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Articles tagged as Retailing

  • Recall for Mars Galaxy range after Salmonella concerns

    Recall for Mars Galaxy range after Salmonella concerns

    15/06/17

    Mars Chocolate UK and Mars Ireland have moved to recall several of its key Galaxy and Minstrels ranges after detecting the potential presence of salmonella. The company advised these products should not be eaten following tests that indicated potential issues, prompting their withdrawal from retailers shelves.

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    Retailing | Chocolate
  • International sales growth as UK manufacturer scoops accolade

    International sales growth as UK manufacturer scoops accolade

    24/05/17

    UK chocolate manufacturer Divine has been named among Britain’s 100 fastest-growing SME exporting enterprises. The company was presented with an honour for the best emerging brand accolade at the 3rd annual Sunday Times Lloyds SME Export Track 100 awards ceremony in London.

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    Retailing | New Products | Sugar Confectionery | General News | Chocolate
  • Job cuts planned for Nestlé UK confectionery

    Job cuts planned for Nestlé UK confectionery

    24/05/17

    Nestlé has confirmed that nearly 300 jobs are to be cut from its UK operations, with proposals to shift production of Blue Riband chocolate biscuits to Poland. The company has said it is now consulting with employees at its well-established British sites in York, Fawdon, Halifax and Girvan in Scotland.

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    Retailing | Sugar Confectionery | General News | Chocolate
  • Nestle posts positive outlook despite challenging confectionery market

    Nestle posts positive outlook despite challenging confectionery market

    01/05/17

    Nestlé has projected a positive revenue outlook for 2017, despite challenging conditions experienced within its confectionery division. According to its latest figures for the first period of the year, overall sales were up year-on-year by 0.4%, to a total of 21 billion Swiss Francs.

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    Retailing | Sugar Confectionery | Snacks | General News
  • Mondelez confirms its US company president is set to leave

    Mondelez confirms its US company president is set to leave

    21/04/17

    Confectionery group Mondelez International has confirmed that Roberto Marques, EVP and President, North America, is set to leave the company. Tim Cofer, Chief Growth Officer, will serve as Interim President of the North American business, in addition to his current role spearheading the company's global growth strategy, while the company recruits a permanent successor.

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    Retailing | General News
  • Barry Callebaut sales growth despite challenging market

    Barry Callebaut sales growth despite challenging market

    21/04/17

    Swiss-based chocolate manufacturer the Barry Callebaut Group has recorded year-on-year volume growth of 1.4% for the first six months of the fiscal year. Sales revenues were up 3.3% to a total of 3.5 billion CHF for the period, against a challenging market.

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    Retailing | General News
  • Cemoi makes move for US confectionery business

    Cemoi makes move for US confectionery business

    03/04/17

    French chocolate manufacturer The Cemoi Group has confirmed the acquisition of the Chris Candies company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Recognised as the specialist in moulded chocolate, the well-established American company produces year-round and seasonal chocolates for premium markets.

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    Retailing | Chocolate
  • Travel sector joint venture launch for Lindt

    Travel sector joint venture launch for Lindt

    03/04/17

    Lindt & Sprüngli has formed a promotional partnership with Dufry to launch the new Lindt Swiss Masterpieces Bijoux Collection. The travel retail sector product features two pralines, which include a Perle de Cuivre, which consists of crunchy cocoa and cookie chunks, enveloped in a fondant, coated with white and dark chocolate and garnished with a copper-coloured pearl.

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    Retailing | Chocolate
  • Nutella's major pancake campaign

    Nutella's major pancake campaign

    05/01/17

    Nutella is investing in a new £1.3 million ‘Pancakes Love Nutella’ campaign in the build-up to Shrove Tuesday, on February 28th 2017. The company’s initiative will be across social channels to on-pack messaging and fun POS displays. Sales of Nutella grew by 8.6% last Pancake Day, and representing 40% of the spread category’s growth.

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    Retailing | Chocolate
  • Mars Wrigley Confectionery formed

    Mars Wrigley Confectionery formed

    09/12/16

    Mars has announced its plans to combine Mars Chocolate and Wrigley segments to create Mars Wrigley Confectionery. The new segment is designed to help Mars better serve its customers, address consumer trends and accelerate growth opportunities in a vibrant global confectionery category. Mars says that it is excited by the opportunities this combination will unlock for its associates, customers and ...

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    Retailing | Sugar Confectionery
  • IKEA recalls eight chocolate products

    IKEA recalls eight chocolate products

    10/12/16

    Home furnishings superstore IKEA is recalling eight of its chocolate products in the UK. The first two products – recalled on June 27 – are its Choklad Mork 60% and Choklad Mork 70% bars, which are deemed a risk because the presence of milk and hazelnuts is not mentioned correctly in the ingredients list.

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    Retailing | Chocolate
  • Mondelez and Nestle issue progress reports

    Mondelez and Nestle issue progress reports

    18/12/16

    In its Call For Well-Being Progress Report issued on June 22, Mondelez International reported solid progress toward its call for well-being targets. Specifically, the company stated that it had exceeded 2015 sustainability targets to reduce packaging, greenhouse gas emissions, net waste, waste-to-landfill volume, and water usage.

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    Retailing | General News
  • New deal for Mrs Tilly's

    New deal for Mrs Tilly's

    18/12/16

    Scottish newspaper The Daily Record is reporting that Mrs Tilly’s, a confectioner based in Falkirk, has entered into an agreement with supermarket chain Lidl. The contract, which will see Mrs Tilly’s products available in Lidl stores in Scotland, is reportedly a six-figure deal. The confectioner will be making new tablet, fudge and macaroon bars exclusively for the supermarket, marking the first ...

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    Retailing | General News
  • If you really want to enjoy something - then don’t read about it!

    If you really want to enjoy something - then don’t read about it!

    18/12/16

    Angus Kennedy, Editor - Comment - 6th May It’s nothing new to report that food products are shrinking, sadly it appears that it’s nothing new to report that the chocolate industry (one company in particular) did receive the lions share of attention for this and plenty of other adverse publicity thrown in for what I would only describe as ‘for the heck of it’.

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    Retailing | General News
  • US confectioners in responsible advertising drive

    US confectioners in responsible advertising drive

    18/12/16

    The Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB), in partnership with the National Confectioners Association (NCA), has announced a new self-regulatory initiative that promotes responsible advertising to children. Under the Children’s Confection Advertising Initiative (CCAI), participating companies agree to not directly advertise to children under the age of 12.

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    Retailing | General News
  • Tic Tac promotion returns

    Tic Tac promotion returns

    18/12/16

    Following a successful showing in 2015, Tic Tic has revived its 'Happy Rewards' on-pack promotion. Available now, the promotional packs enable shoppers to accumulate reward points with every purchase. Consumers can then exchange heir points for rewards at a designated Tic Tac website by entering the Happy Reward codes. Each tier of rewards can be claimed as the consumer collects more codes, givin ...

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    Retailing | Sugar Confectionery
  • Innovative Bites acquires Bonds of London

    Innovative Bites acquires Bonds of London

    18/12/16

    Europe's leading American food wholesaler, Innovative Bites, has acquired one of the UK's oldest sweet businesses, Bonds of London, in a multi-million pound deal. The purchase is the first step in Innovative Bites long-term growth strategy to become the UK's leading confectionery supplier, the company states.

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    Retailing | General News
  • Whitakers reveals charity venture

    Whitakers reveals charity venture

    19/12/16

    Whitakers Chocolates, based in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has chosen Sir Ian Botham’s ‘Beefy’s Charity Foundation’ as its charitable cause of the year throughout 2016 and 2017.

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    Retailing | General News
  • ProSweets Coverage – Packaging for all seasonal needs

    ProSweets Coverage – Packaging for all seasonal needs

    19/12/16

    Theegarten-Pactec’s presentation at ProSweets 2016 focuses on two solutions – the MCH, and the CWM2. The MCH is a flexible, high-performance system for confectionery manufacturers that enables them to respond quickly and flexibly to seasonal market requirements. The machine for the packaging of hard sugar boiled candies, chocolate-coated items and jelly products enables easy conversion to a wide ...

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    Retailing | Machinery Packaging | Exhibitions | General News
  • Pre-Christmas confectionery sales revealed

    Pre-Christmas confectionery sales revealed

    19/12/16

    Supermarket FMCG sales reached £3.1 billion during a busy Christmas week (ending 26 December), an increase of 7.4% in value compared with 2014, according to the latest retail data from research organisation IRI. Food sales totalled £2.3 billion (+8.8%) while non-food sales reached £789 million (+3.8%).

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    Retailing | General News

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