Wham bar in a bag
CANDYLAND has launched a new version of its Wham bar.
Wham Super Sour Minis come in a 200g sharing bag and are miniature, sour versions...
Bag range spans shapes and sizes
VARIETY is the spice of sweet life for one of Scotland’s most important independent confectionery manufacturers.
Millar has built its bagged confectionery range to cover...
Soaring sales for sharing
Consumer buying habits have changed in recent times according to Swizzels marketing manager Sarah-Louise Heslop, and it has meant that bagged confectionery sales have soared.
She...
Bags more for the cause
TEENAGE Cancer Trust will benefit from sales of Starburst from March to May.
Wrigley Confections European business unit director Tony Lorman said: “British consumers love...
Chocs up and away
Sales of chocolate confectionery in bags are growing at 2.6% year on year with the average c-store selling more than £200 worth of bags...
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...
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...
Skittles gets the blues
WRIGLEY has introduced blue to its rainbow of Skittles colours.
Intended, says the firm, to excite consumers and achieve new sales, the new variant appears...
Say ‘chai’ to green tea mints
US brand Sencha Naturals is launching in the UK with its range of Green Tea Leaf Mints, which are designed to combat bad breath...
Dancing with joy
CADBURY Dairy Milk’s ‘Free the Joy’ campaign has taken to TV screens.
Office worker Keith, star of Dairy Milk’s 2014 ads, returns for the new...
Top of the lolly pops
CONFECTIONERY wholesaler Hancocks has bolstered its range of sugar-free sweets with the introduction of a jar of individually wrapped sugar-free lollies under its Kingsway...
The pulling power of PMPs
WHOLESALERS should cash in on the popularity of price-marked packs and on increasing sales of snack products, reckons food brands firm Mondelez International.
Susan Nash,...
Refreshers are having a ball
TANGERINE Confectionery, the owner of sugar confectionery brand Candyland, has introduced a new mini bon bon product in the form of Candyland Refreshers Fizz...
Take it to the limit
Limited editions, new flavours, pack sizes, promotions and PMPs are all part of the plan to generate excitement for the UK’s biggest chocolate brands...
Honeycomb exclusive new to c-stores
NESTLE Confectionery’s new limited-edition Toffee Crisp Honeycomb has launched exclusively in the wholesale and convenience channel.
Made available from 16 February for 12 weeks, the...
‘Unexplainable’ ad bursts onto screens
CONFECTIONERY manufacturer Wrigley has launched its latest TV advertising campaign for Starburst, suggesting it’s ‘unexplainably juicy’.
The new ‘Land of Intensity’ ad first aired...
