All Christmas articles – Page 6

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    Three for Christmas

    2012-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Cuisine de France is launching three new lines for Christmas: mincemeat, cranberry & almond slice; and two flowerpot muffins (orange & cranberry and chocolate & orange).

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    Christmas with Mars

    2012-09-04T00:00:00Z

    New to Mars Chocolate’s Christmas range is the Galaxy luxury selection which features Galaxy Gift For You. Separately, Galaxy Gift For You has a new truffle variant so one half of the product comprises solid Galaxy chocolate while the other half is filled with either caramel or truffle.Meanwhile, Celebrations has ...

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    Halloween and Christmas covered by Kraft Foods

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Kraft Foods is launching Cadbury Crunchy Spiders for Halloween. They are foil-wrapped chocolates filled with green crunchy bits. There are two spider designs, each with creepy crawly legs.In addition, Cadbury Screme Eggs have been improved with the ’goo-lish’ green fondant centre even more garish this time around.There is also a ...

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    Fears of record fuel prices following rapid Christmas and New Year increases

    2012-01-09T00:00:00Z

    RMIP’s fuel price monitoring system, Big Oil, has seen the steepest and fastest-ever rise in wholesale costs over the festive period. From Monday 19 December to Thursday 5 January the cost of diesel increased by nearly 4.50ppl and unleaded petrol by as much as 5.00ppl with 20% VAT to be ...

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    Londis boasts £1m pre-Christmas sales

    2011-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Londis pre-Christmas sales have exceeded £1m for the first time. The sales accounted for Christmas orders placed by Londis resellers with Musgrave GB for confectionery and grocery ranges and included orders received for the Halloween period.Paul Courtney, Londis sales director, said: “This incredible achievement has taken place while the economic ...

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    Christmas crackers

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Ginsters has three special-edition sandwiches and a special-edition pasty for Christmas all in-store from November 2.The Ginsters classic Christmas Cracker sandwich has a new recipe this year. It includes British turkey, Cumberland sausage, cranberry & red onion chutney, sage & onion stuffing and mayonnaise. Cranberry, Wendsleydale & bacon is ...

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    PayPoint launches Christmas savings scheme

    2011-01-28T00:00:00Z

    PayPoint retailers are now able to compete with the major supermarket groups for their customers’ Christmas savings. Almost 4,000 PayPoint retailers have already signed up to offer the new and valuable savings service to their local community, which, as well as the commission, also earns them an annual bonus of ...

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    Cracking Christmas

    2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

    The retailers’ favourite time of year?It seems to come around sooner every year, and here it is again Christmas. The lifesaver of retail businesses all over the UK. Not so many years ago it was a relatively quiet time of year in petrol retailing. In those days there’d be ...

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    Christmas crackers

    2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Following its success last year, Ginsters’ limited-edition Christmas Cracker sandwich is available once again. It contains British roast turkey, stuffing, bacon and cranberry sauce. Rrp is £3.29. Also available is the Festive Beef sandwich filled with rare British roast beef, caramelised red onion chutney, mayonnaise and rocket. Rrp is ...

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    Spicing up Christmas

    2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Diageo is backing Morgan’s Spiced with a £300,000 campaign pre-Christmas. The activity focuses on the drink’s ’signature serve’ Morgan’s Spiced and cola.

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    Xmas list

    2010-10-04T00:00:00Z

    There are loads of special festive lines around this year to add excitement to your displays.Premier Foods is launching a selection of new cakes including Mr Kipling’s Big Frosty Fancy, a seasonal take on the popular Big French Fancy. The cake is iced in snowy white and features a polar ...

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    Make a mint at Xmas

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Elizabeth Shaw has unveiled its Christmas range which includes seven-piece impulse packs which retail at 99p. Another new line is Elizabeth Shaw mint selection dark and milk mint chocolates infused with mint oils. Rrp is £3.99. The range will be supported by magazine advertising, competitions and promotions as well ...

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    Christmas from Nestlé

    2010-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé is launching its first fairtrade seasonal impulse line. The Kit Kat Claus bar features embossed fairtrade chocolate and a seasonal Santa design. Recommended retail price (rrp) is 45p. The bar will benefit from marketing support, focusing on the fairtrade aspect. Meanwhile, for 2010 the Quality Street My Caramel Swirl, ...

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    Xmas time

    2010-07-26T00:00:00Z

    For those of you thinking about giving up on Christmas confectionery and handing it over completely to the grocery mults, the advice from the experts is ’think again’. Jonathan Summerley, purchasing director at specialist confectionery cash and carry chain Hancocks, comments: "Competition will always come from the supermarkets for every ...

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    Shoppers set to splash the cash at Christmas

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    This Christmas may be the second that shoppers have faced during this recession but research from Mintel suggests retail sales are still growing in both volume and value terms. Mintel is forecasting growth of 2% versus last year in retail sales this month, driven by a recovery in consumer confidence ...

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    Essential Christmas

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    JTI has released a Hamlet Essentials Pack for Christmas containing five packs of Hamlet fine cigars, five of Hamlet Miniatures and of Hamlet Smooth Miniatures.

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    Charging ahead for Christmas

    2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Portable power has become an essential element of everyday life for consumers across the UK, according to Duracell. The company says that the way this power is consumed is critical in understanding the evolution of the battery marketplace, while retailers need to remember that more than 40% of their annual ...

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    Susie’s pet project for Christmas time

    2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Budgens and Londis stores have been getting into the Christmas spirit by creating their own hampers for the festive season.Former Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Susie Hawkins has really been inventive by making her own pet hampers for the Budgens store at her Barnwood site in Gloucester. These contain ...

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    celebrate christmas with nestle

    2008-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Christmas is a key time for confectionery sales, and with this in mind Nestlé Confectionery is giving readers an extra chance to boost their seasonal sales.The company is giving away four outers from its core seasonal range to two readers.Nestlé Confectionery says it is helping retailers to maximise sales and ...

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    Christmas prizes

    2008-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is launching its Christmas 2008 campaign this month, backed by £2.5m-worth of marketing and featuring an on-pack promotion on all 500ml and 2ltr bottles of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke as well as a seasonal campaign for Schweppes.The Holidays are Coming and Greatest Gift ads will also ...