All Confectionery articles – Page 119
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Sharp cut for price
Nestlé Rowntree aims to give sales of Polo Citrus Sharp and Polo Fruits a bit of a boost with a 5p reduction in price. Available from March 12 for a limited period, both packs will carry a 15p flash. Their normal rsp is 20p. Nestlé claims Polo...
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Twisted products from Haribo
Haribo has introduced some scary' and twisted' additions to its range of pocket money gums and jellies. It is bringing its Dinosaurs 10p countline out in 175g bags (rsp 99p-£1.09). New countline additions include Giant Spiders, which are spider...
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First impressions: Mars' tub ice creams
Gisela da Rocha, account handler at Richmond based Radius Design Consultants, organised a "girls' lunchtime in" for the female members of the team A night in with the girls? Well, an hour in the conference room was as far as we got, but we did add...
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Couture that's irresistible
Nestlé's Polo Smoothies are set to make their TV debut in April in the first burst of a £2m campaign which also celebrates the arrival of a new permanent member of the portfolio, Blackcurrant Breeze. The new flavour will join the brand's pioneer...
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Nestlé's win-win'
Nestlé is running a 10% extra free promotion across key impulse countlines from February 12 while stocks last. Promotional packs of Kit Kat Chunky, Aero Chunky, Rolo, Toffee Crisp, Giant Smarties and Rowntree's Bursting Bugs carry a 10% Extra...
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Mars gives a burst of energy to sugar confectionery lines
Mars is spending nearly £10m on media support for its fruit sugar confectionery brands Starburst and Skittles this year and is adding new pack formats to the range. It is extending its 10p pack range to include Smilers, Juicy Gums, Fruity Animals...
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Organics: common sense at work
Sir; As the founder of Whole Earth Foods (the original 1960s organic brown rice company and creator of Green & Black's organic chocolate) I have kept my counsel in the face of the endlessly recited mantra that accompanies the launch of every new...
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ACS: Convenient way to catman
Members of the Association of Convenience Stores can now log on to the ACS web site for the latest category management advice from suppliers, including Cadbury Trebor Bassett, Bass Take Home and Imperial Tobacco. The Store 2000' category...
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Chocs away as Mars moves to new Galaxy
New caramel, truffle and praline-filled Galaxy Mini Eggs lead Mars' range towards the Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Easter chocolate season. Other new products include large Galaxy Ripple and Bounty eggs (both rsp £2.99), Galaxy Favourites,...
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Brandwatch: sector profile chocolate confectionery
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Bounty extended to offer a little bit of tropical paradise
Exclusive Mary Carmichael Mars is unwrapping a £9m support package to back the March launch of Bounty Calapuno the first extension for the 50 year old brand since Bounty ice cream in 1989. The new product coconut cream in a crispy shell...
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Galaxy launches a raft of specials
Galaxy Publications will release five new titles in its specials series this month. The first, Ravers Clean Shaven, is on sale this week, priced £3.25. It will be in A4 format, carry 116 pages, have a print run of 60,000 and be on sale for eight...
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The Grocer top products survey: confectionery
Top sugar confectionery by retail sales (£000) All outlets grocery and impulse 52 w/e 52 w/e % chg ...
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First impressions: Mars and Galaxy hot chocolate
Maltesers and Galaxy hot chocolate twin sachets are on limited distribution at some Sainsburys. A low cal Flyte hot chocolate is under development. Melanie Dixon, 27, is services manager at MAFF's VLA division I love hot chocolate and I am keen...
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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...