Take a bite and promo – UK chocolate sales growing
NEW products and promotions are helping grow sales of chocolate confectionery, according to SymphonyIRI’s Pulse report, covering the third quarter of 2012.
The report shows...
Premium choice – Divine’s Easter and spring range
CHOCOLATE brand Divine’s Easter and spring range includes a selection of eggs of different sizes and novelty products.
For 2013, there are two luxury...
Get ready for last minute rush – novelty Easter products
SHOPPERS made a lot of last minute purchases of novelty Easter products last year. So this year, convenience stores should be prepared for the...
Traditional treats move with times – J&A Ferguson’s
SWEETMAKER Golden Casket says its J&A Ferguson’s chocolates are “luxury treats” and are ideal for shoppers who are looking for something different to give...
Mum’s the word for display team
WHOLESALER Palmer & Harvey has teamed up with chocolate firm Lindt to help retailers in the run-up to Mother’s Day.
A special Lindor free-standing...
Premium chocolate brand adds to its range
PREMIUM chocolate brand Nero & Bianco has added orange and butterscotch flavours to its range.
The brand started out in 2010 with three...
Shoppers rush to sugar but still want choc value
Three retailers will contest the Confectionery Retailer of the Year award category at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2013. We spoke to one shortlisted entrant,...
Sweet monsters get sour treatment
KIDS increasingly enjoy the challenge and “extreme fun” of sour sweets, says Bazooka Candy Brands. To cater for the trend the firm has added...
Talk about a quirky softie
NESTLÉ Confectionery has added to its Rowntree’s Randoms products with the introduction of Squidgy Speak.
Nestlé UK trade communications manager Graham Walker said: “The...
Shaking up the scene
FERRERO reckons it has been shaking up sugar confectionery with its Tic Tac brand.
It says, quoting Nielsen data to 3 November 2012, that...
Be an extremist… with an eye on value
Confectionery is a category that’s seen major developments in recent years. But what are sweet lovers looking for now? Are gums and jellies still...
Nosey dispensers bring the laughs
LICENSED character confectionery company Bon Bon Buddies has created three special Pez sweet dispensers for this year’s Comic Relief Red Nose Day campaign.
The firm...
Skittles get the Wonka treatment
SKITTLES, Wrigley’s chewy fruit confectionery brand, has a new variety with a bit of Willy Wonka about it. Skittles Confused are designed to keep...
Nostalgia sucks
TASTES remembered from the playground are driving grown-ups towards vintage sweets says supplier Bonds. In response it has relaunched its old-school products, many...
Sweet smell of success
A rustling of toffees, mints or chocolate Brazils is still, for many people, an essential part of a night at the pictures.
To underline...
Revamped Millar adds new lines
LUXURY chocolate peanuts and raisins will be the next sweet treat to join the Millar revamped range of bagged confectionery.
Since buying the Millar...
