All Confectionery articles – Page 115

  • News

    Things go sour for Skittles

    2001-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Mars Confectionery is adding more flavours to the Skittles portfolio with the launch of Skittles Sours. The five new flavours in the Sours bag are pineapple, mandarin, raspberry, apple and cherry and will be available from next month. Mars plans...

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    Oingy boingy experience

    2001-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree has the youth market in its sights with the launch of a new jellybean confectionery product called Rowntree's Megabeans. Megabeans are coated in a crispy sugar shell and have a chewy centre. They come in a midnight blue metallic...

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    Stars come out for Xmas

    2001-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is throwing £10m of marketing support behind its Christmas 2001 line up, focusing on a new children's product Nestlé All Stars, After Eight Truffles and Quality Street. The bright yellow All Stars box, which is to be a standard...

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    Kiss theme returns with airport security incident

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Wrigley's Extra chewing gum is back on screen in a new ad from June 18. It is aimed at 16 to 34-year- olds and continues the tongue-in-cheek approach of last year's Kiss' ad as it focuses on a young guy's close encounter with an attractive female...

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    Bags of activity with Bertie & co

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury Trebor Bassett is including new bags of Maynards Wine Pastilles and four new Bassetts variety bags in its confectionery bag sector activity from June 18. New 125g and 200g Cadbury's Dairy Milks Shots and Crunchie Nuggets bags have already...

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    Twix hits the dance floor

    2001-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Mars Confectionery has created a music-related promotion to help Twix tap into the 16-24 year old clubbing audience. Customers at 20 independent record shops across the UK during June and July will get a free Twix bar when they make a purchase....

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    Wonka takes a savoury turn with Oompas' caterpillars and mas

    2001-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Mashed potato and caterpillar are among the weird and wacky flavours in Nestlé Rowntree's new Wonka Oompas sweets ­ the first kids' sugar confectionery product to combine savoury and sweet flavours. Based on the Oompaloompa characters from the...

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    Polo impulse bag first

    2001-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Polo is bringing out its Polo Smoothies Strawberry & Cream in an impulse-sized bag, in what it claims is a response to requests from retailers. Available from June 4, the impulse bag will contain nine sweets (rsp: 30p). This is the first time that a...

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    Christmas with the Stars

    2001-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé Rowntree is bringing out a new boxed confectionery brand for kids called Nestlé All Stars. The bright yellow box contains miniature packs of Milkybar, Milkybar Choo, Mini Smarties, Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles, Body Parts, Wonkalate and...

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    A liaison with indulgence

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Mars Confectionery is further extending its Galaxy brand with a new indulgent countline, Galaxy Liaison. The new bar, which has Galaxy chocolate on the outside and praline in the centre, will be backed by a £3m marketing campaign which kicks off...

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    The invaders

    2001-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Eight Nestlé Rowntree kids' confectionery brands are taking part in an alien invasion' promotion during June. Different shapes and flavours will infiltrate flashed sweetie packets. Milkybar Buttons, for example, will host spacemen and rockets;...

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    Mars: No supply problem' with Twix

    2001-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Mars claims it will have no problems meeting orders for Twix despite having to destroy a whole production run. Almost three million Twix were destroyed after beetles were found in the flour supply of its Slough factory. Production of Twix was put...

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    Extensions for two favourites

    2001-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury is planning new brand extensions for Crunchie and Dairy Milk. Crunchie Nuggets are nuggets of honeycomb covered in Cadbury milk chocolate. And Dairy Milk Shots are balls of Dairy Milk in a crisp sugar shell. They both come in 125g and...

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    Smarter Christmas looks

    2001-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury Trebor Bassett has unwrapped its Christmas range to reveal novelties. These include a chocolate Melt and Mould kit and Pass the Parcel aimed at small kids' mainstream countline collection The Box for 15-19 year olds, and a purple and white...

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    Musgrave recruits Mars' Holahan as c&c commercial chief

    2001-04-28T00:00:00Z

    The Musgrave Group has appointed James Holahan as commercial director of its cash and carry division. Holahan joins Irish based Musgrave from Mars' food business where he was European director. Before joining Mars he was director of Largo Foods...

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    Gum launch is a Breeze

    2001-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Wrigley has stretched its Extra brand umbrella to include a new Cool Breeze variant. The launch is part of Wrigley's strategy to increase consumption by introducing new flavours and to attract more consumers by boosting the breath freshening...

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    Claire stirs up marketing for Baxters' soups and sauces

    2001-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Baxters has expanded its marketing team with the appointment of Claire Quigley as brand manager. Quigley will be responsible for the company's range of premium ambient soups and its recently launched Baxters/Nick Nairn sauces. She joins from Mars...

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    Mars' sugar confectionery gets a burst of new activity

    2001-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Mars is expanding its Starburst portfolio with two new products ­ Tropical Chews and limited edition Tropical Joosters ­ and unveiling new TV ads for Starburst and fellow sugar confectionery brand Skittles. The new products are dual flavoured ­...

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    BUNGEE JUMPING AT HARIBO

    2001-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Haribo is adding a new twist ­ or rather a new rope' ­ to its range of marshmallow countlines. The new Haribo Bungee consists of two strands of pink and white marshmallow twisted into a 30cm rope'. It comes individually wrapped and is available...

  • Guide To

    The Grocer guide to confectionery: Nestlé Rowntree

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    (an advertising supplement) Nestlé Rowntree York YO91 1XY Tel: 01904 604604 Fax: 01904 603306 E-mail: helen.hill@nestlegb.nestle.com Website: www.nestle.com Key personnel Sales Director Peter Basham Sales Communications Manager Graham...