Chupa Chups to roll out easy-open wrappers
Lollipop brand Chupa Chups has rolled out a new packaging update to its core range with its new easier-to-open wrappers to improve the consumer experience.
Swizzels gets in the Halloween spirit
Halloween brings retailers the chance to drive up some store profits through confectionery and Swizzels aims to support store owners in treats with no tricks.
Barratt unveils rebrand across its Sweet Shop range
Confectionery brand Barratt Sweet Shop has unveiled a rebrand across the Wham, Fruit Salad and Flumps brand, complete with new launches.
Consumers go nuts for festive snacks
With the crisps, snacks and nuts category remaining a popular one, KP Snacks reckons upcoming Christmas celebrations will provide ample opportunity to push these sales further.
Air goes sour
THE Chupa Chups range has been extended by the introduction of Airheads Sour.
Each pack contains bite-sized candies in five sour flavours.
They are available...
Tunnock’s growth vision is un-wafer-ing
The Tunnock family have heavily invested in both the confectioner's staff and factory to help meet global demand, as Scottish Grocer discovered on a tour of the production plant.
A breath of fresh bear
MONDELEZ International has found a way to breath some life into its latest campaign for Halls – miniature mustachioed polar bears.
The brand’s new 20-second...
Darker fingers variant
MONDELEZ has expanded its Cadbury Fingers range with the roll out of a new Bournville variant.
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.
Barratt teams up with Universal on new Minions movie
British confectionery firm Valeo Foods UK has unveiled a new collaboration with the Minions film franchise across its Barratt Sweet Shop and Poppets! brands.
Bag options for launch lines
THE pouch format is now so popular that new confectionery varieties are being introduced as count lines and sharing bags at the same time....
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.
Limited coffee break
THREE new varieties and a return to TV mark a busy period for KitKat.
The brand’s first coffee-flavoured variety has been launched in the shape...
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...
Magnum set to warm things up
Ice cream brand Magnum is releasing a luxury range ... without ice cream.
Brand owner Unilever has teamed up with speciality confectioner Kinnerton to create the...
Bags are on their way up
Sharing format sales rising
IMPULSE is at the heart of convenience retailing and when it comes to boosting basket spend there’s hardly a heavier hitter...
