All Confectionery articles – Page 109
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Galaxy brings ice cream into line
Masterfoods aims to warm up sales figures for its Galaxy Ice Cream range by adding three new products to the line-up.Timed to coincide with a packaging revamp that brings the whole range into line with its confectionery parent, the new...
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Nestlé gets fruity
Nestlé is to add an orange variant to its KitKat Kubes offering and it has given Smarties a new twist with a Fruity format which will see the brand’s first foray into the sugar arena.KitKat Orange rolls out from early next month and will be...
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Thorntons adds to the board
Chocolate maker Thorntons has appointed Martin Davey, currently chief executive of food manufacturer Cranswick, as a non-executive director.Davey has been CEO at Cranswick since 1988 and was named 'Entrepreneur of the Year' in 2003 by the...
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Nestlé’s newcomers centre on fruit
Nestlé is getting fruity with its latest round of new products.The confectionery giant is adding an orange variant to its KitKat Kubes offering.And it has given kids’ favourite Smarties a new twist with a new Fruity format which will see...
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Haribo revs up new range
Haribo Dunhill has launched a new range fruit flavoured gums shaped like Formula One racing cars into the independent sector.Managing director at Haribo Dunhill, Helmut Mager, said the launch would coincide with plenty of media focus on...
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Taste’s the thing
Masterfoods is confident Mars Delight will escape unscathed the hostilities of the obesity debate. Mary Carmichael reportsThe chocolate countlines sector has never been known for its health credentials for consumers and in recent...
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Robinson to head up Nestlé Rowntree sales
Nestlé Rowntree has appointed Vince Robinson, director of sales for Nestlé UK’s beverage division, sales director. He replaces Peter Basham who became director of export in February.Basham was responsible for launching the company’s strategy to...
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Mars’ light delight
Masterfoods is backing its new Mars Delight with a £15m first-year marketing spend amid media criticism of the product’s fat content.Aimed primarily at women, the newcomer is a lighter weight format for the Mars brand and will be positioned...
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Juicy Fruit’s spring clean
Wrigley hopes to squeeze extra sales out of its Juicy Fruit brand with a new pack design.The company also plans to raise investment behind the variant with a “significant media support programme” .The spring clean for Juicy Fruit coincides...
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Thorntons widens distribution
Chocolate maker Thorntons said interim sales rose 4.4% and that it will continue to ramp up its market share of confectionery sales at supermarkets over the next two years. Turnover for the 28 weeks to January 10 increased to £109.3m from...
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Nestlé Rowntree’s Newton goes
Nestlé Rowntree head of brands marketing Liam Newton has left the company.His role is being split between consumer communications manager Mike O’Reilly and brand group marketing manager Deirdre O’Donaghue.The move follows the creation of a...
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City shock at ‘blunder boss’ White
Analysts have dubbed new Nestlé Rowntree MD Chris White a ‘blunder boss’ after he made an astonishing attack on his company’s track record.White, who took over as MD in December, this week claimed the business was “in crisis” in a widely...
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Revamp for twix
Masterfoods is hoping to breathe new life into its Twix confectionery and biscuit brand with a £7m revamp.The spend will include new packaging and television commercials backing the four new pack sizes due on shelves next...
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Extra Thin Ice looks beyond mint
Wrigley has given the first indication that its successful Extra Thin Ice fresh breath strips could soon be extended beyond mint flavours.Coffee, peach melba and even cinnamon variants are all possible line extensions and could be on sale by...
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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...