Hershey took the largest share of Amazon’s candy purchases in October this year compared to Mondelēz-owned Sour Patch Kids, Mars’ Skittles and Starburst, and Perfetti Van Melle’s Airheads, according to a new report from Edison Trends.
Mars’ combination of its chocolate and Wrigley businesses will help it simplify its supply chain to compete in a global confectionery market poised for modest growth, say analysts
Mars has announced plans to add production for Wrigley’s Orbit and Excel gum at its Flowery Branch site and says it will add production for snack square brand goodnessknows at its Albany factory.
Big Inter-chew: Gum giant talks strategy & innovation in 2015
Wrigley says marketing dollars and R&D efforts put into its Juicy Fruit brand last year helped win back young U.S. consumers who had moved away from the category and hopes innovations with sour flavors will pull in even more young people.
Wrigley UK has incorporated its Orbit brand into the Extra range to help drive sales and will also launch soft chew options to appeal to younger consumers.
Kraft’s global snacks spin-off Mondelez will face fierce competition from the likes of Mars and Nestlé in the emerging confectionery markets of China and Russia, according to an analyst from Euromonitor International.
Chewing gum giant Wrigley will target the premium category in the UK’s competitive gum market, rolling-out its “sense-stimulating, edgy” 5 gum for “stylish consumers”.
Confectionery behemoth Mars plunges into the world of online sharing, with the launch of an ad campaign for the Gummi Burst addition to its Starburst sweets line.
Confectioner Wrigley posted a 17 per cent sales rise throughout its
global operations during its first quarter 2007 to US$1.6bn
(€1.1bn), with demand from emerging markets propping up
sluggish growth in North America
Leading gum maker the Wm Wrigley Jr Company, has announced a
positive fourth quarter performance with recent moves to increase
its global footprint contributing to growing sales.
The world's largest chewing gum producer, the Wm Wrigley Jr
Company, has announced record sales in the first quarter, boosted
by new product launches and an increased worldwide presence.
Wrigley will be expanding its Chattanooga factory to accommodate
the production of Altoid mints, which will be transferred to the US
from Wales, the leading confectionery company announced on Monday.
Rumours that Kraft Foods was mulling the sale of its sugar
confectionery business have been circulating for a month or so, and
were this week proved to be correct when gum maker Wrigley
confirmed that it would be buying the Altoids,...
Wrigley has announced third quarter earnings up 15 per cent,
following an impressive 12 per cent growth in its global sales,
which were further strengthened by the weakness of the US dollar.
Wrigley, the US-based chewing gum manufacturer, has announced that
it is to stop shipping its Surpass Antacid chewing gum with effect
from 28 March 2003.
