All Confectionery articles – Page 102
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CONSUMER FEEDBACK
Subtle changes are slowly influencing and reshaping the countline confectionery market. As competition intensifies from the expanding range of cereal bars and other healthy alternatives, countlines have become more indulgent, offering an...
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CONSUMER FEEDBACK
The confectionery category is increasingly dominated by innovations in boxed and tub formats, with consumers adopting modestly priced packs of favourite chocolates repackaged and presented in a different guise.Many top brands have been...
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Confectionery products are habitual purchases
In such a crowded market, what are the key drivers for purchase? This was the question put to consumers by shopper behaviour consultant Visuality.Confectionery is dominated by habitual purchases. Time and again, researchers saw shoppers...
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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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Campaign trail: Werthers Original
Werthers Original Budget: £4m Manufacturer: Bendicks It was a case of out with the old and in with the new in the latest advert for butter candy Werthers Original, with the much-loved grandfather figure finally pensioned off. In...
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In Brief: Rowntree jobs go; That's entertaining; Healthy knowledge
Rowntree jobs go Nestlé is to cut 645 jobs at its Rowntree factory in York. One quarter of the workforce is being axed as production of a number of brands, including Smarties, Black Magic and Matchmakers, is moved to the...
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Advertising's not kids' stuff
Thanks to a certain TV chef, what we feed our children has never been in such sharp focus. But does Jamie Oliver's crusade against junk food spell disaster for the kids' confectionery market? Although there is no measure of the...
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looking back What we said in 2000
The top ten confectionery bars may have been around for ?years, but their age hasn't precluded a lot of comings and goings. It's a category where companies are eager to please and stretch their brands into new areas. A look back ?at six...
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the tub thumper
I recognise Jerry Greenfield, better known as the Jerry half of Ben & Jerry's ice cream company, as soon as I meet him, although I can't recall ever seeing him before. Casually dressed in a polo shirt and combat trousers (already sporting a...
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Burdon to step down as Thorntons' top man
Peter Burdon, chief executive of Thorntons, is to leave the company as soon as an appropriate replacement can be found.Executive chairman John von Spreckelsen announced Burdon's planned departure at the same time that the retailer...
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New look for old favourites
Red Mill Snack Foods is rebranding some of its longest-established snack lines under a Favourites range. From this month, packs of Onion Rings, Crunchy Twirls, Bacon Streaks and Savoury Sticks will carry a modern design, while two new...
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Availability
Asda Gibson Way, Gateshead 0 The Asda on Gibson Way in Gateshead was large and easy to shop in. However, our mystery shopper was not able to find all the items on his shopping list. The store did not stock the 16-pack of Twix...
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Last Thornton retires from choc specialist
John Thornton, the last remaining family member of specialist chocolate retailer Thorntons, is retiring from the board of directors in September. The retailer said that Thornton, who has worked at the company since 1966, would retire as a...
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Fabulous Bakin' Boys push cakes upmarket
The Fabulous Bakin' Boys is launching an attack on the premium end of the cakes and biscuits category with a new sub-brand called Absolutely Fabulous.The handmade products, which use premium ingredients, have been developed to boost the...
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Thorntons director retires
John Thornton, the last remaining family member of specialist chocolate retailer Thorntons, is retiring from the board of directors in September.Thorntons said yesterday that Thornton, who has worked at the company since 1966 and held the...
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Trends & Developments
Aimia Foods is introducing a luxurious addition to its Galaxy hot chocolate range. Galaxy Hot Chocolate Bliss is made with 14% Galaxy chocolate and targets adults looking for a break from their hectic lifestyles. The product will be available in...
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Quality favourites get makeover for freezer
Christmas confectionery favourite Quality Street is making a move into the freezer cabinets as part of a range of new products from Richmond Ice Cream. The three most popular Quality Street lines - the purple one, the green one and the...
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Cadbury takes wrap off new innovations
As the fallout from its salmonella scare dies down, Cadbury Trebor Bassett has taken the wrapper off new confectionery lines targeted at the growing areas of indulgence, dark chocolate and calorie control. The company is also putting...