All Confectionery articles – Page 10
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Analysis & Features
One year on: Have HFSS rules made any difference?
It’s been a year since the government brought in display restrictions on HFSS products. Now the sales data is in. So what has been the impact, and how uniform is compliance among retailers?
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Videos
Category briefing: Grenade on healthier snacking and protein bars
With so much opportunity within the protein bar category, Grenade’s head of grocery Rachel Austerberry shares how retailers can capitalise on this exciting growth
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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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Range Preview
Collapsed Colin and expansions to Best Ever in M&S Christmas range 2023
Marks & Spencer’s Christmas 2023 range is here, featuring a deconstructed Colin the Caterpillar
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News
Biscoff takes lead in Lotus Bakeries rebrand
Consumers were already referring to its biscuits as simply ‘Biscoff’, Lotus Bakeries said
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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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Analysis & Features
Confectionery’s creative challenge: selling old sweets to gen Z
We’ve set agencies the ultimate challenge: give humbugs, candy jewellery and fizzy UFOs a 21st century makeover
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Analysis & Features
10 charts explaining UK attitudes to sweets and confectionery
Need proof that sweets make people happy? Here it is: more people buy candy to boost their mood than for any other reason, according to our poll of 1,000 shoppers about their attitudes to sweets. And most people will purchase them every week
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Analysis & Features
The UK’s 10 most popular sweets brands 2023
Rowntree’s has overtaken Maynards Bassetts to be the UK’s second biggest candy brand
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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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Category Report
Have Hancock’s HFSS rules hurt confectionery?
Sales of confectionery have fallen in the wake of October’s display restrictions. But they aren’t entirely responsible for that decline
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Alice Maramotti, senior brand manager, Mars Wrigley
‘I’m a firm believer that food brings people together, and there are so many ways to make memories associated with food’
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Analysis & Features
Sugar prices have soared. Here’s why they’re likely to rise further
Poor weather has hit supply, with more dry conditions expected
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Range Preview
The ultimate hamper selection: Harvey Nichols Christmas food preview 2023
Luxury retailer Harvey Nichols is set to elevate festive celebrations and gifting with the launch of its Christmas 2023 food range
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News
MrBeast eyes entry into new categories including drinks
So far in the UK, the Feastables range is limited to chocolate bars
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News
Morrisons brings back festive multibuys with deals on Christmas tubs
The supermarket has launched a deal allowing Morrisons loyalty card holders to get various chocolate assortment tubs at 30% off
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News
Omsco rebrands as Organic Herd and launches new branded range of dairy products
The dairy co-op said the move would better communicate its values as ’a producer of the highest quality organic milk and dairy products’
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Comment & Opinion
Kit Kat knight tackles technological trouble
Kit Kat has gone back in time in attempt to bring its famous ‘Have a break…’ slogan into the 21st century
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News
Mars Wrigley shrinks Starburst packs, citing rising costs
The confectionery giant has removed approximately three sweets from each Starburst pouch
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News
Swizzels teams up with Bird & Blend to launch confectionery-flavoured teas
The range is available on the Swizzels and Bird & Blend websites and in all Bird & Blend stores across the UK