HAPPi invests in future chocolate change-makers
The oat milk chocolate brand has teamed up with Luker Chocolate to create Kids for Nature, an exciting new project that aims to protect the remarkable wildlife of Colombia.
Push Chocolate launches low sugar chocolate buttons
The product release comes alongside new funding and a full-range rebrand.
After Eight announces new gifting box collection
After Eight turns 60 this year, and is celebrating its landmark birthday with a brand new gifting box.
Ritter Sport seeks global sunshine inspiration for its latest chocolate series
Ritter Sport set to revive its limited edition Taste The World range for another summer with two new exotic flavours inspired by a wide range of global locations.
The rise of ‘Alt Choc’ cacao free chocolate could herald a new dawn
This week’s release of a non-cacao based chocolate from UK startup firm WNWN as one of the very first of its kind, is a significant milestone.
UK shoppers set to score prizes with Cadbury FC’s ‘Away Wins’ promotion
The Cadbury FC name is giving away a raft of football-themed prizes in the UK as part of a new cross-brand promotion, running across chocolate, biscuits, and sugar confectionery.
Happi hits Tesco free from aisles
Oat milk chocolate brand, Happi, is hitting the shelves of Tesco stores nationwide, becoming the first oat milk chocolate to be stocked by a major retailer.
Industry faces key global pressures from Indonesia’s concerning palm oil export ban
The surprise decision by authorities in Indonesia last weekend to ban exports of palm oil could well have major implications for some of the biggest manufacturers within the confectionery sector.
Sweet & Savoury Snacks: Easter 2022 roundup
Here is our roundup of headlines from the Easter-related sweets and snack news we have covered in 2022.
Easter set to offer major opportunity for global retailers amid challenging times
With the world enduring a particularly torrid time right now amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, wider economic turbulence and the pandemic stubbornly refusing to disappear, a little added time spent among friends and family for those who are fortunate to do so this Easter will be most welcome.
Lir Chocolates expands Easter range with Baileys Chocolate Sundae Egg
The new egg from the Irish chocolatier has the famous Baileys Original Irish Cream flavour running through – hand decorated and topped with fudge, chocolate buttons and caramel ‘crispies’.
Beyond Good debuts new toasted hazelnut cocoa bar
US sustainable chocolate company Beyond Good has announced the launch of its 73% Toasted Hazelnut Single Origin Uganda Cocoa Bar.
The return of ‘Shrinkflation’ affecting Cadbury Dairy Milk bars is an unwelcome development
Guest blog: The decision by Mondelēz to reduce Dairy Milk sharing bars by 10% in size has re-ignited the ‘shrinflation debate’ on how manufacturers handle inflationary pressures. Cloe Legrand, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData, offers her view on this major industry topic.
Cadbury introduces Darkmilk ice cream
International ice cream company Froneri has announced the latest addition to its Cadbury ice cream portfolio with new Cadbury Darkmilk.