Remaining on trend is vital for the confectionery trade
Keeping ahead of the pack as a manufacturer in terms of market trends is something that provides our industry with a constant challenge.
Sweets and Snacks Expo serves up some real treats
This past week in Chicago has thrown up plenty of fascinating new product ranges and sector developments at the Sweets and Snacks Expo event.
Not Guilty confectionery
Not Guilty has launched a range of sweets that “taste good and do good”.
Barratt makes big ad push for its core range
Tangerine Confectionery has invested £800,000 into a new range of television adverts to promote its core Barratt range.
New wafers from Loacker
Biscuit and wafer brand, Loacker, will be showcasing two new product lines at the Sweets & Snacks Expo
Rowntree’s re-brand sees four new additions to Randoms range
Brand new variants of Rowntree’s Randoms – Nestlé’s randomly shaped, fruit flavoured sweets – are being introduced to coincide with its tenth birthday and a major refresh of the Rowntree’s brand.
A look at Easter 2019 so far
With Spring and Easter on the way, Sweets & Snacks has rounded up all the Easter offerings of 2019 so far.
Incredible Eggs and Ruby chocolate join Nestlé for Easter
2019 sees Nestlé release its biggest ever Easter egg range which features newly developed eggs including a KitKat with Ruby chocolate Easter Egg and some ‘Incredible’ Eggs for KitKat, Smarties and Yorkie lovers.
Bakery, Business, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Packaging, Seasonal
Milkybar Mix Ups
Nestlé introduces Milkybar Mix Ups, which mix white chocolate with milk chocolate for the very first time.
Plamil launches dairy-free, no added sugar ‘milky’ chocolate bar
Plamil Foods are expanding their So free range with a new smooth ‘milky’ chocolate bar that contains only naturally occurring sugars, giving the taste of milk chocolate without dairy and only 4% sugars.
Sweet-toothed and tongue firmly in cheek
This week, Sweets and Savoury Snacks World features a guest blog from our editorial board member Andy Baxendale on the new release with some very topical themes including Brexit.
Vegan pick ‘n’ mix available in the UK
A Cornwall-based confectionery start-up has begun delivering vegan pick ‘n’ mix sweets to UK consumers.
Yorkshire Imperial addition to the Royal Wedding
Joseph Dobson & Sons were asked by the Duke of York to provide wedding favours for the wedding of his daughter Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank.
A richly rewarding business venture
With the support of Lord Alan Sugar, Alana Spencer’s bakery and confectionery business is fast making waves. Neill Barston reports exclusively