All Chocolate articles – Page 30
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Block chocolate’s back in fashion with sales up 7%
Shoppers have been turning their back on premium chocolate, returning to everyday block chocolate for their credit crunch treats. Sales of block chocolate jumped 7.3% year-on-year [TNS 15 June 2008], significantly outperforming overall...
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Chocolate brands leaping into action
Cadbury and Mars are going head to head to cash in on the leap year's extra Friday this month by splashing out on themed ads. Galaxy will be giving away spa breaks and shopping trips, backed by a £1.2m marketing push including radio and...
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Kinnerton acquires Lir Chocolates
Kinnerton, a subsidiary of confectionery and snacks group Zetar, has acquired Irish chocolate maker Lir Chocolates for a maximum consideration of E8m (£5.7m).Lir Chocolates makes luxury brand and own-label boxed chocolates and in the year to...
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campaign trail - Terry's Chocolate Orange has ditched Dawn French for its latest ads
Terry's Chocolate Orange has ditched Dawn French for its latest ads after 10 years of the comedienne fronting the brand's campaigns. Brand owner said it had benefited from the partnership, playing to French's "hilarious and irreverent style". "It's...
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Consumers spurn chocolate biscuits for healthy options
Consumers are spurning chocolate biscuit bars for healthier options, according to exclusive research for The Grocer. TNS Worldpanel data shows that, for the first time, healthier biscuits have overtaken chocolate biscuit bars in terms of...
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Own label chocolates pass 'dinner party test'
Sales of own label confectionery overtook the biggest brand for the first time this year, according to research produced exclusively for The Grocer. The combined value of supermarket branded products squeezed out last year's biggest...
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Hot chocolate
The poor weather this summer has been a boon for hot chocolate. Sales usually drop by 50% during the summer months - but the cooler weather has boosted sales by 14% on the same period last year. Overall, the hot chocolate market recorded...
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Eureka - Spanish Chocolate
It is hard to believe the sweet-toothed British are missing a trick when it comes to chocolate. That, however, is the conclusion of Shafiq Shafi, who is stepping up his campaign to introduce the thick hot chocolate of Spain, France and Italy to the...
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Galaxy grows as Mars targets dark chocolate
Galaxy is going dark as brand owner Mars uses its signature milk chocolate brand to grab a share of the booming dark chocolate market. The new arrival, called Galaxy Smooth Dark, is part of a range relaunch, which also includes a modified shape,...
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acid test - Heaven chocolate & Marvel heros fruit bars
Expert's verdict:5/10 ?The chocolate tasted okay but it's one for the girls. It's very gooey and melts in the mouth, which may appeal to some, but wasn't really to my taste. It's quite a high price point for what you get and the packaging doesn't...
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Dark chocolate but without bitter taste
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is bringing out a darker version of Bournville to attract consumers put off by the bitter taste of some dark chocolate products. Cadbury Bournville Deeply Dark is made from 60% cocoa, more than the original's 39%...
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Permissible chocolate
KitKat is back on TV this month with a £2.5m push aimed at emphasising the 'low-calorie' content of the two-finger variety. Packs highlight the low-calorie message with a silver flash. The new design also includes product photography on the...
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Cadbury chocolate's PR meltdown
A leaking tap, a rise in salmonella cases and a product recall costing £30m. The award for cock-up the year could go to no one else but Cadbury for its management of the salmonella scare. It all started in January when Cadbury found a...
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Rubis - chocolate and red wine treat in one
A chocolate-flavoured fortified wine could be the answer for those looking for the ultimate indulgent treat. Wine giant Constellation Europe is aiming to shake up the fortified wine category with the launch of Rubis, a red wine infused…
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100 tonnes of chocolate per year
A new addition to The Grocer's World's Greatest Food Retailers, Harrods, based in Knightsbridge, London, started life in 1849 when Charles Henry Harrod opened a small grocery shop and placed the emphasis on high-quality customer service....
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Hallowe'en is so sweet for sales of chocolates
The approach of Halloween has resulted in increased activity in the confectionery category. It has overtaken soft drinks to lie in sixth position in the overall branded share chart, only 1% behind household, with treat-size, fun-size and...
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Board games add chocolate versions
Board game fans are used to Monopoly money, but now they can trade in pieces of chocolate instead. Three of the most popular board games in the UK - Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly - have been transformed into edible chocolate...
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Life, love... and chocolate
The most notable innovation in chocolate may have been a step into darkness?, but manufacturers are all too aware that they need to continue to make waves in milk chocolate - which is still far and away the biggest chocolate sector - if they are...
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Dark chocolate
If you could draw just one conclusion from the activity of pretty much all ?the major players during the past few months, it would have to be that the future of chocolate is dark. Almost overnight the countline category went from having...
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Feedback: the chocolate box that whipped up a media storm
Here at The Grocer we like innovative products and we also like to support smaller businesses so are always keen to feature companies that we feel are offering something different to British shoppers.It's great to hear, then, when one...