How to keep Santa sweet

DINKY edible snowmen and reindeers, novelty gifts, lavishly-decorated bars and traditional boxes of chocolates ... it’s the time of year when consumers forget about...

Oz brand says bring it anywhere

AUSTRALIAN wine brand McGuigan Wines has launched a major advertising campaign in the UK and Ireland to encourage consumers to “Bring a McGuigan”. The campaign,...

Sparkling in early roll out

INTRODUCED south of the border and in Ireland in test markets earlier this year US soft drink Sparkling Ice has been rolled out ahead...

In-store festive munch bunch

IN-STORE bakery firm Aryzta Food Solutions has added six new products to its Christmas line up for 2015. Its 16-strong Christmas in-store bakery range includes...

Family meal tips online

SUSTAINABLE fish company RR Spink has launched a smoked trout product it says offers a taste of Christmas. Loch Etive Smoked Trout with Warming Winter...
Selection of Christmas gifts for pets

A four-legged festive treat

Gifting for pets is big business

Be a top wine seller

A suppliers’ guide for convenience retailers
Parrot Bay is said to have seen significant growth.

The big freezy

DRINKS giant Diageo is moving to dominate the “freeze and squeeze” cocktail market with its second launch of freezable products. Smirnoff’s sorbets and its...
Toblerone

No mountain high enough

Toblerone’s iconic triangles get festive
Clipper Tea range

Unwind with functional teas

ECOTONE UK is expanding its Clipper Tea range with the addition of three new health-driven flavours.
Rock Rose gin refill

Rocking the pouch

For some consumers, buying premium gin is as much about the bottle as what is inside. But once you have one bottle to display, do you need another?

Fright night turns sweet

IT might be kids’ stuff to some but the annual ghosts and ghouls festival of Halloween has become one of the most important seasonal...

Celebrate with style

Easter can also provide an opportunity to boost sales in other categories than chocolate
Eden Mill liqueurs

We three gins

GIN enthusiasts have a trio of new expressions to add to their Christmas wish lists
Moira Dean, of Premier @ DUSA

A focus set on student sales

By the time the middle of the university semester comes around, students are more than ready for a night where they can let go and forget about the worries of assignments or exams.

A place on the shop floor

Sweets that soothe market hits £105m as firms get set for medicated confectionery’s hottest months of the year OFFERING comfort to those afflicted by winter...