Interior shot of a Hancocks depot displaying massive pallets of confectionery brands.

Hancocks gears up for first Sweetest Day event of 2025

Confectionery wholesaler Hancocks has announced its first Sweetest Day event of 2025, promising retailers a range of deals across massive brands.
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UK growing great American brands

Euro Food Brands (EFB) has been building up a wide variety of labels and products in the UK for more than 30 years.

It’s Christmas come early

Mondelez has unveiled its festive range along with advice for convenience retailers .
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Jellies set for summer frenzies

PINK passionfruit flavoured fried egg is just one of the combinations in the latest Haribo limited-edition packs. Starmix and Tangfastics have both been given Frenzy...

NPD to keep things sweet

Swizzels has been expanding popular brands with new flavours and formats .
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Layer up for Christmas

JENNY Wren has introduced its first-ever Christmas box
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New flavours in demand

WHOLESALER Landmark is predicting demand for new flavours of confectionery this year
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Strawberry and savoury

Sweet and savoury come together in the latest launch for Pladis pretzel brand Flipz.
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Display, range and embracing change

SUGAR confectionery is a core category in the convenience channel and therefore worthy of an extra bit of attention.
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Sweetly shared

SUGAR confectionery sales in Britain are worth £1.34bn, and Wrigley products accounted for £19m or roughly half of the category growth achieved last...

Low and no is leading the way

Confectionery can shine without sugar
Pack shots of Cadbury Dairy Milk Grab & Go format bars in Marvellous Creations, Fruit & Nut and Cadbury Dairy Milk variants.

Cadbury rolls out new Grab and Go pack format

Cadbury has unveiled a new Grab & Go format pack for its Dairy Milk range in a bid to cater to shoppers seeking out more convenient pack sizes in stores.
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Bestway’s Easter plan

EASTER is fairly late this year – Easter Sunday is 20 April so there’s still time for retailers to cash in on what is...
Pack shots of Easter products including Cadbury Mini Eggs 1kg, Maltesers Bunny, Maltesers Bunny Popcorn flavour, Cadbury Creme Egg and Cadbury White Creme Egg.

Top Easter chocolate in the UK for 2025

Data insights firm Talysis has highlighted the top 10 Easter products in convenience stores over the season and how this impacted retailer sales.
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Fairtrade for Belgian brand

GUYLIAN has shone a spotlight on Fairtrade through a relaunch for the Belgian chocolate brand.
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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.