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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 ...
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Opal Fruits brought back for a limited period
Mars Wrigley has announced that Opal Fruits are to return to British shops. The treat will be offered in its original flavour format, meaning, that for the first time in over a decade, the public will be able to enjoy both a lemon and a lime treat (the two were ...
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Mentos Gum extends Pure Fresh range with two new flavours
Mentos Gum is extending its Pure Fresh range with the addition of two new fruity variants: Tropical and Cherry. The sugar-free, liquid-centred gum comes in 2g pieces which it says are 30% bigger per piece than its competitors. It comes in a 50-piece bottle with an rrp of £2.25. ...
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Cadbury kicks off new year with Premier League promotion
Cadbury is kicking off the new year by offering shoppers the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience with a Premier League legend. The ‘Find A Shiny, Win A Legend’ promotion runs until March 31 and will also give consumers the chance to get their hands on pairs of Premier League ...
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Box-set binges
With Apple TV+ and Britbox recently joining the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, and Disney+ launching next year, there are even more reasons for family and friends to stay in for a night centred around the TV. Matt Collins, trading director at KP Snacks, says: "In the UK, we ...
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Trebor unveils first sugar-free extra Strong variety
Mint brand Trebor has introduced the first sugar-free variety of its Extra Strong brand. Sugar-free Trebor Extra Strong Minis are available now in two pack formats – a 12.6g dispenser pack and a 44.5g 100-mint pot pack. Laura Trampe, brand manager for Trebor, said: “Growth for Trebor is being driven ...
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Mars Wrigley introduces vegan versions of Galaxy
Galaxy has become the first major milk chocolate brand to offer a vegan alternative. The vegan recipe uses hazelnut paste to create the signature characteristics of Galaxy and there are three flavours: smooth orange, caramel and sea salt, caramelised hazelnut. The bars are encased in a widely recyclable ...
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Jelly Belly expands range of Harry Potter products
Jelly Belly, in partnership with Warner Bros Consumer Products, has extended its Harry Potter range in time for Christmas. New products include the Voldemort Wand (made of chocolate, with a spell sheet included), rrp £9.80; the Hogwarts Ticket Chocolate Bar 42g, rrp £4.40; Magical Sweets 59g, rrp £3.07; the Knight ...
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Ferrero brings back Christmas store makeover competition
Ferrero is bringing back its Sparkling Store Makeover competition where one lucky retailer will win a store makeover worth £4,000. Retailers can enter by going to www.yourperfectstore.co.uk/news-insights/blog/win-a-sparkling-store-makeover . Alternatively, retailers can post a video nomination of themselves. Levi Boorer, customer development director at Ferrero, said: “Creating theatre, like the Ferrero ...
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Yule all love these
In the lead up to last Christmas, Quality Street lovers got the chance to fill tins with just their favourite twistwapped chocolates thanks to a ’Choose your favourites’ pop-up at John Lewis department stores. This year, as well as ’Choose your favourites’, shoppers at John Lewis’s flagship London store can ...
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Cadbury launches new mini bar format
Cadbury is introducing a new pack format to its range for convenience in order to respond to growing consumer demand for wellbeing offers through portion control. New Cadbury Dairy Milk Mini Bars, which will be available as single bars in a specially-created counter-top dispenser unit for the convenience channel, are ...
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Perfetti Van Melle launches vegan-friendly Fruitella variants
Perfetti Van Melle (PVM) is launching its first gelatine-free range. The two new Fruittella fruity jelly variants are suitable for both vegans and vegetarians. The jungle-themed jellies sport the vegan approved stamp from the Vegan Society, contain all natural colours and flavours and are gluten free. They are made with ...
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Maltesers announces new creative direction
Mars Wrigley UK has announced a new creative direction for Maltesers – via a new campaign titled ‘Someone Gets It’ – which focuses on the importance of female friendship and the power of an inside joke in bringing friends back together, no matter how long they’ve been apart. The campaign, ...