All Chocolate articles – Page 3
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Comment & Opinion
Why Nestlé’s Caramac failed to cash in on the blonde chocolate boom
When Cadbury Caramilk hit the UK in June 2021, Mondelez hoped it would ‘bring incrementality to the market’
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News
Nestlé discontinues Caramac chocolate after more than 60 years
‘This change will enable us to focus on our best-performing brands,’ said Nestlé
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2023: Chocolate Bars
Monty Bojangles describes its Milk Millionaire Bar as “a love letter to chocoholics”
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News
Media Bites 16 October: chocolate, THG, shoplifting
The current market is tough for chocolatiers, but they are hoping for a happy Christmas this year thanks to the revival of a number of classics and recent sales figures that suggest this could be a bumper festive season.
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Range Preview
Apple pie flavoured hot chocolate in Hotel Chocolat’s Christmas range 2023
Enjoy a death by chocolate this Christmas with the new Hotel Chocolat range
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Analysis & Features
The UK’s 10 favourite chocolate brands 2023
All but one of the top 10 chocolate brands – Lindor – has grown value
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Category Report
Why chocolate has reached a melting point
Erratic weather is putting ever more pressure on chocolate prices. But certain brands are keeping cool in the face of melting demand
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News
Oppo Brothers adds trio of chocolate-dipped frozen fruit snacks
‘We’re really proud to introduce Oppo Dipped, a new and genuinely disruptive frozen treat that no-one will have experienced before,’ said the brand
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KVI Tracker
Chocolate prices rise as cocoa is threatened by weather and disease
Both branded and own-label chocolate lines have experienced price hikes of up to 50%
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Comment & Opinion
Cracks are beginning to show in the global chocolate market
Seen as one of the most stable of staples categories, chocolate is now being impacted by a confluence of both supply side and demand factors, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Analysis & Features
MrBeast’s chocolate brand: making its presence felt in UK confectionery
How is the MrBeast brand going to grow UK sales and which retailers will stock it next?
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News
Asda lists MrBeast chocolate bars tipped as ‘the next Prime’
It comes as demand for the products has seen single bars being sold for £8
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News
Spar to stock MrBeast chocolate bars in exclusive convenience deal
The symbol group has secured a deal to be the range’s convenience distributor until January 2024
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News
Own label supplier Hames Chocolates invests £250k to boost production
The cash injection would increase ‘overall efficiencies’ for the business and ‘open up new revenue streams’, it said
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News
Monty Bojangles adds quartet of chocolate tablets
Each square of the bars features an embossed character, allowing shoppers to ‘create secret messages’
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News
Montezuma’s Chocolate rescued by Paramount Retail Group
The confectionery maker and retailer has been rescued in a deal that sees the chocolatier’s founders return to the business
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News
Crave launches new free-from chocolate duo into Morrisons
They are Big Dipper and Notella, which have rolled into Morrisons stores nationwide
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Analysis & Features
As Easter approaches are we nearer to fixing the chocolate supply chain?
Chocolate Scorecard shows cocoa supply is still problematic. So what’s the way forward?
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News
Chocolate giants slammed over ‘grim reality’ of cocoa sourcing
Kellogg’s, Mondelez and Unilever have been accused of failing to show transparency in their cocoa supply chains
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News
Easter chocolates set to be more expensive as cocoa prices hike ahead of holidays
Cocoa and sugar prices have been on the rise in recent weeks