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Product NewsCadbury marks Creme Egg’s 50th birthday with Golden Goobilee campaign
Cadbury is marking the 50th birthday of its Creme Egg with the launch of a new Golden Goobilee campaign, as Cadbury Creme Eggs return to stores nationwide.
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Smint aims to boost refreshment category with its Fresh Moments campaign
Smint is back on screens this January with its Fresh Moments campaign.
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How to have a dead-good Halloween
When Halloween falls on a Saturday, as it does this year (October 31), it usually means bigger parties and a bigger spend.
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Swizzels plans to drive sales with virtual Halloween party
Sweet manufacturer Swizzels is aiming to ensure Halloween isn’t cancelled, despite the pandemic, by staging the UK’s largest virtual Halloween party.
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Valeo Confectionery brings out softer chewy version of its XXX mints
Valeo Confectionery has launched a new product, XXX Softmints, in response to consumer demand for the XXX brand’s mint flavour, but in a new, softer format.
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Chewits unveils four new products and marketing campaign
Chewits is expanding its range with the launch of four new products: Juicy Bites, Xtreme Sour Bites, Xtreme Sour Apple Laces and Fruity Twists.
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Trebor’s ‘Cash in a flash’ promotion returns
Leading mint brand Trebor is bringing back its ‘Cash in a Flash’ consumer promotion for a second year, offering shoppers the chance to win a range of cash prizes including a jackpot of £1,000. The promotion is live from this month and is running across the full Trebor singles range, with bespoke point-of-sale materials designed to excite and engage shoppers.
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Mars reveals first M&M’s range of protein products
Mars Consumer Drinks & Treats is launching the UK’s first M&M’s-branded range of protein products, with the introduction of M&M’s Hi Protein Chocolate and M&M’s Hi Protein Chocolate Peanut bars to its portfolio of sports nutrition products.
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Shoppers to vote on Cadbury’s next limited-edition dairy milk bar
Cadbury is unveiling three new limited-edition Cadbury Dairy Milk bars, created by this year’s Cadbury Inventor finalists. The all-new flavour variants are: Gillian’s Cadbury Dairy Milk Coconutty; Shannon’s Cadbury Dairy Milk Crunchy Honeycomb; and Taylor’s Cadbury Dairy Milk Out of the Blueberry.
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Mondelez launches ‘Win Win’ cash promotion for independent c-stores
Mondelēz announces a new promotion available only to independent convenience stores. The new ’Win-Win’ competition, running from the July 13 until August 9,
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Ferrero teams up with Coca-Cola for limited edition Tic Tac launch
Ferrero has launched a limited-edition Tic Tac Coca-Cola, which is a result of a collaboration between two brands.
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Swizzels reveals Great British Puds in hanging bags
British sweet manufacturer Swizzels has released Great British Puds sweets in hanging bags. Great British Puds includes four varieties of individually wrapped chew bars in classic British dessert flavours: sticky toffee pudding, lemon meringue, rhubarb crumble and apple pie custard. The product is also suitable for vegetarians ...
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Mars Wrigley UK brings back Sweetstake with charity partner
Mars Wrigley UK has announced the return of its consumer promotion, Sweetstake, with top prizes of £20,000 and a new charitable partnership with National Emergencies Trust (NET) for its Coronavirus Appeal. Running throughout summer 2020, the manufacturer’s promotion returns and will run across Mars, Revels, M M’s, Galaxy Minstrels, Maltesers, ...
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Mars Wrigley introduces a new twist on Skittles
Mars Wrigley is launching a new twist on its Skittles – Giants – which are softer on the inside and three times the size of a standard Skittle. The new product will be available in a single 45g pack with an RRP of 49p, a £1 price-marked treat bag (125g), ...
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Chupa Chups expands range of sugar-free lollipops
Chupa Chups is expanding its sugar-free range of lollipops with new Chupa Chups Good For You. Made with natural, premium quality stevia, the lollipops come in Strawberry, Orange and Cherry flavours and contain only natural colouring. Aimed at those who want to both treat their families and reduce sugar where ...
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Maynards Bassetts launches Superfruit Jellies
Confectionery brand Maynards Bassetts is aiming to tap into consumer desires for authenticity, higher real fruit content and added benefits with Superfruit Jellies, a new product launching this month. Maynards Bassetts Superfruit Jellies are available in 130g bags and are soft jellies with a variety of flavours – papaya, ...
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The rise of mini bars
Portion control seems to be the new buzz-phrase in chocolate and not just for children. According to research undertaken by Kantar for Forecourt Trader’s sister magazine The Grocer, 21% of consumers are interested in portion-controlled bars as a way to manage their calorie and sugar intake. Manufacturers have already ...
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KitKat partners Virgin Holidays for on-pack promotion
This year KitKat has partnered with Virgin Holidays to offer 10 prizes of a luxury holiday (worth up to £8,000 each) to destinations such as Hawaii, Antigua, Cuba, the Maldives and Barbados for its ‘Make a break for it’ on-pack promotion. There are also 100 sun-believable prizes to be won ...
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Wrigley to introduce UK’s first flavoured Maltesers product
Wrigley UK has announced it will be introducing the UK’s first flavoured Maltesers product – Mint Maltesers Buttons. Laura Boothroyd, Maltesers senior brand manager, said: “We’re incredibly excited to be launching Mint Maltesers Buttons into the UK this year. Over the past three years we’ve seen the great success ...
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Mars Wrigley UK uses augmented reality in Maltesers campaign
Mars Wrigley UK has unveiled a new augmented reality (AR) campaign for Maltesers Bunny. The campaign, an extension of last year’s Easter activation, will see Mars Wrigley UK call on consumers to help locate scores of ‘escaped’ Maltesers Bunnies. This year, through Mars Wrigley’s partnership with Snapchat, people ...
