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Special times in the bag

Chocolate and chews blocks and bars ready to rise to nights on the sofa sales opportunities NEW product development and the rise of night-in sharing...
Interior shot of a Hancocks depot displaying massive pallets of confectionery brands.

Hancocks sets out summer Sweetest Day event for retailers

Leading confectionery wholesaler Hancocks has announced its next Sweetest Day event for retailers this summer on 10 July.

Big brand push mixes up and breaks out

BIG brands and new products are at the centre of Nestlé activity for Easter and beyond in 2016. One launch is the introduction of the...
Ritter Sport’s production facility in Waldenbuch, Germany

Cutting out carbon

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

Polish brands land in the UK

Hancocks rolls out Wawel range CONFECTIONERY specialist Hancocks has introduced some Polish flavours to its portfolio with the roll-out of a range of products from...

Mondelez goes nuts

Mondelez has launched a new fruit and nut snack brand – Cadbury Nuttier

Getting the price right for sweet sales

INNOVATIVE new products and marketing helped sugar confectionery grow sales by 0.7% last year according to Wrigley and it says it will follow the...
Mentos sour gum

Sweet hopes for sour gum

Confectionery giant Perfetti Van Melle (PVM) has launched Mentos Sour Gum in response to the increasing popularity of the sub-category.
SUGAR confectionery and chocolate manufacturer Nestlé Confectionery has extended its Rowntree’s Randoms range with the introduction of Squidgy Speak.

Talk about foamy

SUGAR confectionery and chocolate manufacturer Nestlé Confectionery has extended its Rowntree’s Randoms range with the introduction of Squidgy Speak. The foam-style sweets have words printed...

A big focus backed by TV spend

CONFECTIONERY giant Ferrero plans to turn the spotlight onto its Raffaello brand this year, with the firm announcing it intends to place a “big...
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Christmas comes to the crunch

Brands giant Mondelez International broke new ground when it brought the best of confectionery and biscuits together – blending Cadbury Dairy Milk with the...
Buy a legend, win a legend Cadbury promotion

Legendary prizes

CADBURY is making good use of its partnership with the Premier League this month with the launch of a new promotion

Marks for Mars

MARS has added six items to its 50p PMPs range. The new PMPs feature Mars, Snickers, Twix, Bounty, Maltesers and Maltesers Teasers. A range of POS...

Nutty about pancakes

Ferrero has been putting some serious money behind its Nutella brand, in honour of Pancake Tuesday .
Ritter Sport new bars

A sporting return for Ritter

Ritter Sport’s popular Taste the World range of chocolate bars is back on Sainsbury’s and Ocado’s shelves, bring consumers flavours from across the globe.
Starburst on a table

New products are vital for category

Berry flavours and on the go among trends