All Halloween articles – Page 2

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    product news: Tangerine reveals its Halloween line-up

    2017-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Tangerine Confectionery has unveiled details of its Halloween offering. The Sweet Champions Halloween Assorted 200g Bag (MRRSP £1) features a selection of the UK’s favourite sweets - a mixture of mini Whams (strawberry, sour apple & original raspberry flavours), Fruit Salad Lollies and Black Jack Lollies. Sold in Halloween themed ...

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    product news: Wrigley extends Halloween range

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    This August, Wrigley is extending its seasonal range to five Halloween SKUs. Following a successful trial last year, Wrigley is launching its Skittles Fruits and Sours Tubs across all customers. The new tubs have an RRP of £5, and are aimed at trick or treaters containing 29 individual 26g packs ...

  • Forecourts avoid Halloween biker gang carnage
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    Forecourts avoid Halloween biker gang carnage

    2016-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Forecourts have escaped the kind of criminal behaviour which marked Halloween last year, despite a number of “ride out” events in the capital and in Leeds and Birmingham. Last year motorbike gangs swarmed across several forecourts in London, stealing petrol and other goods, and the Metropolitan Police Service had warned ...

  • Met Police reiterates warning over Halloween biker mobs
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    Met Police reiterates warning over Halloween biker mobs

    2016-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Metropolitan Police has reiterated its warning to service station owners in the Capital to prepare for potential mob violence focused on forecourts over the Halloween weekend. Last year at Halloween large groups of motorcyclists swooped on forecourts stealing petrol and goods from their shops and in one case a fire ...

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    product news: Premier adds halloween cake options

    2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Premier Foods, through its cake brands Cadbury Cakes and Mr Kipling, is launching some limited edition ranges to cater for Halloween. Cadbury Cakes is offering new Pumpkin Patch Cakes and Mini Rolls Chocolate Trick or Treat packs. Mr Kipling is bringing back its Fiendish Fancies. Karmel Maletta, innovation controller for ...

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    Met Police warning over Halloween biker mobs

    2016-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Metropolitan Police is warning service station owners in the Capital to prepare for potential mob violence focused on forecourts over the Halloween weekend. Last year at Halloween large groups of motorcyclists swooped on forecourts stealing petrol and goods from their shops and in one case a fire extinguisher was thrown ...

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    product news: Perfetti Van Melle launches Halloween sweets

    2016-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Perfetti Van Melle is launching a new set of sweets in the run-up to Halloween. The Chupa Chups Spooky Pizza is a fresh take on the brand’s candy pizza, covered in jelly snakes and spiders, and priced at £5. Perfetti Van Melle is also offering retailers impactful shelf ready packaging ...

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    product news: McVities unveils Halloween cakes

    2016-08-26T00:00:00Z

    McVitie’s has announced the launch of its spook-tacular cake range due to hit shelves from 5th September in time for Halloween. This year’s season sees the return of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes Bars, this time in ‘Fang-Tastic Orange’ flavour and a ‘Batty Blackcurrant’ variety. The latter will have a new recipe ...

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    product news: Burton’s unveils Halloween range

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Burton’s Biscuit Company has unveiled its 2016 Halloween Cadbury Biscuits range, which will which launch in August and be on-sale until 31st October. The Burton’s Halloween line-up comprises four products: Cadbury Screme Egg Biscuits returns and will be available in a new 8-pack, following on from the launch of ...

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    product news: Wrigley prepares for Halloween

    2015-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Wrigley has launched two Halloween limited editions. Skittles Darkside pouches and single packs provide consumers with Skittles from ‘the other side of the rainbow’. Flavours include forbidden fruit, midnight lime, blood orange, pomegranate and dark berry. And Starburst Trick or Treat sharing bags contain apple, raspberry and orange flavoured ...

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    product news: Bonds highlights halloween potential

    2015-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Bonds Confectionery claims it has all bases covered for retailers looking for Halloween treats. It is highlighting its Retro Mixed Bag as the ideal product to meet the increasing demand from retailers buying in stock to cater for consumers looking to stock up on spooky confectionery and trick-or-treat goodies. Philip ...

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    product news: Fanta prepares for Halloween

    2015-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is adding spooktacular editions to its Fanta range and launching a seasonal media partnership with MTV, helping retailers to make the most of the Halloween opportunity this autumn among the brand’s target audience of mums and teens. Reflecting Fanta’s playful nature, its packaging will be haunted with ...

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    product news: Britvic introduces Halloween flavour

    2015-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Britvic Soft Drinks is extending its offering this Halloween with the launch of a new limited-edition Strawberry, Apple and Grape flavour for its Robinsons Fruit Shoot No Added Sugar range. The ‘Strawbrainy’ variant will be available to order until mid-October, and the launch is expected to coincide with Halloween-themed activity ...

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    product news: Nestlé unveils Halloween offer

    2015-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Confectionery is aiming to help retailers capitalise on consumer spending at Halloween with the launch of a wider range of products for 2015. The new Mini Smarties Trick or Treat Pumpkin (RRP £3.00) will lead the range, and comes with 10 boxes of mini Smarties inside. A tear strip ...

  • PRODUCT NEWS: Retro sweets for Halloween
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    PRODUCT NEWS: Retro sweets for Halloween

    2014-10-20T00:00:00Z

    With Halloween fast-approaching, Bonds Confectionery is highlighting its Retro Mixed Bag as the ideal product to meet the demand from retailers buying in stock to cater for consumers stocking up on trick or treat goodies. Available in 150 gram bags and retailing at £1 a bag, the product provides retailers ...

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    Beware: Halloween is creeping up on us all

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    If you haven’t yet embraced Halloween in your store, this year is the time to do it. That’s because it is now the third biggest seasonal event behind Christmas and Easter and, according to Planet Retail, has enjoyed double-digit growth over the past three years. Food manufacturers are obviously keen ...

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    Retailers challenged to get into Halloween spirit

    2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Mace and Cadbury are running a Halloween competition, challenging Mace retailers to create a spectacular Halloween display in-store. The competition, which runs until 31st October 31, is encouraging retailers to use in-store theatre to drive footfall and profits around Halloween, the third biggest retail event of the year. To help ...

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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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    Halloween hits

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    McVitie’s Cake Company is launching two seasonal limited-edition variants: McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes lemon & slime cake bars and Jaffa Cakes spooky mini rolls.The cake bars come in packs of five retailing at £1.49. Packs feature pumpkins, spider’s webs and bats.The mini rolls are a blend of dark crackly chocolate and ...

  • Halloween treats
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    Halloween treats

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Walkers has launched two limited editions – Quavers Ghosts available in cheese flavour and Monster Munch Spooky Tongue in Pickled Onion flavour – to appeal to the growing Halloween market. Walkers Trade marketing manager Nicky Seal, said: “Halloween is becoming an increasingly important event in the UK calendar, with Halloween ...