The sweet touch: Fuelling growth in confectionery
Accessibility, visibility, and excitability are pivotal in driving consumer engagement of the confectionery category within P&C.
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Confectionery sector to reach US$54.1bn in 2024
GlobalData shows the APAC confectionery sector to be the second fastest growing globally.
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Sweet success for ISM
Organisers of ISM, the international sweets and snacks trade show, have announced that more than 37,000 trade visitors attended the four-day event in Cologne, Germany. Visitors from 148 countries attended ISM, while exhibitor numbers jumped 7.5% to 1,774, from 76 countries. This was the 50th edition of ISM, which, once again, highlighted its importance to
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Allen’s unveils new 25% less sugar range
Confectionery brand Allen’s has launched a new 25% less sugar range, to tap into the burgeoning ‘better for you’ market. The Allen’s 25% Less Sugar range has been designed to satisfy Australian consumers’ soaring demand for more natural ingredients. The two packs have been carefully crafted using all-natural flavours, and without artificial colours or sweeteners. Nestlé
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Mentos launch CompliMENTOS to spread positivity
Mentos is encouraging Australians to complement one another with the launch of its new CompliMENTOS range. Featuring a series of compliments on its packaging, the new CompliMENTOS range is designed to help Mentos lovers show a token of appreciation for one another. The campaign further solidifies Mentos’ commitment toward inclusivity and helping people forge ‘fresh’
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Allen’s conducts Loll-ection
Allen’s calls on Aussies to hit the ballot boxes as Cola Frogs and Unicorns face off in national vote
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Hollier Dicksons bought by PFD Food Services Pty Ltd
PFD Food Services Pty Ltd has acquired the Hollier Dicksons business.
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Category feature: Setting a High Bar
Chocolate continues to lead the way in confectionery
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Feature article: Sweets and sugar
How sugar is shaping convenience store sales.
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Nestlé to launch new Kit Kat range
Nestlé has unveiled its newest range of the iconic chocolate bar, adding three new flavours to the Kit Kat repertoire. According to Nestlé, the NPD (New Product Development) was inspired by its bricks-and-mortar Melbourne store, the Chocolatory, and was created with a different take on texture, flavour and possible inclusions. The Melbourne Chocolatory opened last
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Category feature: Sweet as, bro!
The confectionery segment is facing upheaval around the world in response to Sugar Tax fears, but Australian P&C is still going strong.
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Junk food packaging and its effects on the brain
This article by Bernd Weber, University of Bonn, was originally published on The Conversation as Junk food packaging hijacks the same brain processes as drug and alcohol addiction. The Conversation, CC BY Bernd Weber, University of Bonn Food is important for our survival, which is why all living beings have developed an urge for high energy foods, like those high in sugar
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Blast from the past: Yowie chocolates come back on the market
Much loved chocolate treat of the 90’s, the Yowie, has finally made its way back home and is now available to retailers. After a 12-year hiatus from Australian shelves, the Yowie has been relaunched along with a range of new and improved consumer benefits. Made from a new recipe, the milk chocolate is ethically sourced
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