Growth for Bonne Maman
Bonne Maman, the premium French cake and biscuit brand, has launched two new cake SKUs in UK retailers supported by nationwide marketing activity, following a successful 2014. Last year, Bonne Maman was the fastest growing cake brand in the UK. It experienced a 91.8 per cent increase in units and 69.4 per cent value increase, […]
Special delivery
Susannah Millen meets Andrew Marten, co-founder of award-winning probiotic chocolate brand Ohso.
Mensch on a Bench
Praim Group, a food licensing, marketing and distribution company, has announced that it will create and distribute a line of all-natural premium chocolate bars for The Mensch On A Bench. The Mensch On A Bench is a 12-inch plush doll with an accompanying hardcover storybook that explains Hanukkah from the view of “Moshe” the Mensch. […]
Belfast business supplies UAE
GM Marketing in Belfast has won significant business for its Free’ist sugar and gluten-free products from Spinney’s, the leading supermarket chain in the United Arab Emirates. GM is supplying its Free’ist range of sugar-free cookies, chocolate bars and wafers to Spinney’s by means of a distribution agreement with Pan Euro Foods in Dublin. An ambitious […]
Better biscuits, better business
United Biscuits (UB) has launched its largest ever in-depot activation designed to increase growth in the sweet and savoury biscuit categories by driving distribution of its core and NPD lines in the convenience and impulse channels across the UK. The tour will see UB visit 43 depots across the UK beginning on 4 February and […]
Butterkist launches TV campaign
Popcorn brand Butterkist will be on screen for Valentine’s Day, when a £2m TV campaign lands featuring new ‘Love the Taste’ positioning. Audiences across the UK will see the popcorn brand back on screens for the first time since 2011, during ad breaks on channels including ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 and Channel 5, plus E4 […]
Treats for the imagination
The Kinder brand is set to unlock additional sales for retailers this Easter with the launch of Kinder Surprise Storymakers. Kinder Surprise will encourage children and their parents to create a unique story online, building on the insight showing that 95 per cent of mums believe it is important for their children to use their […]
Fudge brand targets tea shops
Blackthorn Foods, the Northern Irish manufacturer of the Melting Pot handmade fudge range, is to launch a new product aimed at coffee shops and tea houses in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The artisan company, based in Belfast, has developed a 22g finger fudge, which will be available in three flavours, as a quick […]
Driving reform
The confectionery and bakery sectors in India are struggling to raise standards in order to consolidate export sales. Raghavendra Verma reports.
Boost to British brand sales
Gnaw, a Norwich-based maker of a quirky range of handcrafted chocolates, has formed a partnership with distributor Blakemore Fine Foods, that will enable both companies to boost business with UK retailers who want to buy British. Gnaw has grown significantly since it started up in 2011. It now supplies 1,000 outlets in the UK and […]
New listings promote sales
Popcorn brand Joe & Seph’s will reach 100 million new customers through a series of new listings with Cineworld, easyJet, Thomson Airways and World Duty Free. These new listings will enable Joe & Seph’s to grow its business and significantly expand its distribution network, reaching millions of new audiences in the UK and beyond. Renowned […]
Global snack market
Virginia Garavaglia, global brand footprint director, Kantar Worldpanel, provides an update on the market for snack products around the world.
Indians eat more ice cream
According to Canadean, India is the most rapid growing ice cream market globally. Indian consumers are becoming regular patrons of ice cream parlours, and despite consumption of ice cream for each person in India being the lowest across major global markets in 2013, this is set to rise fast. Traditionally Indian consumers have seen ice […]
Healthy snacks for Asia
SnackHealthy has announced plans to introduce healthy snacks from Balance Foods to the Asian market. The range of healthy snacks to be launched in Asia includes Kettle Classics potato chips, Risi Papas Caseras kettle chips, Baked Classics popped potato and multigrain crisps in a variety of flavours, Poptillas popped tortilla chips and California Classics cheese […]