All Confectionery articles – Page 100
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Denyard’s sweet approach to benevolence
The Confectioners Benevolent Fund, which provides practical and financial support to more than 1,350 beneficiaries, has appointed Mike Denyard as its chairman.Until December 2004, Denyard was director of sales for Cadbury Trebor Bassett....
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Wrigley sees off gum tax
Plans for a 10% tax on chewing gum in Ireland to help fund the bill for cleaning discarded gum from streets have been dropped following lobbying by the manufacturers led by Wrigley.Instead, suppliers are to make a €2m annual contribution...
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Bursting out with gums
Burton’s Foods is stepping up its competition with rival Nestlé Rowntree with three sugar confectionery products targeting adults as well as children.For kids the company is launching Bursting Bottles and Little Squirts, developed using...
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Mentos set to shake it all up
Mentos, the world’s number two sweets brand, is hitting the UK this month with the aim of shaking up the stagnating sugar confectionery market.If successful, the chewy mint and fruit-flavoured sweets will become the first new name to enter the...
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Long chews from Haribo
Haribo hopes to get kids (and adults) flocking to their local shop for Pasta Basta, a foot-long chewy sweet aimed at pepping up the countline confectionery category.Designed to be displayed upright in colour-coded shelf-ready boxes, it is...
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Long chews from Haribo
Haribo hopes to get kids (and adults) flocking to their local shop for Pasta Basta, a foot-long chewy sweet aimed at pepping up the countline confectionery category.Designed to be displayed upright in colour-coded shelf-ready boxes, it is...
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Huffer to take up senior post at Nestlé Rowntree
Nestlé Rowntree has appointed Matthew Huffer as head of its convenience channel.He joins Nestlé Rowntree from Burton’s Biscuits, where he was sales director. He takes up his new role in January 2006.Huffer had been sales director at...
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Time to Revel in Easter egg special
Masterfoods is not forgetting its old favourites by bringing out a luxury Revels Easter egg alongside a variant of its new Galaxy Promises brand. The company said Revels sales had doubled over the past five years, aided inpart by a recent...
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Early Days
How is one of 2004’s top launches faring?Product:Aero BubblesCompany:Nestlé RowntreeLaunch date:April 2005Nestlé Rowntree took the bull by the horns this year when it...
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Outspoken White gone from Nestlé Rowntree
Chris White, MD of Nestlé Rowntree, has left the company by mutual agreement. The no-nonsense New Zealander was appointed two years ago. He was previously general manager for the Nestlé ice cream business unit within Nestlé Oceania.White made...
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Ethics, endurance and health
Natural Balance Foods is aiming to emulate the success of niche and ethical companies such as Innocent and Green and Black’s through the creation of two snack bar ranges that promote ethical causes.Trek is a protein-rich bar positioned as an...
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Pez is bent on Revenge
Star Wars characters Darth Vader, Chewbacca and R2-D2 are joining the Pez line-up to coincide with the release on DVD of the third instalment of George Lucas’s epic story, Revenge of the Sith
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White leaves Nestlé
Chris White, managing director of Nestlé Rowntree, has left the company by mutual agreement.White, who took up the role two years ago, will be replaced by Paul Grimwood, currently assistant to the head of Nestlé Zone Europe.Grimwood...
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Polo drops most recent sweets
Nestlé Rowntree has axed its Polo Liquid Orbs and Polo + Vivazol confectionery just eight months after their launch.The products were the latest additions to the Polo brand aimed at getting consumers to trade up and stem a decline in Polo mint...
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But it’s a yes from Delmonte as Edwards juices it up
Del Monte has announced it has appointed former Heinz general manager Leigh Edwards as commercial director of its juice and fruit company. Prior to joining Del Monte, Edwards held the position of customer development director at Wrigley, and...
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Creme Egg: how do you lick yours?
Cadbury Creme Egg has hatched into a new form – a branded ice cream from Fredericks Dairies.The manufacturer has developed Cadbury Creme Egg ice cream stick, containing vanilla flavoured ice cream with a bright yellow fondant sauce centre, in...
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Double chocolate chip off old block
Consumers will be seeing double when they purchase a kingsize Mars or Snickers bar in the new year, although they won’t be getting any more product for their money.As from January 2006, the chocolate bars will be sold in a two-piece format and...
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Masterfoods triumphs at P-O-P Awards
Masterfoods walked off with the top accolade at the British P-O-P Awards for its Maltesers R2D2 display unit, created by Displayplan-Leggett & Platt Display Group. The unit, which won best snack products and soft drinks category as well as...
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Dairy Milk’s hundredth year
Birthdays are always cause for celebration – and Cadbury used this one to renew marketing efforts, says Stefan ChomkaAccording to Cadbury Trebor Bassett, 2005 has been the biggest year in Dairy Milk’s 100-year history, with the...
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Mars to make your day
Mars has a new strapline – ‘Another Way to Make Your Day’ – as part of continued evolution of the iconic brand.The ‘Pleasure You Can’t Measure’ message – introduced in 2002 at the start of the brand’s repositioning – is being ditched in favour...