Bagged and tagged
IT looks like there could be a Battle of the Bags brewing – and it will be fought in the nation’s convenience stores.
Stores under...
Keeping on top of confectionery trends
Sugar confectionery had a bit of a shake up in 2020 with Covid-19 restrictions leading to more consumers shopping locally and spending more time at home
Taking home the bronze
HAMES Chocolates has hammered out some new additions to its Bronze Chocolate brand with Hames Bronze Chocolate and Truffle Boxes.
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...
Fruit flavour boosts sugar
FRUIT flavoured confectionery lines are growing and Wrigley says its own fruit confectionery brands now account for £61m of the overall sugar confectionery annual...
Limited release is the berries
The Fox’s Glacier range has been extended with the introduction of Fox’s Glacier Berries, a special-edition mixed bag
Adventurous consumers trading up
Longer lead times and consumers’ willingness to try new products during the festive season increases the number of Christmas products every year according to...
Maoam dancer ad returns
MAOAM has its dancing shoes on again, bringing its 2016 television campaign back to the small screen.
Refresh for gift lines
WHETHER it’s a birthday celebration or a simple thank you, Mondelez reckons there’s scope to say it with chocolate – and it has revamped its Cadbury Card range accordingly.
A cultured new snack
Described as the firm’s ‘biggest fruity confectionery launch of 2019’, Mars Wrigley has unveiled Skittles Dips.
Sour Patch Kids sweetens the deal in new Strawberry flavour
Mondelēz International has strengthened its line-up for the Sour Patch Kids brand with the introduction of a new Strawberry variant.
A facelift for Thorntons
Shoppers looking for a last-minute gift will now be able to pick up a revamped Thorntons box, following a full packaging refresh across the brand’s Classic Collection range.
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.
Preparation breeds seasonal success
Confectionery still king at Halloween as shoppers stock up on seasonal treats early, ahead of a likely increase in children going door-to-door post Covid
Bangers and cash
NESTLE Confectionery’s 2015 promotional activity for its Rowntree’s Randoms brand has begun with a ‘bang’.
As part of a new campaign, lucky shoppers who find...
Sharing key to success
AT this time of year, Santa Claus must surely be putting his sleigh in for pre-flight checks.
Much like everyone’s favourite beard wearing toy merchant, Scotland’s retailers will already be hard at work making sure they’ve got the right range of festive treats to spread joy this Christmas.
