All Confectionery articles – Page 85
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Comment & OpinionTwo Harts are better than one
When Mike Davies in May announced his departure from Thorntons, it was amid the clatter of profits warnings.
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NewsFindus hires Bell as commercial director
Findus has made yet another hire at its UK frozen business, poaching Mars' David Bell as its new commercial director. Bell worked at Mars for more than 20 years in sales and marketing positions, most recently as the senior sales director...
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NewsThorntons cakes and cookies hit multiples
Thorntons is venturing into desserts, cakes and biscuits as it bids to boost its presence in the supermarkets. Just a week after warning that soaring cocoa costs could push up the price of its chocolate products, Thorntons has unveiled...
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Four to watch
Baker and former Mars marketing executive Denise Stevenson won a Great Taste Gold Award last month for her traditional almond amaretti, but the new citrus-flavoured Limonetti won the most plaudits at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair.
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NewsGreen & Black’s hunts for NPD taste assistant
Green & Black's is launching a Willy Wonka-style search for a taste assistant to help develop new chocolate bars and products. A national cinema and press campaign kicks off the hunt this weekend, giving consumers nine weeks to apply...
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Bunnies to the fore in Easter assault by confectionery giants
The rabbits will be rampant next spring as Cadbury and Mars make the Caramel and Malteaster bunnies a more significant part of their Easter "novelty" chocolates fixture.Cadbury is investing £1m in its Caramel Bunnies brand and in the...
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Andrew Thornton's Expert Advice: Fresh ways to engage customers
There's no need for gloom: go local, think sustainable and your customers will follow suit
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NewsPublic invited to do it like Dolmio puppets and star in new ads
Can’t act? Don’t worry. Wooden acting skills could be a distinct advantage in a new campaign being launched next weekend to engage consumers with the Dolmio pasta sauce brand. Mars is inviting members of the public to Do It Like Dolmio by…
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NewsThorntons next to warn of chocolate price hikes
Thorntons has become the latest confectioner to warn of price hikes on its chocolate products, as cocoa costs continue to soar.
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Focus On Confectionery: Market not so sweet on sugar
Lack of NPD may have dented sweet sales, but natural products, round-pound deals and sharing bags are ensuring the market doesn’t sour, writes Vince Bamford
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Focus On Confectionery: Sticky time for gum brands as market slumps
Gum suppliers have had plenty to chew over in recent years. The launch of Cadbury's Trident in 2007 revived a tired market and brought a flurry of NPD.
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Focus On Confectionery: Big night in helps chocs bag a win
Sales of sharing bags and boxed chocolate have soared as Brits spend their evenings at home. But impulse goods have suffered as a result, reports Simon Creasey
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NewsSpanish Chocolate sweetens its appeal with new plastic tub
A supplier of thick, Spanish-style hot chocolate is taking on Cadbury and Mars by adding a cheaper plastic alternative to its premium tin in an attempt to appeal to price-conscious consumers and double sales over the next year. The...
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NewsGreen & Black’s remains coolest food brand
Green & Black’s chocolate has been named the coolest food brand in the UK for the fourth consecutive year by trend experts.
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NewsCadbury drops ‘glass and a half’ claim from Dairy Milk
Cadbury has dropped its famous ‘glass and a half’ milk claim from wrappers of Dairy Milk.
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NewsRoses return to tins as Cadbury scraps cardboard box trial
A sustainable packaging trial on Christmas tins of Roses will not be repeated this year, as Cadbury confirmed the return of tins to Tesco. The 2009 trial had seen Tesco sell Roses and Heroes in sustainable cardboard boxes, or 'cartins',...
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Chupa Chups 2Pop makes two-ball debut
Perfetti van Melle launched Chupa Chups 2Pop this week, billing it the first two-ball lollipop on the market. The lollipop (rsp: 30p) features two different flavoured balls on one stick and comes in two flavour combinations orange...
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Mars makes genome progress in hunt for ‘DNA of chocolate’
Mars has started to unwrap the DNA of chocolate, a scientific milestone it claims will improve cocoa quality for 6.5 million farmers who depend on the crop. The preliminary cacao genome sequence was unveiled three years ahead of target...
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NewsPicture This: King Confectionery: M&M’s World for london
Mars is to open its first European M&M's World store in a 35,000 sq ft site in London's Leicester Square. The store, in a retail unit at the base of the the W Hotel on the site of the former Swiss Centre, is expected to open next summer. The...