All Confectionery articles – Page 16
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Novelty value
From popping candy frogs to robins and even white chocolate polar bears, there really is something for everyone this Christmas. The confectionery manufacturers seem to have pulled out all the stops to ensure this Christmas will be a cracker.According to Nielsen data, seasonal self-eat treats were worth £3m last year. ...
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Sweet truth
According to research company Mintel, the "vibrant pack designs and lively marketing messages that characterise sugar confectionery" are in contrast to the market’s sales performance. It seems all is not rosy. While price rises because of more expensive ingredients have pushed up total value sales, volume sales have fallen due ...
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Cocoa nuts
The UK’s love of chocolate means that sales have been largely unaffected by the country’s economic situation. It seems cash-strapped consumers can always find money for their favourite choccy bar.According to Mintel, since 2006 the UK chocolate confectionery market has grown by 21%, with steady year-on-year growth of between 4% ...
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Checkout champs
A new report from Palmer & Harvey reveals that petrol stations sell nearly twice as much chewing gum as standalone convenience stores. It’s not surprising really given the benefits of chewing gum such as giving you fresher breath and aiding concentration.Nathan Griffiths, trade marketing manager at Perfetti Van Melle (PVM), ...
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The eggs factor
There’ll be something missing from some Cadbury Creme Eggs this Easter their ’x-factor’, or rather their goo! But don’t worry it’s all for a good cause brand owner Kraft Foods is running a special Gooless Eggs promotion, exclusive to convenience outlets, including forecourt stores. The promotion will encourage consumers to ...
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Focus on Confectionery: Sweet treats
Most forecourt retailers should probably leave the grocery superstores to battle over who sells the biggest tins of Quality Street, Roses and Celebrations at the lowest price, and instead focus on the self-eat novelties and impulse lines that they are so good at selling. Yes, consumers will be buying ...
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Focus on Confectionery: Scare tactics
Halloween is big business in the UK. According to retail intelligence firm Planet Retail, sales rose 12.5% last year to reach £315m. Retail analyst Lisa Byfield-Green says the occasion has continued to grow consistently since Planet Retail began tracking figures in 2001. "This has been driven by a growing ...
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Focus on Confectionery: Bag some sales
Bags of Haribo sweets should probably come with a health warning nothing to do with sugar or calories but more to do with the fact that they’ll attract a lot of attention. Open a bag of Haribos in a confined space and you’ll soon be surrounded by people asking for ...
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Bubbling away
Kraft Foods is relaunching Cadbury Dairy Milk (CDM) Bubble as a bubbly-shaped bar and Cadbury Wispa has a new format; Nestlé is reshaping Aero chocolate bars into ’snappable bubbles’; while Mars is extending its Galaxy Bubbles range. Quite simply, chocolate manufacturers have gone bubble crazy.The CDM Bubbly bar has been ...
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Stick with it
It’s a case of New Year, new flavours for chewing gum. Wrigley is adding evolution which is described as a sour-to-sweet citrus pear flavour to its 5 range. Extra is taking the fruity route with a new strawberry flavour while Perfetti Van Melle is adding skweez and ice ...
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Get cracking
Forecourt retailers should let the grocery multiples get on with their big promotions on Easter eggs while they concentrate on what they do well selling chocolate for immediate consumption, says Graham Walker, trade communications manager at Nestlé UK. "For convenience retailers to see sales success next spring, their number one ...
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Sugar rush
Media reports that Prince William’s bride Kate Middleton has a hankering for Haribo must have been music to the ears of the gums and jellies company. After all, publicity like that is priceless. Apparently Kate’s favourites are Starmix and Tangfastics both of which are selling well. What is more, ...
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Bags of profit
If you’re looking to pep up your chocolate sales then you need to make sure you’re taking advantage of the growth of sharing bags. That’s because sharing bags is the second largest category in confectionery behind single countlines (IRI data). And what is more, within the total sharing bags category, ...
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Worth a mint
It may be one of the most impulsive categories in forecourt stores but the mints and gum category hasn’t been without its share of problems. An influx of product development and lack of focus sent the category into decline for a while, but 2010 saw a return to growth.According to ...
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With its relatively low price point and feel-good factor, the chocolate confectionery category is more than holding its own in the forecourt shop. According to IRI data, the chocolate confectionery category in the convenience channel is now worth £1.3bn and growing by 3% year-on-year.Singles make up the bulk of the ...
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Xmas time
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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Sweet smart
IRI sales data for the sugar confectionery market across all trade sectors values it at £1.2bn (down 0.8%) for the 52 weeks ending March 27. However, specialist confectionery cash and carry chain Hancocks reports that its sugar confectionery sales have been extremely buoyant in the past 12 months, ...
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Full of beans
Chocolate’s been in the news a lot lately with Kraft’s bid for Cadbury and the placing of the story so far up the news’ lists reflects UK consumers’ love of the stuff.However, the big story on the shelf is the major manufacturers’ move to using Fairtrade cocoa in their products.Last ...
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Minted
According to research done a few years ago by Pathfinder, car journeys were the single biggest consumption occasion for mints, while Cadbury research carried out last year found that travelling accounts for 21.4% of chewing gum occasions second only to work. What is more, 29% of gum users keep ...
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Oldies but goodies
If you are looking for lots of exciting new confectionery lines for this Christmas you’re going to be disappointed. There are a few here and there, but mostly manufacturers are sticking to existing products that they know sell well.Cadbury is the only one of the ’big three’ which is putting ...