All Confectionery articles – Page 14
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product news: Nestlé ups milk in Milkybar
Nestlé Confectionery has increased the amount of milk in its Milkybar recipe, making it the brand’s number one ingredient, but it claims the taste will remain the same. The percentage of milk in the new core range recipe will increase from 26% to 37.5%, and it will be used ...
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product news: Kinder Bueno extends into bite size sector
Ferrero is tapping into the £1.15bn sharing bag opportunity this spring with the launch of Kinder Bueno Mini (MRSP: £2.00); the classic Kinder Bueno in bite-sized, individually wrapped portions. The Kinder Bueno Mini sharing bag includes 16 individually wrapped bite-sized versions of the classic Kinder Bueno – with its hazelnut ...
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product news: Tangerine invests £1m in sugar portfolio
Tangerine Confectionery is investing £1m in its branded sugar portfolio. The investment includes an awareness-building TV advertising campaign on the Softies range, which will introduce the new Fruit Salad Sour Softies and showcase the revitalised branding on both Fruit Salad and Refreshers Softies. The Softies range, first launched in 2015 ...
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product news: Cadbury previews Premier League promotion
Cadbury has announced its first, and broadest, on-pack promotion following its new partnership with the Premier League, which offers consumers the chance to win the ultimate football experience. Up for grabs in the promotion are ten personalised Premier League match day experiences for two, 50 pairs of match tickets every ...
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product news: Haribo Frenzy makes come back
Haribo Frenzy, the brand’s limited edition campaign, is back and offering a taste of summer with new flavour twists of Starmix and Tangfastics. Alison Satterthwaite, brand manager for Haribo UK lead brands, commented: “Haribo Frenzy Editions have been hugely successful, delivering excitement into the category and introducing new flavours into ...
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product news: CDM offers chance to adopt a cow
Families will be given the chance to adopt a cow in forthcoming Cadbury Dairy Milk on pack-promotion.The promotion will be available on singles and multipacks of Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons, Cadbury Dairy Milk Freddo and Cadbury Dairy Milk Little Bars from June.It is intended to remind consumers of the taste ...
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product news: Kinder partners new Despicable Me film
The kids confectionery brand Kinder is partnering with Universal’s latest summer blockbuster film – Despicable Me 3. Rolling out from the mid May, the new Kinder Surprise eggs – containing Minion characters – will be available until August. The new eggs will be supported with in-store activation, kicking off in ...
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product news: Mars Chocolate unveils Mars Choc Brownie
Mars Chocolate UK has announced a new variation to the Mars bar – Mars Choc Brownie.Bringing together two of the nation’s favourite food categories – cakes/pastries and chocolate, Mars Choc Brownie combines thick chocolate nougat with indulgent dark caramel, covered in Mars Chocolate. Mars Chocolate Brownie is available in single, ...
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Product news: Crazy new addition
A new addition to the Maoam range is Crazy Roxx a bag full of irregular shapes in blue raspberry, strawberry, orange, lemon and apple flavours. Maoam brand manager, Vicky Forshaw, said: “Crazy Roxx is an exciting new addition to the chew category. The combination of Maoam’s unique, soft texture and ...
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Product news: Cadbury launches £6m push behind its ’Singles Sensations’
Cadbury has announced the new ‘Singles Sensations’ 360 degree campaign to champion the tastes and textures of five of its key singles bars. The campaign, which features different creative for each of the iconic bars, launches with a new TV campaign and will also include outdoor, social and PR as ...
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Product news: Mars launches Galaxy Swirlers
Mars Chocolate UK marked National Tea Day on April 21 by launching of Galaxy Swirlers, an addition to the Galaxy portfolio. Galaxy Swirlers is made up of easily breakable Galaxy chocolate fingers which are perfect for dipping into hot beverage and sharing with friends or family. The new launch will ...
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Product news: Nestle cuts sugar in KitKat
Nestlé Confectionery’s flagship brand Kitkat is introducing a new recipe across its milk chocolate range - with each chocolate bar now containing extra milk and cocoa and less sugar – supported by a multi-million pound advertising campaign. Nestlé insists that KitKat will have the same taste, but now with an ...
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Product news: Cadbury Roundie biscuit launched
Mondelez International is unveiling its first Cadbury biscuit in the UK with the launch of Cadbury Roundie. Available now, Cadbury Roundie blends layers of crispy wafers with thick chocolate cream and is coated in chocolate. The biscuits are available in a multipack of five including milk chocolate, dark chocolate and ...
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Product news: Mars Chocolate unveils Google link to Sweet Nights In
Mars Chocolate UK is launching Sweet Nights In, which incorporates five out of the nation’s top 10 chocolate brands, as a new on-pack promotion which will offer consumers money off their latest in-home entertainment through Google Play. The promotion will reward consumers with 50% off the latest movie rentals and ...
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Building blocks
Such is our love of chocolate that any changes to favourite brands make headline news. Remember the chocolate recipe change in Creme Eggs? Or the less triangular bars of Toblerone? Last month the newspapers (and websites) were full of stories about how chocolate manufacturers were going to make their bars ...
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Sweet not sour
The one good thing about sugar confectionery with regard to the whole sugar debate is that consumers know what they’re getting. Unlike some soft drinks or so-called healthy cereal bars, the sugar in confectionery is not hidden away it’s there right in front of you and to eat it or ...
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Naughty but nice
The media’s attention on sugar and how bad it is for you could be viewed as a nightmare for the chocolate market but, according to Mintel, only a minority of consumers are limiting their intake because of its sugar content. For the majority of consumers, chocolate is still viewed as ...
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Early birds
Some of your customers might groan at the sight of Easter eggs out so soon after Christmas, but it seems getting your Easter range out early is key to more sales. Indeed according to Kantar Worldpanel data, last year 8.3 million households bought Easter confectionery early in the season and ...
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Candy crush
There’s much debate about the sugar in our diets in the mass media yet still UK consumers are ’sweet’ on sweets and those consumers are not just kids. Indeed, according to Mintel’s latest Sugar and Gum Confectionery report, four out of five adults had eaten sweets in the six ...
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Choc stars
You might think that chocolate sells itself but according to Bep Dhaliwal, trade communications manager, at Mars Chocolate UK, there’s more you can do to help increase sales. "It’s a mature category that delivers good returns but you can help increase your shoppers’ basket spend," she says. Dhaliwal believes good ...