Limited coffee break
THREE new varieties and a return to TV mark a busy period for KitKat.
The brand’s first coffee-flavoured variety has been launched in the shape...
New route to sales growth
Quoting figures from Neilsen, Mondelez says it has a 31.9% share of the UK’s £4.8bn confectionery market and it puts that down in large part...
Magnum set to warm things up
Ice cream brand Magnum is releasing a luxury range ... without ice cream.
Brand owner Unilever has teamed up with speciality confectioner Kinnerton to create the...
The sweet favourite
When it comes to sweet treats, chocolate is the nation’s favourite and the latest figures from Key Note show that its value continues to grow...
Chance to fashion a win every day
Fashion-conscious consumers are being given the chance to win a prize every day from September right up until Christmas with Kinder Bueno.
As part of...
Works a treat
Consumer confidence is on the rise and confectionery sales are growing according to chocolate brands giant Mars.
It says that in the last six months its...
The sweetest night’s share
Confectionery giants suggest ways to grab more night-in sales
CONFECTIONERY is one of the product categories that has embraced the big-night-in trend most and it,...
Game on
SKITTLES and Starburst brand owner Wrigley says people continue to spend less time and money on evenings out and instead stay at home for...
Retro flavours bagged up
FIZZY drinks deliveries are recalled in Big Bear Confectionery’s latest addition to its Fox’s Glacier range.
Launching Fox’s Pop Bottle Favourites, head of trade marketing...
Chocolate changes shape to be the same
CADBURY Dairy Milk Oreo is changing shape to bring it in line with Dairy Milk bars.
Revealing that Dairy Milk Oreo sales are now worth...
Success is in the bag
SWEET loving Britons spend £763m a year on candies according to figures from Perfetti Van Melle and it says children’s confectionery contributes £602m, making...
Naughty kids show sweet side in new ads
BAGS of sugar confectionery attract more than half of the spending in the UK on what Mondelez International calls candy confectionery.
Quoting Nielsen research,...
Sugar choices go bigger and softer
MAIN trends in the confectionery market, according to Swizzels, include increasing interest in and purchase of large packs, and growing sales of gums and...
Doubling flavour blast for fast grower
WITH current sales increases of 8%, Tic Tac is said by brand owner Ferrero, quoting Nielsen figures, to be the fastest-growing sugar confectionery brand...
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...
Value conquers guilt
LOW prices help diminishing snack-related guilt for consumers who buy confectionery on the run according to biscuits, cakes and sweets manufacturer Lees of Scotland.
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