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It comes once a year … when does it start?

The festive season is round the corner and it’s one of the biggest times of the year for confectionery. Some suppliers say begin early...
Chocolate

The three roads to festive turnover

SMALL treats the consumer can feel content to buy for themselves at a fun time of year, chocolate and sugar confectionery items in boxes...

Spooky snack attack

LEADING soft drinks, cakes, snacks and biscuit producers are intensifying launch and marketing activity on Halloween-themed products in an attempt to boost sales during...

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...
2012 was Fredericks Dairies’ best year. It makes Cadbury Ice Creams, which was sole packaged ice cream provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Coppenrath & Wiese is currently investing heavily in a bid to boost the frozen desserts category.

Maximise your lolly – Ice cream

THE ice cream market is worth £933m in the UK and shoppers purchasing ice cream tend to spend more on an average c-store visit...
WKD drinkers can download a special cocktail app to their smartphones, invent wacky combinations and then share them with other enthusiasts on-line.

The cocktail months – SHS Drinks

FRUITY and colourful, cocktails are an essential part of many summer parties. The trend to use RTDs as a basis for cocktails started in...
DELI favourite Belvoir has put its elderflower pressé and raspberry lemonade into a 250ml can, to help potential stockists who can’t accept glass bottles.

A pressing issue – Belvoir

DELI favourite Belvoir has put its elderflower pressé and raspberry lemonade into a 250ml can, to help potential stockists who can’t accept glass bottles. The...
TWO new fruity flavours have been introduced to give Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer a summer boost.

Crabbie’s gingers up its flavour range

TWO new fruity flavours have been introduced to give Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer a summer boost. The brand, which manufacturer Halewood International claims is now...
Will we have a long-awaited hot summer? If we do it’s important to realise which product cateogories bring in most of their cash in the hot months. Mark Thomson, business unit director of Kantar Worldpanel, explains the summer shift.

Turning up the heat – Summer spenders

Will we have a long-awaited hot summer? If we do it’s important to realise which product cateogories bring in most of their cash in...
Scots small batch gin brand says cocktail culture is heading to the off-trade

Do try this at home – Caorunn gin

Scots small batch gin brand says cocktail culture is heading to the off-trade WATCH out lemons, you have competition. Discerning young consumers, who experiment with...
Rubicon plans a £2m nationwide ad campaign to promote its exotic drinks to the mainstream market as well as ethnic consumers. Sunny D adds raspberry and passion fruit to its orange juices. Weight Watchers joins the tropical flavour trend with watermelon and mango-flavoured drinks.

Juice feels the squeeze

Smoothies buck the downward trend to grow 6.9% in value JUICE, juice drinks and fruit squashes traditionally do well in summer compared to the rest...
Flavour looks like being flavour of the months ahead as two of Britain’s biggest beer firms offer drinkers some new tastes over summer. Molson Coors says its Carling Zest with a hint of natural citrus was such a success last summer that it has since been added to the portfolio permanently. This year it has a ginger-flavoured version of the beer as a special limited edition. Heineken’s new Radler combines Foster’s Lager with cloudy lemon.

Drinking over lemons – Alcoholic beverages

BEER has come under considerable pressure from other long drinks in recent years, including cider and new styles of flavoured alcoholic beverages, premixes and...
Landmark says its licensed range caters for all the tastes of summer and includes own-brand lines such as Scandia lager and Eridge Vale ciders. Its own-brand energy drink range LSV is now its energy top seller.

Own label energises soft drinks market

LSV retails at less than half the price of the leading brands OWN-brand energy drinks and Italian sparkling wines are set to be the big...
OASIS has gone all tropical with its new flavour, Mango Medley, designed to appeal to the drink’s core target audience of 16-24 year olds

Oasis joins the exotic trend

OASIS has gone all tropical with its new flavour, Mango Medley, designed to appeal to the drink’s core target audience of 16-24 year olds....
WE are set for a barbecue summer, according to Caroline Hoare of specialist manufacturer Bar-Be-Quick. “Families want to spend quality time together having low-cost, healthy meals,” she said.

Families set to enjoy cheap grills

WE are set for a barbecue summer, according to Caroline Hoare of specialist manufacturer Bar-Be-Quick. “Families want to spend quality time together having low-cost,...
Ginger Grouse and Jim Beam Lime Splash, two ready-to-drink mixes designed to appeal to younger consumers.

Long tall profits – Maxxium UK

LONG, refreshing alcoholic drinks, versatile spirits and innovative ready-to-drink mixes are the keys to summer stocking according to premium spirits distributor Maxxium UK. And,...
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