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admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:13:27 +0000

ECRM provides business solutions by integrating process, vision and technology. ECRM organizes sourcing events for major food, drug and mass retail chains from around the world looking for confectionary and snack products. If you are interested in the US market you can have private meetings with top retailers, distributors and wholesalers at the events at this link:

Private Brand Foods
April 16-19, 2012
Private Brand Snacks, Ambient Grocery, Beverages, Dairy, Frozen, In-Store Bakery, Meat, Poultry, Seafood, Deli and Produce suppliers will present new programs to retailers across all channels

International Foods
July 15-18, 2012
Snack and Ambient Grocery suppliers from around the world can present new programs to retailers from around the world across all Center Store Grocery categories

Confectionary/ Candy Annual Planning
September 17-20, 2012
Confectionery suppliers will present programs for basic assortments and non-seasonal promotions to retailers across all channels

Snack, Beverage and Grocery: Front Half Planning
September 18-21, 2012
The focus of this event will be on snacks, beverage, grocery and main meals to include: Baking, Canned Goods, Boxed Food and Packaged Meals. Suppliers will present programs for Front Half 2013 planning to retailers across all channels.

Since 1994, over 1,000 EPPS events have been held worldwide in various consumer goods categories. Over 80 events were held in 2011 alone, with participation from over 1,000 retailers and over 3,000 manufacturers.

For more information contact Liz Coyle at +1-440-248-3051 lcoyle@ecrm.marketgate.com

UK confectionery market

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:30:56 +0000

A new Key Note report entitled ‘Confectionery’ looks at the UK market for chocolate and sugar confectionery. Over the five year period spanning 2006 to 2010, sales of confectionery increased by approximately 14 per cent to £5.03 billion. Chocolate remains by far the largest sector of the confectionery market, with sales rising by 17 per cent over the five years, compared to the sugar confectionery market which grew by just 6.3 per cent over the same period. This was principally down to the continued popularity of chocolate products and the rising retail price of confectionery.

Chewing gum sales have fallen by 1.4 percent to £340 million in 2010. Major brands such as Wrigley are focusing on mint gum, marking a return to simpler products, after vast numbers of flavour and variety launches in 2009-10.

New product development (NPD) has been limited in recent years. Instead, many brands have produced their existing products in different formats, for example, as miniatures, or improved and modified the recipes of existing products in order to retain consumer interest. Pouches and tubs for sharing have been particularly successful in recent years.

The past few years have also seen concerns regarding the ethical sourcing and production of confectionery products escalate. As a result, organic and fairtrade ingredients have become more widely used in confectionery products, especially by more well known brands, such as Nestlé and Cadbury. The former has pledged to use only sustainable palm oil in its products from 2015, while the latter’s subsidiary, Green & Black’s, has promised to certify its entire portfolio as fairtrade by the same year.

For further information, please see the report in our sister title Confectionery Production

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UK confectionery market