Final countdown begins for returning ISM and ProSweets events
With less than two weeks to go until ISM and ProSweets, the momentum surrounding the two key shows is certainly gathering pace for what should prove enjoyable and revealing events.
Bakery, Business, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks
Sweets & Savoury Snacks: Christmas 2021 roundup
Here is our ultimate roundup of headlines from the festive sweet and savoury snacking news we’ve covered in 2021.
Bakery, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks, Seasonal
Seymourpowell creates new packaging range for Cailler Christmas pralines
Design and innovation agency, Seymourpowell, has collaborated with renowned chocolate brand, Cailler, to redesign the packaging of its Christmas pralines collection.
Castello introduces new cheese crisps and cheese snack bars
New Castello Cheese Crisps and Castello Cheese Snack Bars present portable snack options that meet increasing consumer demand for variety in snacking.
Shore’s Seaweed Chips expand into EU with exclusive supermarket deal in Belgium
Shore The Scottish Seaweed Co has secured a major export deal to supply its seaweed chips to Belgium.
Germany’s confectionery sector feels the pinch of Brexit just as equally as the UK
The latest warning from Germany’s BDSI confectionery sector organisation that its exports remain notably challenged due to Brexit offer further evidence that the matter is far from settled across Europe.
Can proposals for a world first snacks tax in the UK tackle the obesity crisis?
It’s a particularly rare occasion to see confectionery making front page headline national news, but the past week has seen the emergence of a potential global first being introduced in the UK, in the form of a tax on snacks.
New children’s snacking brand promotes healthy lifestyles
Goal Power, a new UK children’s wellness brand, is launching across Europe this summer with one common aim: to get kids eating healthily, away from their screens, and up and moving.
BDSI’s work highlighting confectionery sector skills training sets the standard
This past week, Germany’s BDSI national confectionery organisation has highlighted a broad range of training opportunities for the sector, which highlighted the encouraging state of the industry there.
Momentum continues to build for the World Confectionery Conference
With just under a month to go before our debut World Confectionery Conference, preparations are going from strength to strength as major industry players are continuing to sign up and participate.
Bakery, Business, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks
Impact of Brexit and Covid felt as confectionery exports nosedive
The UK government’s latest figures on British chocolate exports to the EU reducing by 68% in January due largely to Brexit policies makes for extremely sobering reading for all involved.
Confectionery takes its place at the tip of a potential robotic retail revolution
Amid all the challenging headlines of the past year, it’s something of a relief to encounter some slightly more upbeat news that greeted us with the novel confectionery innovation of a US pilot of a robot serving customers in a New York store.
Sweet & Savoury Snacks: Valentine’s Day 2021 roundup
Here is our roundup of headlines from the Valentine’s Day-related sweets and snack news this past month.
Cadbury Dairy Milk production return to the UK offers highlight amid wider sector tests
For British-based followers of the confectionery world, the breaking news that Cadbury would be bringing back production to the UK was indeed something to be celebrated.