All Confectionery articles – Page 115
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Tooty Frootie beauties
Nestlé Rowntree is to relaunch its Tooty Frooties fruit flavoured chewy sweets in the week before Christmas. The new sweets have separately flavoured centres, to make the taste sharper and longer lasting. Nestlé Rowntree went back to the drawing...
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Fangs for the Lion chocolate bar
Nestlé Rowntree wants to make a rebranded Lion Bar king of the macho snack jungle with a £3m relaunch. A ferocious lion bares its fangs on the new look bar, designed to appeal to a core 16 to 34 year old male market though the chocolate bar...
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Mars Bar and M&M's stars of latest Sweet Counter report
The war between Mars and Nestlé raged on as Mars declared Mars Bar was still the number one selling single bar over Nestlé's Kit Kat. This claim comes out of Mars' The Sweet Counter 2000-2001 report which is based on data from Information...
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Christmas indulgence Ltd
Nestlé has launched five Christmas limited edition variants on key brands. Kit Kat Mint (rsp 27p), Aero Chunk Mint (rsp 29p), Rolo Coconut (rsp 29p), Orange Toffee Crisp (rsp 28p) and Banoffee Munchies (rsp 43p) will be available from next week....
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It's square but quite a looker
Next Easter will herald the battle of the square eggs as Nestlé Rowntree launches its W-egg'. The square filled W-egg aims to crack the market dominated by Cadbury's Creme Eggs, and capitalise on the popularity of Squegg, the first ever square...
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Mars boosts grab sugars
Mars is running a 50% extra free promotion on grab packs of its fruit sugars range until the end of the year. The offer applies to 99p bags of Skittles, Starburst Original Chews, Strawberry Mix, Joosters, Factor X, Smilers and Rex the Runt Juicy...
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First impressions: Sara Lee Secret Bites
Sara Lee Bakery's new mini cheescakes can be eaten straight from the freezer Sarah George, works for occupational psychologist SHL and lives in south west London I am a big Snickers fan so the Toffee and Pecan Secret Bite had my interest up...
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Rolos swell to Giant size
Nestlé Rowntree is still thinking big with the launch of an outsize Rolo. The upsized caramels are double traditional Rolo proportions, weighing in at 87g (rsp 44p). Graham Walker, Nestlé Rowntree sales communications manager, said: "Rolos are...
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Haribo ropes in cowboy tactics
Haribo's latest countline launch into the £89m other gums and jellies' sector is Lassooos. It is a 30cm long sour fruity strip that comes in three flavours: blueberry, cola and strawberry (rsp 2p). The cartoon character Hariboy this time...
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The Grocer guide to careers: how to shine at the interview
You've armed yourself with a good degree, done a quick reccy of the career options, and earned your stripes on the shop floor working to pay off the loan. According to the Job Hunter's Guide to the Galaxy, you're the ideal candidate for everything...
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Mars' Milky Way goes bananas
Mars is to launch a limited edition banana flavoured Milky Way, following the trial earlier this year of the strawberry flavoured Milky Way. The banana flavoured Milky bar will be available from mid October for four weeks (rsp 15p). At the same...
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Nestlé and Mars: Kit Kat in tit for tat
A war of words has broken out between Nestlé and Mars over which company has the country's biggest selling chocolate bar. Nestlé said ACNielsen research figures for April 1999 to July 2000 show sales of KitKat Chunky outstripping Mars bars by 7% in...
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Impulse ice cream: Wall's rebuffs cold war jibes of Mars
The ending of freezer exclusivity in impulse ice cream has meant trouble for Wall's, claims arch rival Mars. But the market leader has hit back at Mars' claims, saying it performed much better than expected this summer. Wall's was forced to end...
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Trade on Kingsize red alert as Kit Kat Chunky gets bigger
Nestlé Rowntree is gearing up for the launch of a kingsize version of its biggest launch ever, the Kit Kat Chunky. And it is telling retailers to stock up on Kit Kat Chunky Kingsize which it says will be as popular as the original. Graham Walker,...
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Partners hail a perfect fit' in Crunchie/Tango bar fusion
Cadbury Trebor Bassett and Britvic Soft Drinks are linking up to launch Crunchie Tango, a jointly branded limited edition chocolate bar. Available from October 8 for 12 weeks, both companies say the launch fits in with the long-term strategy for...
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Trick and treats
Mars is bringing out a special edition pack called the Meany Halloweeny Pumpkin to help push sales over the Halloween period. Available from this week, the pack includes fun size Mars, Maltesers, Twix, Milky Way, Milky Way Magic Stars, M&Ms and...
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The Grocer focus on confectionery: gum
When sour is sweet If chewing gum is an adult taste, then bubblegum, with its strong play appeal, firmly belongs to the children's and teenage market. Wrigley marketing director Alistair Whalley says its Hubba Bubba, introduced 10 years ago and...
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The Grocer focus on confectionery: Gum
Wrigley's top brands Value Volume (£K) (packs/,000) 1 Extra 100 390 2 Orbit 41 ...
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The nougat's nicked in Mars' extension to the Snickers bar
Exclusive Mary Carmichael Mars is bringing out a limited edition nougat-less Snickers bar at the beginning of October the first change in ingredients in the brand's 33 year history. The new bar Who Nicked the Nougat? consists of a layer...
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The holes take to hanging out
Nestlé Rowntree is extending confectionery stalwart Polo into hanging bags for the first time on August 28 with the launch of Polo Smoothies. The new red and white striped, individually wrapped, strawberries and cream flavoured Polo incarnation is...