All Confectionery articles – Page 32
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News
Ferrero acquires Fox’s Biscuits from 2 Sisters for £246m
Ferrero has snapped up Fox’s Biscuits from 2 Sisters Food Group for £246m to add to its growing biscuit portfolio across the world.
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Analysis & Features
New food & drink Advent calendars launching for Christmas 2020
For many, the countdown to Christmas (and the end of 2020) can’t come soon enough. Here are the foodie calendars that’ll make Advent even more exciting
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Mondelez reduces share bag packaging
Mondelez has cut the amount of packaging in its Cadbury share bags by 15%.
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Confectionery stalwarts Russell & Atwell to launch chocolate brand
Founders Steve Russell and Giles Atwell have over 30 years’ combined experience in chocolate
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Analysis & Features
Lockdown snacking, mood boosters and ethical schemes: 10 charts explaining UK attitudes to confectionery
The mood-boosting properties of chocolate have made it a popular choice during lockdown. But consumers are increasingly discerning about their cocoa fix
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Comment & Opinion
Tony’s Chocolonely details chocolatey injustice in online film
It would be hard to buy and eat a bar of Tony’s Chocolonely chocolate without picking up on the brand’s strong ethical message
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Chewits enters bonbon market with Juicy and Xtreme Sour Bites launches
Chewits is hoping to capitalise on the strength of the bonbon category
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Media Bites 21 September: Mondelez, Aldi/Lidl, Morrisons
Mondelez chief executive Dirk Van de Put hit out at sugar taxes, saying they were overly “restrictive” to consumers
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Analysis & Features
New spooky food & drink products hitting shelves this Halloween
We take a look at the ghoulish goodies coming to supermarkets this spooky season
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Galaxy adds two new bars to vegan chocolate range
They roll into Asda from September 21, joining the brand’s existing trio of vegan chocs
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Convenience stores see snack sales soar as schools return
Bestway Wholesale said it recorded double-digit growth across its impulse categories in the first week of September
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Category Report
What does the future of chocolate look like? Chocolate category report 2020
Confectioners have been happily living in the present this year. But now they will have to look ahead to challenges on the horizon
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Category Report
Confectionery cops a curveball: sugar category report 2020
Boris Johnson has thrown confectioners into a spin with a get fit quick plan that bans certain ads and promos. Can they shape up?
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Analysis & Features
12 new launches that show chocolate orange is back on trend
A raft of new launches this year shows chocolate orange is the flavour of the moment
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News
Galaxy and Maltesers lockdown sales devastated by Mars site breakdown
Galaxy and Maltesers sales were down 23.5% and 29.7% respectively
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Haribo disappears from Tesco shelves in price war negotiations
Tesco’s price war with Aldi has been blamed for the disappearance
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Kent Foods’ flagship depot destroyed in fire
The state-of-the-art custom-built warehouse based in Basildon, Kent was devastated on 29 August
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Pladis profits soar as global revenues pass £2bn
Profits have soared at McVitie’s owner Pladis Foods after it lifted revenues above £2bn.
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Thorntons loses £35m as sales drop amid retail closures
Chocolatier Thorntons lost a further £35m last year, taking its total losses to more than £100m since being bought by Italian confectionery giant Ferrero
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Mondelez withdraws Cadbury Inventor bar over nut packaging concerns
It has withdrawn the product as a precautionary measure