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Increasing online sales
Selling online has many clear benefits; reduced overheads, lower marketing costs and the ability to reach a wider audience to name a few. However it is not enough to put some products on a website and expect them to sell themselves. Selling online is an ongoing process, which takes work and a great deal of [...]
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Europe convenience stores: A reference
A convenience store can be defined as: A small retail store that is open long hours and that typically sells staple groceries, snacks, and sometimes fuel. If you are looking to introduce your product to new countries in Europe, through stocking them on the shelves of convenience stores, it can be beneficial to know the [...]
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Sweets & Snacks Expo preview
The Sweets & Snacks Expo takes place 8-10 May in Chicago, US. The 2012 Sweets & Snacks Expo, sponsored by the National Confectioners Association, is the largest confectionery, cookie and snack show in the Americas featuring more than 540 companies showcasing confectionery and snack products at one time, in one place. The Expo serves as [...]
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Sweet samples
As sister brand to Haribo, Maoam was introduced to the UK market in 2001 and has experienced significant year on year growth ever since, becoming one of the UK’s leading soft and fruity chew brands. In 2011 sales continued this trend, increasing year on year by 10.6% in value and 7.8% in volume terms. Key [...]
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Chocolate trends
International sales of sugared sweets and chocolate continue to rise at a steady pace as the demand for confectionery in developing regions such as the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East rises. Some sectors within established markets such as the US and Western Europe are in decline and here new technologies and sweet concepts [...]
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Salty snacks
Despite suffering from both falling numbers of users and a slight drop in volume sales, value sales within the crisps, nuts and salty snacks market continued their upward trend in 2011. The combined total value of the market in 2011 stood at £3.18 billion, with crisps and salty snacks representing around 90 per cent of [...]
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ISM innovations
The trade fair was a resounding success for the 1,412 suppliers who exhibited at the 42nd International Sweets and Biscuits Fair (ISM) in Cologne from 29th January to 1st February 2012. A decisive factor for the success of the fair was once again the high level of decision making authority of the approximately 35,000 trade [...]
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What can the industry expect from new Spanish confectionery association Produlce?
Five associations of the sweet market have become together into a new association, the Spanish Confectionery Association (Produlce). It is created with the specific mission of representing and protecting the interests of the confectionery sector and to work together to strengthen the image of each one of the categories.
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Does the industry use loopholes to advertise to children?
According to the Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF), junk food companies are using loopholes in advertising rules to bombard children with unhealthy food messages online.
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Stagnant sales for the European confectionery market over the past four years
There seems there is little sweet news for the European confectionery market at the moment. The latest research from Mintel on the sugar and gum confectionery market in Europe reveals that in the Big 5 European countries, sales of sugar and gum confectionery have remained stagnant over the past four years (2008-2011), from €8.6 billion in 2008 to an estimated €8.9billion in 2011.
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Zetar reports 5% drop in revenue
Zetar has achieved an increase in everyday sales and extended its portfolio of branded products. However, the increase in sales was offset by the strategic exit from a significant volume of low margin commodity snack products and a reduction in anticipated Easter confectionery sales resulting in a 5% reduction in overall group revenues to £128 [...]
UK marshmallow frenzy
The craze for America’s popular Marshmallow Fluff has well and truly arrived, after Empire Foodbrokers – official distributors of the product in the UK – reported it has doubled its listings within the retail confectionery sector. Empire Foodbrokers has secured 340 new listings across Sainsbury’s stores and 270 new listings with Morrisons, increasing its overall [...]
Goody Good Stuff lands in Asda
Goody Good Stuff has secured its second supermarket stockist after only 18 months on the market. Adding to its existing high street listings, the range will hit shelves in Asda stores nationwide in June 2012. The latest listing – which joins Waitrose, Holland & Barrett, Booths and Ocado – follows continued growth and consumer demand [...]
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Asda, Morrisons and Iceland named as ‘worst offenders’ for sweet displays
Three leading supermarkets have been named as the ‘worst offenders’ for undermining parents’ efforts to feed their children healthily. The report, from the Children’s Food Campaign (CFC), states that Asda, Morrisons and Iceland display unhealthy food or drink at more than 80 per cent of their checkouts. The CFC also criticised The Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Tesco [...]
Nestlé reports 7.2% growth
In the first three months of 2012, sales increased by 5.6% to CHF 21.4 billion (€17.8bn). Organic growth was 7.2%, composed of 2.8% real internal growth and pricing of 4.4%. Acquisitions net of divestitures, added 3% to sales, whilst foreign exchange had a negative impact of 4.6%. Paul Bulcke, Nestlé CEO says, “As anticipated, 2012 [...]
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2012
May
Online sales
Private label report
June
Chewing gum
Mass market retail report
July
Snack bars
Labelling trends
August
The wholesaler market
Sugar confectionery
September
Premium products
Artisan chocolate
October
The sweet bakery market
Children’s confectionery
November
Retro trends
Hospitality and catering report
December
Valentines & Easter products
Clean label