All Confectionery articles – Page 94
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NewsAcid Test: Barratt Lovely Mini Eggs
The small size of the bag is suitable for kids and has packaging that will appeal to them and mums. The name could be a little more inventive as it is very similar to the Cadbury product. Or maybe...
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Green & Black’s to convert its entire range to Fairtrade
Green & Black's is to switch its range of organic chocolate bars to 100% Fairtrade to aid its appeal to a global audience.With its Maya Gold chocolate bar in 1994, the then independent premium chocolate manufacturer was the first...
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Petcare's Porter in for Gerken as director of sales at Heineken UK
Martin Porter, sales director for Mars Petcare, is switching from pets to pints with a move to Heineken UK.
He has been appointed sales director for the Foster’s and Strongbow owner’s off-trade division, replacing Mark Gerken, and takes… -
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Double the bubble as R&R unveils Aero ice cream in NPD drive
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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Saturday Essay: Why Mars is Raising the Bar on satfat levels
Five years ago, before consumers even knew they wanted it, Mars started work on cutting satfats, says Fiona Dawson
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Green & Black’s magic
The premium chocolate maker's general manager Guillame Brochen tells Anna-Marie Julyan how he is working to give the brand broader appeal
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Will Mars carry more weight following satfat reduction?
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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NewsEditor's Comment: Reducing Mars' satfat content will be worth five-year wait
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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NewsMars leads in race to reduce satfats
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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Rowntree’s shrinks to fit £1 price point
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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NewsCadbury goes viral for 2010 Creme Egg season
Cadbury has launched an extensive viral campaign to support this year’s Creme Egg season, which began this week.
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Former Green & Black’s directors back Cawston
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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Green & Black’s Lowe is seeking new challenges
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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NewsNestlé flagship Kit Kat switches to Fairtrade status
Nestlé has followed in the footsteps of Cadbury by announcing its flagship Kit Kat chocolate brand will be certified Fairtrade from next year.
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Barratt to bring out Lovely alternative to Cadbury Mini Eggs
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...
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Campaign Trail: Believing in... Thorntons
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.
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Sweet Charity gets new vice president
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,...
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Campaign Trail: Green & Blake masterpiece
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.