Gama Innovation Award: Ritter Sport Chocolate Bar with Crunchy Tortilla Chips
Gama Innovation Award – Product MANCHESTER – 15th July 2016: This month, the Gama Innovation Award – Product goes to Ritter Sport Chocolate Bar with Crunchy Tortilla Chips, a new launch highlighting the growing taste for savoury flavours and crunchy textures in the confectionery market. Among the latest additions to chocolate firm Ritter Sport’s Bunte Vielfalt […]
UK: Arla launches Farmers Milk
The UK division of Danish dairy firm Arla has announced the launch of Arla Farmers Milk, a new product that “give[s] shoppers the opportunity to pay a little extra on each bottle to help Arla farmers”. Arla Farmers Milk is being made available in Asda stores in semi-skimmed and whole milk varieties, selling at an […]
France: L’Oreal in talks to acquire Thermes de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Personal care giant L’Oreal has announced that it is in exclusive talks to acquire the Thermes de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains brand of spa-style toiletries from fellow French firm Groupe Rivadis. L’Oreal said it had submitted a firm offer to Rivadis Group for the acquisition of the business as well as the licence to use the Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc brand. According […]
UK: Raisio sells Halo Foods to Nimbus
Raisio, the Finnish snacks, cereals, confectionery and dairy drinks firm, has announced that it it is selling its UK-based Halo Foods business – “the leading UK manufacturer of healthy snack bars”, according to the company webpage – to Dutch investment outfit Nimbus. Describing Nimbus as a “hands-on investor”, the Benecol brand owner said that key assets […]
France: Lea Nature to open new facility
Lea Nature, the leading French natural products firm, has announced that it is to open a new production facility near to its base in La Rochelle. The plant will be located at a site previously owned by automotive firm Delphi in the town of Perigny, Charente-Maritime. According to Lea Nature, the new site will be […]
Germany: Viba Sweets to acquire Heilemann Confiserie
Viba Sweets, a German manufacturer of nougat products, is to acquire Bavarian confectionery firm Heilemann Confiserie, according to an article in the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Heilemann Confiserie is a traditional manufacturer of boxed chocolates, filled and unfilled chocolate bars and ‘sticks’ and other chocolate gifts, and is based in the town of Woringen in southern Germany. […]
Spain: Coca-Cola launches Fanta with ‘nicknames’
The Spanish arm of multinational beverage firm Coca-Cola is embarking on a campaign that will use ‘nicknames’ to add variety to 100,000 cans of Fanta branded soft drinks, according to a report in Marketing News. Broadly comparable to Coca-Cola’s previous ‘Share A Coke’ campaign that saw the regular Coca-Cola logo replaced on packs with a […]
Germany: Voelkel launches new organic fruit syrups
Voelkel, the German fruit juice firm, is launching three new organic fruit syrup products, according to a report in About Drinks. Newly available on the German market, the latest varieties are Cherry, Ginger & Lemon and Peppermint, joining the existing flavours of Grenadine, Rhubarb, Blackcurrant, Lime, Elderflower and Raspberry. The product is recommended as a […]
USA: Danone acquires White Wave Foods for $12.5 billion
Danone, the France-based dairy and drinks multinational, has announced that it has agreed to buy US natural and health foods manufacturer White Wave Foods in a deal worth approximately $12.5 billion, including debt and certain other liabilities. White Wave Foods, which generated $4 billion in sales in 2015, has a large portfolio of brands across […]
UK: Love Cocoa launches chocolate by post
Love Cocoa, a startup chocolate firm based in Birmingham, UK is launching a line of handmade chocolates designed to be delivered by post, according to an article in the Birmingham Mail. Founder James Cadbury, a descendent of chocolate-maker George Cadbury, is quoted as having hit on the idea when looking for a chocolate gift and […]