All Confectionery articles – Page 107

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    Roses bloom on airfreight route

    2005-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Freight carrier British Airways World Cargo said it flew in and processed 25% more roses in the week leading up to Valentine’s Day than a year earlier.The company was conditioning and wrapping 50,000 stems a day during the key run-in period,...

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    Aero’s bubbling up

    2005-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is giving its bubbly chocolate brand Aero a makeover, which it expects to add more than £28m in sales in the coming 12 months.The revamp includes bitesized new product development, new packaging, an updated recipe and a £6m...

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    Bitesized makeover

    2005-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Masterfoods has swapped its standard large bags for pouches and reckons the new bagged confectionery packaging could prompt a big increase in sales.Sharing packs in the bitesize category for Maltesers, Minstrels, Revels and M&M’s are now...

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    Aero serves balls for an ace

    2005-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Sean McAllisterNestlé Rowntree is breathing new life into Aero, its bubbly chocolate brand, with bitesized new product development, revamped packaging, an updated recipe and a £6m marketing programme.The Aero makeover is expected to add...

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    Polo has Wrigley in its orbit

    2005-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is moving in on Wrigley territory with a new assault on the breath-freshening category.Following a trial with Colgate branded chewing gum last year, it has launched two new products – Polo Liquid Orbs and Polo +...

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    Family pack for Haribo

    2005-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Haribo is extending its range of pre-packed gums and jellies by throwing its number one countline, Giant Strawbs, into a family-size bag.The strawberry-shaped jelly sweets, which contain real strawberry juice, have been downsized and rebranded...

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    robots for haribo

    2005-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Haribo has signed up to the forthcoming animated movie Robots to drum up sales of its Starmix. An on-pack competition will offer 30 prizes of a Nintendo Game Cube Console with a Robots game, as well as 250 runner-up prizes. Robots, which is voiced...

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    Girlie logic for Notions launch

    2005-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree has left buyers unimpressed with its latest snack product targeting guilt-ridden young women looking for an excuse to eat indulgent snacks.Nestlé has trademarked the phrase ‘girlie logic’ to market Little Notions, a range of...

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    Nestlé trials C&C digital PoS

    2005-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree hopes to boost sales in cash and carries by improving the visibility of its brands though the use of digital screen media.The confectionery company is the first to test LCD screens to communicate promotions and new product...

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    Nestlé closes Mallow

    2004-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is to close its Mallow factory in Ireland with the loss of 57 jobs.The closure is part of a move to streamline production of chocolate crumb, used in chocolate manufacture, and output of the ingredient will be doubled at Girvan,...

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    Counting on KitKash

    2004-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is replacing last year’s ‘Britain’s biggest break’ Kit Kat campaign with a new scheme called KitKash.Promotional packs hit shelves in the middle of next month as part of a £20m drive.The on-pack push will give consumers the...

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    Caffeine in a strip

    2004-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Boots is bidding to wake up a new category with a range of caffeine-infused soluble strips.Similar to the fresh breath strips pioneered by Wrigley and Listerine, the mint-flavoured leaves of soluble film will come in packs of 28 and are set to...

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    Chocs away

    2004-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Milk’s powering ahead, and Cadbury confectionery chief Simon Baldry thinks there’s loads more potential to be tapped in the company’s stable of brands, as he tells Sean McAllisterYou can’t help but feel slightly disappointed by...

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    birthday bash

    2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

    n Cadbury is to throw a year-long party to celebrate Dairy Milk’s centenary year in 2005.n The confectionery giant plans to celebrate ‘100 years of happiness’ next year, building on its...

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    Party all year as Dairy Milk is 100

    2004-10-09T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury has announced plans to celebrate ‘100 years of happiness’ in 2005 as Dairy Milk reaches its first century.The confectionery giant will use the landmark to trigger a multi-million pound marketing campaign centred on ‘sharing moments of...

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    King-size chocolate to be abandoned

    2004-09-27T08:23:00Z

    Food manufacturers have responded to the Government’s obesity campaign by agreeing to downsize their products.The production of king-size chocolate bars, such as the larger 100g versions of Mars, Snickers and Crunchie bars, will cease next...

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    Toffee puds partnership

    2004-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Matthew Walker has tied up with Thorntons to launch two new indulgent toffee puddings.The sponge pudding specialist is producing under licence a 350g Thorntons Toffee Soft Centre Pudding and a Thorntons Toffee Christmas Pudding – a fruited...

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    Spitfire dresses to kill

    2004-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Shepherd Neame has teamed up with clothing specialist Hackett to develop a range of Spitfire Premium Ale branded casualwear.The dual-branded range includes his and hers T-shirts, rugby, hockey and polo shirts as well as baseball caps and...

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    Partnering Bridget

    2004-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Masterfoods and Müller will be sponsoring the second Bridget Jones film, Bridget Jones – The Edge of Reason. The confectionery giant’s Galaxy brand will be the official chocolate partner of the film and Masterfoods plans to support Galaxy...

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    A partner at last for Bridget Jones

    2004-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Masterfoods and Müller will be among the big-name sponsors of the next Bridget Jones film.The confectionery giant’s Galaxy brand will be the official chocolate partner of the second film charting the escapades of the love-struck...