All Confectionery articles – Page 93
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Cadbury makes its drinking chocolate a whole lot chunkier
Cadbury has swapped cocoa powder for blocks of Dairy Milk for the launch of an innovative new drinking chocolate. Hot Choc Chunks, launched this month, is the first mainstream drinking chocolate to use solid blocks of chocolate that are...
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Acid Test: Wrigley's Extra Ice Mints
The panel gets its laughing gear round Wrigley's latest effort to freshen the nation's breath
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Wrigley's gives mints some Extra youth cool
Wrigley is attempting to get rid of mints’ “old fogey” reputation and inject a bit of youthful pizazz with a launch under its youth-oriented Extra brand. The confectionery company is ditching its current boxed Extra Mint offer and introducing a more...
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Campaigns of the Year 2008
From the suave Stella 4 hero to the Mafioso panda, with suicidal Creme Eggs and a gay Heinz kiss on the way, it's been a hot year in advertising. Charlie Wright reports
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Cadbury repackages to raise gifting appeal of Roses chocs
Cadbury is hoping to stem nosediving sales of its Roses brand by revamping the iconic chocolate to draw in younger consumers and reinforce its gifting credentials.The new packaging design marks the first significant changes to be made to the...
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Other Movers 13/12/08
Woolworths has made 450 head office and support staff redundant in London and Rochdale. The job losses are the first since the high street giant slumped into administration two weeks ago. Diana Houghton has joined Thorntons' board of...
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KitKat gets 'costliest campaign' in history of confectionery ads
Nestlé has earmarked £16m in marketing spend for KitKat next year - the most expensive confectionery campaign in history, it claims.
About £6m of the year’s budget will support KitKat’s new Perfect Break competition, which kicks off in… -
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Wispa and Twirl join the Easter egg battle
Cadbury is reviving its Wispa and Twirl chocolate eggs for the first time in five years for next year's battle of the Easter eggs
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Nestlé launches £1m advert programme
Nestlé plans to win consumers over Christmas with giant tubes and less packaging.The company has invested £1m in promoting the launch of Giant Tubes for Blue Smarties and Rowntree's Pick & Mix and in publicising reduced packaging on...
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KitKat helps power record Nestlé sales
Nestlé said its British business had achieved “good organic growth”, as it announced record nine-month sales this week. The company’s global operations posted a sales increase of 8.9% and real internal growth of 3.4%. Nestlé did not give figures...
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Mars and Nestlé cut packaging on 2009 Easter egg ranges
The days of plastic wrappers for the chocolates and sweeties inside Easter eggs look numbered. Announcing plans to eliminate the use of plastic packaging in 80% of its Easter eggs for 2009, Nestlé said the new Smarties and Milkybar Shaker eggs will...
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Cadbury is official confectioner of London Olympics
Cadbury has become the latest major company to agree a sponsorship deal with the London Olympics, the confectionery giant announced yesterday.
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Cadbury splits regions as UK sales surge 11%
Cadbury has announced robust third-quarter financial results and is to overhaul its regional management structure as part of a continuing bid by the confectionery giant to drive down costs.
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Revels greets its mystery newcomer
From next month, coffee Revels will be temporarily replaced by a new mystery variant – thought to be strawberry because of the pink colouring on the limited-edition packs. The launch of Revels Mystery Sweet packs, which will be on shelf until the...
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Thorntons checks in modest first quarter
Thorntons has announced a modest rise in like-for-like sales of just under 1% for the past three months.
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Acid Test: Duchy Originals Bezants chocolates
Our panel sample the very finest in vaguely biscuity After Eight homage
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Block chocolate’s back in fashion with sales up 7%
Shoppers have been turning their back on premium chocolate, returning to everyday block chocolate for their credit crunch treats. Sales of block chocolate jumped 7.3% year-on-year [TNS 15 June 2008], significantly outperforming overall...