Innovation aims to keep sales sweet

Many c-stores have moved to extend ranges and embrace new styles of retailing as consumers carry out more substantial top-up shopping and look for...
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.
Ritter Sport’s production facility in Waldenbuch, Germany

Cutting out carbon

German chocolate brand Ritter Sport has become a climate-neutral company.

Mixing it up in singles fashion

FANS of Twix – the chocolate, biscuit and caramel combination from Mars Chocolate – found they had a new way to take their pleasure...

Promo to chew over

CONFECTIONERY wholesaler Hancocks has introduced a money-saving deal on its Kingsway brand of pick and mix sweets, running until 31 March. Retailers who take...
Turkish Delight

Being bold with Turkish Delight

UK consumers are getting increasingly adventurous in their Turkish Delight selections, according to confectionery brand Hazer Baba.
Pack shots of Fruit-tella Summer Fruits multipacks and Fruit-tella Berries & Cherries multipacks.

Fruit-tella unveils two new multipack formats

Perfetti Van Melle has expanded on the flavours for its Fruit-tella multipacks as the brand's Summer Fruits and Berries & Cherry variants join the format.
Pack shots of Cadbury Easter Favourites.

Cadbury unveils its Easter range for this spring

Mondelēz International has unveiled its line-up for the Easter 2025 season, complete with returning favourites as well as new products for consumers this year.

A taste of the traditional

When it comes to trends in sugar confectionery, well-established brands continue to be key to the category, according to Gillian Clarke, senior brand manager...

Variety at the party

BUYING habits are changing and price-marked packs have become very important in c-stores. That’s the view of Mark Walker, sales director at Swizzels. He reckons...
Haribo

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...
Swizzels range of sweets

Mischievous new Swizzels chews

THE Minions are back and this time they’re giving consumers something to chew on, through a brand partnership with Swizzels.

The continent via Coatbridge

Belgian chocolate from Lanarkshire .

Making the deal sweeter

Purse strings are getting tighter this year but retailers can still drive up some sales, according to sweets giant Perfetti Van Melle (PVM).

Boxing clever for half a century

Ferrero and Thorntons join forces and launch new strategy for chocolate sales CELEBRATING 50 years of activity in the UK, Ferrero has launched a new...
Various World of Sweets brands have unveiled new products for this Easter.

Easter treats from World of Sweets

As Easter weekend is early this year, retailers should stock up as soon as possible to make sure they can offer their customers a wide variety of celebratory products, say bosses from World of Sweets, which has a range of new products.