Better-for-you snacks are proliferating as snacking throughout the day becomes normalized for many consumers.
May 3, 2021Halloween is less commonly a gift-giving holiday, with the celebratory focus being placed upon snacks and candy given to trick-or-treaters. Nonetheless, the holiday provides many opportunities for food gifting to personal friends, acquaintances, or family members.
October 22, 2020The VCA deal gives Mars further latitude for growth beyond the mass-market product arena. That’s especially important because it’s not just kibble sales that have flattened in the mass market; the same is true for candy. Even in the case of Mars, with its globally iconic portfolio of chocolate and non-chocolate (sugar) candy brands, confectionery manufacturers face considerable challenges to growth.
January 12, 2017Halloween has been an especially sweet holiday for candy companies. In "Chocolate Candy Market in the U.S., 11th Edition", Packaged Facts identifies the Halloween chocolate segment as a pocket of growth.
October 17, 2016Even in the rapidly evolving candy industry, the competition will have a hard time gumming up the works—or the profits—for leading food industry titan Mars, Incorporated. The company recently made the bullish decision to combine its chocolate business with subsidiary Wrigley to form Mars Wrigley Confectionery. It's a shrewd strategy based on Packaged Facts’ candy industry analysis in the recent report "Chocolate Candy Market in the U.S., 11th Edition".
October 7, 2016September 8 - It's never too early to start stocking up on the next big seasonal event. At least that's what retailers believe.
September 12, 2016In time for Halloween, Packaged Facts is offering a sweet discount on Chocolate Candy in the U.S., 10th Edition. Purchase the report by Dec. 31 and receive 5% off with promo code PFHALCHOC. Americans love their chocolate. And while seasonal events such as a Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Halloween seemingly offer unabashed opportunity to gorge on these sweet treats in all their various incarnations, truth is the majority of consumers find reasons to indulge their chocolate cravings year-round...
October 26, 2015In the chocolate market, as in life, you never know what you are going to get-as evidenced by the announcement of Zurich-based Lindt & Sprűngli that it will acquire Russell Stover. The acquisition will firmly establish Lindt as the number # 3 chocolate candy manufacturer in the U.S. market-still well behind Hershey and Mars, but now firmly ahead of Swiss rival and global food leader Nestlé. This development has far-reaching implications for premium chocolate in the U.S. market, particularly in...
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