Indie opens c-store doors
Consolidation in the UK supplier base has opened up a window through which convenience retailers and independent chocolate brands can do business, according to Montrose Chocolate Ventures .
Swizzels keeps retailers sweet
Sweet maker Swizzels has put a lot of time and effort into making sure it is doing its bit to help c-store retailers.
Festive season special editions
BOXED chocolate specialist Elizabeth Shaw has extended its Christmas range with a new limited-edition, Gingerbread Crisp.
The dark chocolate product features the wintery spices of...
Chocolate PMP push set to continue
CONFECTIONERY suppliers have been keen advocates of PMPs on a wide variety of countlines, sharing-sized products and other lines.
Towards the end of last year ...
Updates brings World of Sweets faster to retailers
World of Sweets has brought a tranche of updates across tech and its field team in a bid to provide a better, faster service for its retail customers.
Chocs away
Want a quick way to remember the essentials of chocolate confectionery merchandising? Think of the three Vs!
CHOCOLATE confectionery is one of the key product...
Scoring with chocolate
Cadbury has joined forces with some of the UK’s biggest football clubs for the return of its ‘Match & Win’ promotion
Royal mint
A new variant has been added to the Bendicks range of after dinner mints to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II becoming the longest reigning UK...
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.
Delight to fill the gap
BUSINESSWOMAN Zeynap Turudi says she saw a gap in the UK market for high quality Turkish delight and she is aiming to fill the...
Cadbury goes vegan
MONDELEZ has launched a vegan friendly plant-based range under its Cadbury brand.
Trebor unveils fresh new pack design
Trebor has unleashed a rejuvenated pack design.
The brand’s red star mark has become the heart of the new identity using tonal colours on each...
Despicable jelly beans
JELLY Belly has added an extra bit of yellow to its BeanBoozle packs thanks to a new licence partnership with Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me franchise
Sales sugar and spice
The only subcategory within confectionery that is growing is sugar confectionery, now worth £242m having grown by 3% in the last year, says Chewits.
Looking...
Brands across the water
A sweet taste of America is becoming increasingly popular on this side of the Atlantic according to Eurofood Brands, the distributor of the Hershey’s...
Who will be the 2016 confectionery champ?
CONFECTIONERY Retailer of the Year is one of the most fiercely contested Scottish Grocer Awards categories and this year’s final features three top-tier contenders.
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