All Christmas articles – Page 3
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Product news: Festive activity in aid of ’Nisa’ Christmas
Nisa is helping shoppers to have a ‘Nisa’ Christmas this year with a host of special Christmas activity on its @NisaLocally and @MADLCharity social media channels.The activity kicked off with a ‘Christmas Moments’ campaign, a weekly prize giveaway encouraging the public to share their favourite thing about Christmas via Facebook ...
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NewsProduct news: Win a night in Coke’s Christmas truck
Coca-Cola is opening the doors to the iconic red Coca-Cola Christmas truck for the first time, to offer a pair of festive fans, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in the ultimate Christmas sleepover – and stay inside the truck for one night only, on Friday 15th December 2017, in ...
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NewsGulf launches Christmas promotion
Gulf has launched a new forecourt promotion via Facebook - ‘The Big Christmas Giveaway’ - with 100 items of Gulf branded merchandise on offer to lucky winners nationwide.The initiative began this week and will run until the end of December, with 20 winners drawn each week. Entry is free to ...
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Product news: Sparkling campaign for Christmas
Highland Spring has unveiled a festive campaign titled ‘Escape to a Sparkling Moment’. Forming part of Highland Spring’s programme of investment to drive continued growth in the category, the campaign focuses on the role of the brand’s ’sparkling’ offering in elevating the relevance of bottled water for occasions, at the ...
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Salted Caramel joins the KP caddies range for Christmas
KP Snacks has added a new Salted Caramel variant to its range of best-selling nut caddies. KP is the leading nuts brand in the UK with a 17.3% share of the market, valued at £56m. Nearly 40% of KP nut sales take place in the run up to Christmas and ...
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The Christmas rush
For many people, their first sight of the ’Coke’s Holidays are Coming’ ad on TV is a clear sign that Christmas is nearly here. This year the iconic commercial will run from the middle of November. And the Coca-Cola Christmas Truck will then begin touring Great Britain, visiting 53 locations ...
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Christmas range proven to deliver huge sales
Urban Eat’s Christmas range includes Turkey Feast and Turkey, Bacon & Stuffing sandwiches, a Piggies Under Blankets sub roll and a Brie & Cranberry Wrap, all in festive-themed packaging. The line-up was highly popular last Christmas with more than 10,000 Turkey Feast sandwiches and 9,000 Turkey, Bacon & Stuffing sandwiches ...
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Kronenbourg gets wrapped up for Christmas
Following the success of the 2016 Cantona Limited Edition packaging, which resulted in a value sales uplift of 25%, Kronenbourg 1664 will wrap a festive Christmas scarf around its 660ml bottles, helping to increase stand out on shelf and encourage consumers to get into the Christmas spirit. Heineken is supplying ...
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Product news: CCE’s Christmas Truck Tour returns as festive campaign gets under way
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is gearing up to spread some festive cheer, as it reveals its Christmas 2017 campaign, which includes the return of the iconic Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour, ‘Holidays Are Coming’ TV advert, limited-edition Christmas packs, and sponsorship of Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball. With over 95% of ...
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product news: Jenny Wren introduces sub-£10 Christmas Box
Jenny Wren, the Kentish chocolate firm, has introduced its first Christmas box for what it calls the “neglected” sub-£10 gifting category. The Christmas Collection features 12 hand-finished Belgian chocolates and truffles – including Fleur de Sel caramel, raspberry yoghurt and white mocha. The launch coincides with Jenny Wren being the ...
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product news: Diageo highlights independent alcohol opportunity this Christmas
With 28% of annual off trade alcohol sales taking place over the festive period, Diageo has extended its My Store Matters advice to help retailers tap into the sales opportunity. An extension of the ‘Inspire, Display, Sell’ initiative, the advice sets out to highlight how retailers can drive sales across ...
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Countdown to Christmas
Would you like to guess how much was spent on Christmas confectionery last year? Well, if you said around £800m you would be right because, according to IRI data, we in the UK spent £824m on chocolate and sweets last Christmas. A lot of that spend goes on gifting and ...
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The spirits of Christmas
Most people enjoy a tipple at Christmas, with many keen to have a range of booze on offer to impress their friends and family, which is why volume sales of spirits double over the Christmas period increasing from 3.4% to 7.2% (Nielsen).Faith Holland, head of category development at Diageo ...
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product news: Pringles brings back Christmas variants
Pringles is bringing back its range of Christmas flavours in a new gift wrap designed can.This October, Xmas Turkey and Pigs in Blankets flavour Pringles will be back in stores.The cans have a limited edition festive wrap design that features a gift tag on the packaging for consumers to personalise ...
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product news: Pernod Ricard unveils Christmas campaigns
In the run-up to Christmas Pernod Ricard UK is launching two campaigns focused on helping retailers increase sales of Scotch whisky and popular cocktail and mixer ingredients: ‘Expertly Selected Whiskies’ and ‘Mix with The Good Stuff’. The ‘Expertly Selected’ range, identified by Pernod Ricard UK, includes five of the supplier’s ...
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product news: Ferrero reveals Christmas plans
Ferrero says it will be investing £8.2m this Christmas while launching new products across its brands, including advent calendars and new boxed chocolate products. Levi Boorer, customer development director at Ferrero, commented: “Following a successful Christmas in 2016, it is important as a leading confectionery manufacturer, to offer retailers products ...
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product news: pladis unites brands in Christmas campaign
pladis has unveiled plans for what it describes as its biggest ever Christmas brand campaign. For the first time the McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Carr’s brands will come together under the campaign banner “Merry Biscuits everyone.” With a total investment of £1.3m to support McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Carr’s, the seasonal campaign ...
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product news: Mondelez previews Christmas offer
This year Mondelez International has bigger plans than ever for Christmas with the return of the Milk Tray Man, a £10m spend for its Cadvent campaign, NPD in both chocolate and candy, and for the first time, it will offer Cadbury biscuits within its portfolio. The company also has a ...
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UK shoppers set to spend £20.6bn on Christmas food and groceries
The UK grocery market is set to experience 1.2% growth over the Christmas period, with shoppers spending £20.6bn, according to forecast figures from IGD. Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive of IGD, said: “Although our forecast indicates relatively modest growth, with overall prices lower than a year ago, this would represent a ...
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Maxol and Aware NI shine a light on mental health for young people with special Christmas Candle
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol, has launched the Maxol and AWARE Christmas candle, which is now available at all participating Maxol sites in Northern Ireland.The perfect stocking filler, the high-quality Irish-made candle is for sale at just £4 at every Maxol station till-point with proceeds going towards Maxol’s charity ...