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Twirl packs

Communicating value

Mondelez is hoping it can provide benefits to both retailers and shoppers with the launch of a new price-marked pack running across some of its top selling Cadbury lines.
Jelly Babies

Grown up promotion

Music giveaway featured on sweet bags
Bean & Pod, Dark Chocolate Honeycomb

Eggs don’t make Easter

SKIP the eggs this Easter, Jimmy Attias of Bean and Pods has suggested, as premium boxed chocolate works just as well
swizzels-choos-150g-bags

Not hanging for very long

Shoppers snapping up bagged confectionery at a rapid rate
Pack shots of Hershey's and Reese's Easter range including Hershey's Cookies 'N' Creme Egg, Reese's Peanut Butter Egg and Reese's Spring Sprinkles Big Cup King Size.

Reese’s unveils new Easter peanut butter range

American chocolate firm The Hershey Company has unveiled a tranche of NPD for both the Reese's and Hershey's brands for the upcoming Easter season.
Jolly Rancher sweets are laid out against a black background.

Jolly Rancher products recalled by Food Standards Scotland

Local stores have been notified about illegal Jolly Rancher confectionery products that have made their way into the UK market.
Pack shots of Forest Feast Pistachio Crisp Milk Chocolate Dates and Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate Dates.

Forest Feast dips into Dubai Chocolate trend with new Dates duo

Snacks brand Forest Feast has embraced some on-trend flavours with its new range of Dates sharing packs in Pistachio Crisp and Salted Caramel variants.

Fruit flavour boosts sugar

FRUIT flavoured confectionery lines are growing and Wrigley says its own fruit confectionery brands now account for £61m of the overall sugar confectionery annual...

Smooth vegan NPD

Vegan confectionery brand Nomo has added a new free from Hazelnut alternative to its portfolio
George bowie holds packets of mcghees cakes infront of cash for kids sign

Innovative fundraising

Retailer One O One has teamed up with bakery brand McGhee’s to reduce food waste and raise funds for Clyde’s Cash for Kids charity in the process.

The sweetest night’s share

Confectionery giants suggest ways to grab more night-in sales CONFECTIONERY is one of the product categories that has embraced the big-night-in trend most and it,...

Managing to stay ahead

EXCELLENT category management advice is one of the reasons behind success in the sugar confectionery category, says Wrigley, and it says it will continue...

Fox’s fruity focus

FRUITY flavours should hit the spot this summer according to Big Bear Confectionery, the firm behind Fox’s Glacier Mints. Andrew Ovens, marketing manager at the...

New tastes to mix mints

BRITONS spend £145.8m a year on mints but 70% of buyers only buy one mint variant according to Trebor brand owner Mondelez International. The...
Perfetti Van Melle reckons its range should suit the different consumer demands.

Making the most of sugar confectionery

The sugar confectioney category remains one of the biggest drivers of impulse decisions for convenience store shoppers – and retailers should capitalise by having a good variety, says Perfetti Van Melle.
Cadbury buttons Merlin promotion

A thrilling new promo

Consumers with a need for speed are in luck as Cadbury has teamed up with Merlin Entertainment for an action-packed promotion.
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