High iQ in the mood
STIRLING based iQ Chocolate won the Most Innovative Product category at the Forth Valley Chamber Business Awards 2015.
The manufacturer says its iQ Chocolate is...
Sweet, sure, steady
CONFECTIONERY is a mainstay of most c-stores’ product ranges and chocolate in all its variety of styles, types and sizes accounts for the majority...
Following the trend with pinch of salt
CURRENT and expected trends often influence new product development and Mars reckons a new line in the Galaxy chocolate range will bring a fashion food flavour ...
Lad weekend wrapped up
SELF-STYLED man’s chocolate brand, Yorkie, is offering lads weekends away in its latest on-pack competition.
Codes inside wrappers could win consumers one of 12 holiday...
Grand entrance
FERRERO Rocher fans now have an opportunity to “go large”. Ferrero is rolling out its Grand Rocher. It has a hazelnut and chocolate outer...
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...
Bottles and lips
SPAR has added Cola Bottles and Teeth & Lips to its bagged confectionery range and introduced a two for £3 promotion.
Susan Darbyshire, Spar UK...
Big night fever
Driven by the trend for nights in, chocolate consumption at home has grown by 20% since 2009 according to Mars.
And it claims the bitesize category...
50 years of chew
CHEWITS celebrates a half century of trading in 2015 and is launching a blackcurrant retro pack to celebrate.
A spokesperson said: “It is consumers’ repeat...
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...
