All Confectionery articles – Page 40
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Analysis & FeaturesChocolate maker Elizabeth Shaw to make TV ad debut
The commercial will air on ITV1’s Meridian and East Anglia regions
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NewsLir chocolate brand returns to UK supermarkets
The 16-piece gift pack of Belgian chocolate contains eight “painstakingly developed flavours”
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NewsClive Jones named Mondelez president for Northern Europe
Jones replaces Glenn Caton, who has taken up the role of AMEA president for chocolate
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NewsCadbury brings high-cocoa Darkmilk to UK
Made with 40% cocoa solids and 14% milk solids, Darkmilk (rsp: £1.49/85g) has been a hit in Australia
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NewsChocolette Confectionary rolls out low-cal chocolate
Calories per 100g range from 305 to 382, with sweetness coming mainly from erythritol, maltitol and stevia
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NewsValeo Foods completes acquisition of Dip-Dab maker Tangerine
PE giant Blackstone sold the confectionery company to the fast-growing Capvest-owned consumer group
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does Valeo Foods have planned for sweet group Tangerine?
Valeo Foods is on the verge of snapping up Tangerine in the hopes it can sweeten its existing investment in the sugary snacks category.
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NewsDivine Chocolate unveils its first organic bars
They are made with cocoa from a farmers’ co-operative on the west African island of São Tomé`
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NewsFerrero unveils Thorntons Pearls to rival Lindt’s Lindor
Thorntons Pearls are aimed at younger female shoppers and the ‘give to share’ gifting market
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NewsProfits tumble at Wrigley UK as chewing gum sales wane
Profits at Extra and Juicy Fruit chewing gum maker Wrigley tumbled by a third last year, as category sales continued to decline
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Comment & OpinionDon't wait to protect assets as Nestlé has with Kit Kat
What has made this feud particularly interesting is the complexity of the trademarking issue
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NewsMondelez unveils new Joyfills range of cream-filled biscuits
Four variants will be backed from the end of August by a £4m push
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Comment & OpinionWill consumers abandon gum if they know it contains plastic?
If Iceland is to believed, 85% of people don’t know gum is made from synthetic polymers and plasticisers
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NewsHotel Chocolat signs deal to develop Scandinavian presence
New franchise stores to open in Sweden, Norway and Finland
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Comment & OpinionNestlé has more to gain than a trademark in its battle over Kit Kat’s shape
Forget Nestlé, if anyone deserves a break over the ongoing Kit Kat trademark saga it’s the European legal system
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NewsGreen & Black’s adds first ever countlines with two variants
Truffle and Praline will roll out from early August with an rsp of 89p
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NewsNestlé vows to continue battle to protect EU trademark of Kit Kat shape
The ECJ today (25 July) threw out the confectionery giant’s appeal against a previous judgement by the EU General Court
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Comment & OpinionTwirl twosome enjoy odd ad debate
A lad and a lass speculate on how the “twirly curly things” in the confection’s centre are created
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NewsHaribo enlists rock band for latest Kids Voices ad
The £1.3m push centres on the German confectioner’s Supermix sweets
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery: the quest for lighter chocolate
The reduced sugar Cadbury’s Dairy Milk is the latest in the long line of NPD targeting the health-conscious consumer. So does this innovation have what it takes to reinvigorate the nation’s love of chocolate?