All Seasonal articles – Page 8

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    Deck the shelves

    2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The media may be full of messages encouraging us to cut down on sugar but you can bet your life that most households will be tucking into their favourite tin of twistwrap chocolates this Christmas. At this time of year, go into any grocery multiple and you’ll likely have to ...

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    product news: Premier Foods adds Christmas cakes

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Premier Foods is aiming to drive incremental sales during the Christmas period by launching several new products through its Cadbury Cakes and Mr Kipling brands. Cadbury Cakes’ new product addition for 2016 will include a new bite called “Silent Bites” a double blended brownie, with raspberry flavouring, covered in ...

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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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    Scare and share

    2016-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Anyone shopping in Spar Battlefield’s store in Shrewsbury on Monday October 31, is in for a shock as they’re likely to be served by a ghost or a ghoul. That’s because you’ll find manager Marcus Burnley-Lowe and his staff dressed up in Halloween-themed costumes. They’re keen to embrace anything that ...

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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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    Sunny sellers

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Summer brings with it lots of sales opportunities from ice creams and ice-cold soft drinks, to sunglasses and barbecue briquettes. The latter two items can often be sourced from your car care supplier. Indeed Convenience Distribution Group (CDG) is currently running a promotion on Object Eyewear sunglasses. You can currently ...

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    Net more profits

    2016-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The general media may be full of stories about the forthcoming EU in/out referendum, but the sports pages will be full of articles about another EU showdown the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament. It all kicks off at the Stade de France on Friday 10 June at 8pm when current champions ...

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    Caddies lead KP Snacks’ Christmas 2015 line-up

    2015-11-04T00:00:00Z

    With festive sales of crisps, nuts and snacks worth £600m each December (Nielsen data), KP Snacks is aiming to boost its sales this year with an all-new line up.According to Kantar data, 40% of all KP Nuts sales occur at Christmas as consumers look to buy quality brands that they ...

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    Chef’s Signature Kettle Chips launched in time for Christmas

    2015-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Kettle Chips has launched Chef’s Signature, a new range featuring partnerships with some of the UK’s leading, premium food brands. New seasonings have been created by the Kettle Chips chef, Chris Barnard, using his 25 years-plus expertise to combine the highest quality food ingredients with hand-cooked potato chips.The new collection ...

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    product news: Bonds gears up for Christmas

    2015-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Bonds Confectionery, which is this year celebrating its 120th anniversary, has announced that it will release a limited range of own-brand Christmas confectionery gifting ranges this festive season on the back of the overwhelming private label success during the festive period last year. Christmas 2014 saw the confectioner inundated with ...

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    Merry making

    2015-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Christmas truly is the season to be jolly because, according to Nielsen, it is the number one season that shoppers buy extra products for. And confectionery is the number one category specifically bought in convenience stores for Christmas. Asda and Tesco may have tubs of twistwraps stacked high in their ...

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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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    Ghoulish gains

    2015-09-16T00:00:00Z

    This year Halloween falls on a Saturday (October 31), which can mean only one thing that it’s likely to be a bigger event than ever. You can expect families up and down the country to be carving pumpkins, going trick-or-treating and generally having a ghoulishly good time. Some might think ...

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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: UB launches Christmas gems

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits (UB) is looking to cement its position as the number one for must-cstock bakes snacks at Christmas with the launch of its seasonal range which combines traditional favourites with new introductions.The range includes: New McVitie’s Victoria Sapphire - UB is extending the premium assortment range with a ...

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    Product news: KP goes nuts with Christmas range

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    KP Snacks is introducing an all-star range this Christmas encompassing new flavours, fun festive shapes and the return of KP Nuts’ best-selling caddies. With festive sales of crisps, nuts and snacks worth £600m each December, the company is aiming to tap into this opportunity and boost sales this year with ...

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    Tackle this

    2015-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Rugby union’s World Cup takes place through September and October with the added bonus for the nation’s retailers of being co-hosted by England and Wales. Games will be played in 13 towns and cities with favourable live TV times, providing a double whammy of traffic lucky ticket holders on their ...

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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 ...