All Confectionery articles – Page 105
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Double bubble
Wrigley is adding a new Mix&Match variant to its Hubba Bubba bubble gum line-up.Two variants of the newcomer are set for launch in April, each featuring two flavours kept separately so kids can choose whether or not to mix...
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Giant pack leads a revamped Twix
Confectionery and biscuit stalwart Twix is being given a £7m revamp in a bid to boost flagging sales.The spend will include new packaging and TV ads to support the introduction of four new pack sizes next month, including a giant 28-finger...
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UB reveals board changes
United Biscuits, which is dividing the roles of chairman and chief executive, has appointed David Fish as non-executive chairman.Fish, formerly an executive with Mars, where he previously held general management positions, including...
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Strips can provide quicker hits
Film strips containing doses of vitamins, caffeine and even travel sickness medicines could be on sale by the end of the year.The technology, pioneered byproducts such as Wrigley’s Xtra Thin Ice and Listerine Actives, is set to jump into...
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Wrigley throws money at NPD
Wrigley is to spend a record £46.5m promoting its brands this year with a major share set to go behind a raft of new products.More than half the giant spend – up from £34.5m last year – is likely to be used to fuel Wrigley’s attempt to push...
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Jameson’s new format
Monkhill Confectionery has given its Jameson’s chocolates brand a new format for 2004.Pots of chocolate-covered Peanuts and Raisins are rolling out now, following research by the Cadbury Trebor Bassett subsidiary into alternative usage...
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Glisten buys F Fravigar
Confectionery group Glisten has bought sweets manufacturer F Fravigar for £6.5m.F Fravigar makes products ranging from wine gums to toffee and fudge in Skegness.In the year to December 31 2002 it reported pre-tax profit of £1.19m and sales...
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Tesco gets chewing
n Tesco has muscled in on the Wrigley-led chewing gum and breath-freshening strips markets with new own label products.n Its peppermint and spearmint gum, produced in Denmark, comes in...
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Wrigley grows gum portfolio
US chewing gum maker Wrigley has bought the confectionery businesses of the Joyco Group for $272m from privately held Spanish food conglomerate, Agrolimen.The deal includes brands such as Boomer bubble gum, Pim Pom lollipops and Solano...
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Join the club
Haribo Dunhills is targeting young children with the launch of the coolest club for kids'. Its exclusive members will receive a Haribo club magazine, branded merchandise, plus product samples five times a year including Christmas, Easter and...
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Tesco starts chewing at Wrigley
Tesco is aiming to chew a strip off Wrigley by launching its own chewing gum range and even an own label version of new fad breath freshening strips.Britain’s top retailer is aiming to muscle in on the £269m gum category [ACNielsen] with the...
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CTB focuses on regional retailers
The Grocer Top 50 members Mills Group and GT News have seen sharp sales uplifts on confectionery after working with Cadbury Trebor Bassett on a category management project.Dubbed ‘fieldman’, the system, developed by software company JDA,...
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Wrigley finds Extra power by linking up with King
Wrigley is hoping to tap into the magic of Gandalf, Frodo and company with a high-profile cinema campaign behind its new Extra Mints brand.Ads for the new line, whichaims to give Wrigley a tilt at extending its business beyond gum, hit the...
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Haribo tubs
Tub formats aimed at sharing occasions are joining Haribo’s range in the run-up to Christmas. The sugar confectionery specialist is adding 1,000g, 475g and 350g drums to its offering. It has also given its Kiddies’ Super Mix and Jelly Babies...
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Chew on this...
Wrigley UK MD Gharry Eccles’ ambitions in confectionery extend beyond bringing excitement to mints, as he tells Liz HamsonYou’d think chewing gum was an illicit activity, the way Gharry Eccles describes it. “How long have you been a...
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Campaign trail
maltesers manufacturer Masterfoodsbrand Maltesersbudget £2.8mA new run of four TV ads for Maltesers – UFO, Bump, Fan and Smile – are on air throughout the year.The campaign is designed to build a link...
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Campaign trail
STARBURST manufacturer Masterfoodsbrand Starburst Sour Chewsagency Grey Worldwidebudget part of a £3.4m spendNew Sour Chews are the recipient of the latest part of a £3.4m relaunch spend for Starburst...
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Drane MD at Monkhill
Martin Drane, sales director, impulse, at Cadbury Trebor Bassett, has moved to become MD of Monkhill Confectionery – a separate division within the business.The company supplies own label confectionery and popcorn to major retail customers...
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Green & Black’s ad "misleading"
Organic chocolate maker Green & Black’s have been told by watchdogs that a poster advertising its chocolate was “misleading”. The poster stated: “You’ll notice our chocolate tastes different, that’s because we use cocoa butter instead of...