All Confectionery articles – Page 89

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    Double the bubble as R&R unveils Aero ice cream in NPD drive

    2010-01-23T00:00:00Z

    It may be cold outside, but R&R Ice Cream is gearing up for the heat with a raft of new products under Nestlé's Aero, Caramac, Nesquik and Kit Kat brands.

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    Mars leads in race to reduce satfats

    2010-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Mars has beaten rivals Cadbury and Nestlé in the race to slash satfats across its chocolate bars, The Grocer can reveal.

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    Editor's Comment: Reducing Mars' satfat content will be worth five-year wait

    2010-01-16T00:00:00Z

    As well as fresh snow, this week brought bucketloads of policy-related proposals for consumer and public affairs experts to ponder, with the imminence of a general election providing plenty of impetus.

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    Will Mars carry more weight following satfat reduction?

    2010-01-16T00:00:00Z

    In the first sign of agenda-setting in some time, Mars is cutting the satfat content of the Mars bar. Can it steal a lead over its rivals, asks Alex Beckett

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    Rowntree’s shrinks to fit £1 price point

    2010-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé is reducing the size of its Rowntree's sharing bags to meet a new £1 price-marked pack guarantee. Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles and Fruit Gums were previously priced at £1.35 for 200g but have now been reduced to 140g. The 185g Pick & Mix...

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    Cadbury goes viral for 2010 Creme Egg season

    2010-01-08T10:48:00Z

    Cadbury has launched an extensive viral campaign to support this year’s Creme Egg season, which began this week.

  • News

    Top Products 2009: Confectionery (chocolate)

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Kit Kat defies gloom to hit £100m in sales

  • News

    Top Products 2009: Confectionery (sugar)

    2009-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Gum makers suffer from a crowded sector

  • News

    Green & Black’s Lowe is seeking new challenges

    2009-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Dominic Lowe, the MD of Cadbury-owned Green & Black's, is leaving the chocolate-maker to pursue "new entrepreneurial challenges".He will be replaced by Sarah Barron, currently developed markets chocolate category innovation centre...

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    Former Green & Black’s directors back Cawston

    2009-12-12T00:00:00Z

    The team that masterminded Green & Black's meteoric rise is injecting a six-figure investment into ambient apple juice company Cawston Vale to bring some upmarket appeal to the ambient juice fixture.It has revamped the packaging,...

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    Nestlé flagship Kit Kat switches to Fairtrade status

    2009-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé has followed in the footsteps of Cadbury by announcing its flagship Kit Kat chocolate brand will be certified Fairtrade from next year.

  • News

    Sweet Charity gets new vice president

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Deri Watkins, UK chocolate impulse sales director at Mars, has been named the new vice president of Sweet Charity, the charity for the UK confectionery industry.Watkins will support Sweet Charity president and Booker CEO Charles Wilson,...

  • News

    Campaign Trail: Believing in... Thorntons

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Thorntons returned to the small screen this week for the first time in three years with a new ad that celebrates the magic of Christmas.

  • News

    Barratt to bring out Lovely alternative to Cadbury Mini Eggs

    2009-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury Mini Eggs face new competition in the sugar-coated chocolate egg category in the form of Lovely Mini Eggs by Sherbet Fountain maker Barratt.The eggs, which like Cadbury Mini Eggs are made from solid milk chocolate with a crisp...

  • News

    Duncan Swift leaves Grant Thornton for new role at Tenon

    2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Duncan Swift, scourge of the supermarkets and partner at accountancy firm Grant Thornton, is leaving the business.Swift, who was until this month head of Grant Thornton's Food and Agribusiness Recovery Group, is understood to be leaving...

  • News

    Campaign Trail: Green & Blake masterpiece

    2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Iconic pop artist Sir Peter Blake, who designed the Beatles' album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has created a giant art work out of 700 bars of Green & Black's chocolate.

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    Kit Kat also develops a rabbit habit

    2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Not to be outdone in the great rabbit run, Nestlé is launching Kit Kat Bunny next month.The limited-edition chocolate bar features a seasonal bunny design embossed on a Kit Kat two-finger block with the same design on-pack (rsp: 40p per...

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    Cadbury gears up for battle of the bunnies

    2009-11-13T09:47:19.753Z

    Cadbury is putting its best rabbit foot forward in the battle of the bunnies by pitting its Caramel bunny against Mars’ MaltEaster Bunny and Nestlé’s new Kit Kat Bunny next Easter.

  • News

    Campaign Trail: Flake pays lip service

    2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury has ploughed £1.5m into a sexy new ad campaign for Flake that it says is designed to remind women of the sensual appeal of eating the crumbly chocolate bar. The push includes press ads and billboard posters featuring a woman's lips taking a...

  • News

    Campaign Trail: Staying late for After Eight

    2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

    After Eight returned to TV this week for the first time in eight years, as part of a £2.6m push from Nestlé. The new ad shows 'godfather of social networking' Jim Haynes using After Eights to encourage dinner guests to stay a bit longer....