini-tub format with the launch of a miniatures range. Launched under Unilever's new My Carte d'Or moniker, the 200ml pots mini versions of the existing...
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NewsKeep Team GB Pumped, urges Cadbury
Cadbury has unveiled the latest activity in its build-up to the Olympics and is hoping to get Brits singing to inspire our athletes.
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NewsElizabeth Shaw offers first choc bar
Chocolate brand Elizabeth Shaw has moved into bars for the first time as part of a brand revamp. Shaw has launched Dark Chocolate Mint Crisp and Milk Chocolate Butter-scotch Crisp bars (rsp: £1.79/100g), and has added a Milk Chocolate…
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NewsLorman tasked with driving growth of Mars ice cream lines
Tony Lorman has joined Mars Chocolate UK as general manager of the ice cream category. Lorman stepped into the newly created role last week, taking complete responsibility for the Mars ice cream category in the UK, reporting into the UK…
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NewsMastercard man Horgan ends Sainsbury’s hunt for marketing chief
Sainsbury’s has finally named its new marketing chief – a year after Gwyn Burr vacated the role. Mark Horgan joins from Mastercard and counts stints at Mars and Nestlé on his CV.
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NewsTwirl gets into sharing packs
Cadbury is extending its Twirl brand with a new chocolate sharing product. Cadbury Twirl Bites (rsp: £2.03) bite-sized chunks of Cadbury Twirl launch this September in a resealable pack. They will be backed by a £2.8m marketing push…
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NewsFocus On Halloween: Making a killing
The Halloween trading period is worth more than 20 times what it was 10 years ago. For some it’s now bigger than Easter. What’s behind this impressive growth asks James Halliwell