All Confectionery articles – Page 63
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Analysis & Features
Nice & Nobbly Dark Choc Chips Granola Bars: Acid Test
The line between free from and mainstream is blurring as more consumers seek to avoid gluten…
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Analysis & Features
Chocolatier Charbonnel et Walker snaps up rival House of Dorchester
Premium chocolatier House of Dorchester has been acquired by fellow up-market confectioner Charbonnel et Walker, The Grocer understands.
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News
Thorntons spearheads Christmas plans with Snowman and Gruffalo
Thorntons is pinning its Christmas hopes on an expansion of its The Snowman and The Gruffalo licences
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News
Nestlé’s Quality Street switches to sustainable cocoa
Nestlé has switched to certified sustainable cocoa for its Quality Street brand in the UK - which will be on shelf by Christmas.
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News
Peanut Hottie drink hits the US with Walmart listings
British peanut butter drink Peanut Hottie has secured a listing in 2,499 US Walmart stores
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Comment & Opinion
Online shoppers with a sweet tooth
We’re buying more confectionery online - a stat we reveal in the first of a new series of digital reports.
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News
Werther's rolling out first assortment gift pack
Storck UK is gearing up for Christmas with the launch of Werther’s Original Golden Mix – its first-ever assortment gift pack.
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Analysis & Features
10 things you need to know about... confectionery
In the first of a major new series of digital features on The Grocer, we lift the lid on the confectionery market. Here are 10 things you absolutely need to know…
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Analysis & Features
Online confectionery sales smash the £100m barrier
Online confectionery sales have passed the £100m mark for the first time, The Grocer can reveal.
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Analysis & Features
Confectionery brands on social media: size isn’t everything
Size is important when it comes to a social media following. But it’s not everything.
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Analysis & Features
Wonka will be missed: our consumer panel speaks out
We’ve put together our very own digital consumer panel, with the help of Watch Me Think, to test four high-profile confectionery launches from the past year…
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Analysis & Features
Revealed: one in four binge on chocolate sharing bags
Sharing bags? Pah. More than half of us eat confectionery from packs intended for sharing, according to an exclusive poll for The Grocer
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Analysis & Features
Growth isn’t cheap: confectionery ad spend surges 12.5%
All but two of confectionery’s biggest advertisers have increased spend on traditional ad space in the past year.
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Analysis & Features
Top 10 global innovations in confectionery 2014: pictures
From super premium, Reishi mushroom chocolate to boiled sweets containing spinach… here’s our pick of the most interesting recent confectionery launches from around the world.
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Analysis & Features
Easter is cracked: eggs sales serve up £44m in growth
Confectioners have cracked the Easter egg market, with growth equivalent to approximately 55 million extra medium-sized shell Easter eggs.
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Analysis & Features
Selling confectionery: how to stand out from the crowd
Merchandising matters. We might be buying more chocolate and sweets online, but the impulse channel still accounted for £3.3bn in confectionery sales in the past year.
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Analysis & Features
Confectionery's must-know buyers
Any brand looking to win share of this competitive market needs to know their buyers. Here’s a handful of some of the most influential buyers in the industry.
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News
Premier Foods adds Slime & Shock to Halloween line-up
Premier Foods is expanding its Halloween cake offer with two new lines from 15 September…
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News
Portlebay Popcorn adds three sweet flavours to range
Portlebay Popcorn – founded by a former director of Burts Chips – has expanded its line-up with a sweet range…
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News
Mondelez unveils Christmas confectionery lines
Mondelez has unveiled a raft of new and revamped Christmas lines for its confectionery brands.