Articles tagged as Retailing
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15/06/17Mars 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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24/05/17UK 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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24/05/17Nestlé 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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01/05/17Nestlé 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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21/04/17Confectionery 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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21/04/17Swiss-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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03/04/17French 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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03/04/17Lindt & 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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05/01/17Nutella 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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09/12/16Mars 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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10/12/16Home 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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18/12/16In 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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18/12/16Scottish 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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09/11/16According to recent research, consumers are cutting down on snacking, with less than a third (29%) now eating sweets between meals. Mintel explains what’s behind this trend
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18/12/16Angus 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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18/12/16The 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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18/12/16Following 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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18/12/16Europe'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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09/11/16A recent TNS survey commissioned by GNT revealed that 67 percent of food global food consumers say that they are looking for ‘easy to understand information’ when making their food and confectionery purchases. Here, Angus Kennedy interviews Paul Collins, director of international sales and marketing at GNT, to find out more
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19/12/16Whitakers 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.