Confectionery distributor World of Sweets is welcoming new Bluey Ice Pops to its wide range of freezable lines and encouraging retailers to stock up on the new Ice Pops, as well as other best-selling freezables from Warheads, Jolly Rancher and Barratts to drive sales in spring and summer.
The delicious Bluey-branded 12-packs of natural fruit-flavoured freeze-at-home ice pops treats are perfect for kids who love the popular animated TV show, which is one of the most watched in the UK. The ice pops come in four flavours: pineapple, strawberry, apple, and blackcurrant.
What sets these ice pops apart is their healthier profile. Made with 25 per cent real fruit juice and no added sugar, they are HFSS-compliant, making them an attractive option for parents seeking nutritious treats for their children.
The Bluey character on the packaging will undoubtedly capture kids' attention, ensuring these ice pops fly off the shelves.
The Bluey Ice Pops will hit stores on April 25, just in time for the peak summer sales period. Retailers are advised to stock up early to meet the anticipated high demand.
This launch follows the success of other popular licensed products like PAW Patrol Freeze Pops, which also offer a healthier alternative with no artificial flavours or colours.
The Bluey Ice Pops join a line-up of top-selling freezable treats from World of Sweets, including Barratt Ice Duo multipacks, Jolly Rancher Multipacks and Warheads Sour 2-in-1 Snap Ice. These products have proven to be customer favourites, with their vibrant packaging and unique flavours drawing in customers.
"We're thrilled to introduce Bluey Ice Pops to our freezables range," said Kathryn Hague, the Head of Marketing. "Licensed products consistently perform well, as kids love treats featuring their favourite characters.
“These ice pops not only taste great but are healthier than many alternatives, making them perfect for impulse purchases at checkout points. We encourage retailers to stock up on these and our other best-selling ice poles to maximise sales this summer."
Ice cream brand Magnum has introduced a brand-new vegan ice cream recipe for its vegan range including Magnum Vegan Almond, setting the benchmark for plant-based indulgence with its most velvety vegan ice cream yet. The new velvety soy protein-based ice cream, paired with Magnum’s signature cracking vegan chocolate, delivers the luxurious ice cream experience Magnum is known for.
Magnum Vegan Almond has the smooth vegan vanilla ice cream coated in the brand’s signature vegan cracking chocolate and studded with almond pieces to give a crunchy twist on the classic format.
The soy recipe replaces Magnum’s former pea protein recipe to offer consumers a more velvety taste and texture. In addition to the new recipe, the single stick will be available in a new eye-catching premium pack design to elevate its visibility in freezers and to help convenience retailers boost impulse sales.
Magnum’s vegan ice cream portfolio has seen incredible growth of over 75 per cent in the last year, largely attributed to the successful launch of the 2024 Magnum Blueberry Cookie innovation. With the number of consumers seeking plant-based alternatives continuing to grow – with 10 per cent of households containing a member following a vegan or vegetarian diet and five per cent containing a flexitarian member – the plant-based segment continues to drive incrementality in the ice cream category.
Magnum Vegan’s new velvety vegan ice cream recipe, made with soy, is well positioned to cater to these evolving consumer trends, offering retailers a significant opportunity to drive sales beyond the typical “Veganuary” spike. This is substantiated by 70 per cent of Veganuary participants stating that they would continue with substitutions following Veganuary.
“Magnum is committed to providing delicious products that support consumers’ vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian lifestyles all year-round,” said Daniel Lythgo, Brand Manager Magnum UK at Unilever. “This new soy-based recipe not only delivers an exceptional taste experience but also presents a significant opportunity for retailers to help drive incremental ice cream sales.
“We constantly test and evolve our products to bring shoppers the most indulgent ice cream experiences. This is no different for our Vegan Almond stick, and testing with consumers found that they really enjoyed our new velvety vegan ice cream recipe.”
Unilever is the number one manufacturer of free-from ice cream, and so this new launch from Magnum is key to growing the segment, helping retailers cater to consumer demands to maximise ice cream sales.
Magnum ice cream has launched its new Utopia range, featuring two of its most indulgent and premium flavours yet: Magnum Double Cherry and Double Hazelnut. The launch will be supported by an unmissable ATL campaign to amplify the launch from June.
As the market leader for ice cream innovation, the Magnum Utopia range introduces ground-breaking ingredient marbling technology for a truly multisensorial experience, featuring indulgent flavours swirled with multi-layer architecture and sauce. The leading reason for consumers buying ice cream is for an indulgent treat, and this new range delivers a uniquely satisfying and flavourful experience with every bite.
Magnum Double Cherry offers a tantalising combination of marbled berry-flavoured and velvety panna ice cream, drizzled in sour cherry coulis sauce. This ice cream is covered in signature cracking Magnum milk chocolate and crunchy berry-flavour sugar pieces.
Magnum Double Hazelnut swirls hazelnut and caramel almond ice creams within a rich salted hazelnut sauce. The ice cream is coated in thick white chocolate studded with salted caramelised hazelnut, almond and pistachio pieces elevating the sensory experience.
“We know that successful innovation is key to excite shoppers and deliver category growth," said Daniel Lythgo, Brand Manager Magnum UK, Unilever. "With every launch we continue to push the boundaries of indulgence, and our new marbled ice cream paired with rich sauces and inclusions delivers just that. Magnum Utopia Double Cherry and Hazelnut offers consumers a unique bite and flavour experience each time. We’re excited for both current and new shoppers to the category to try our new Magnum Utopia range and let us know their favourite!”
Magnum continues to invest in innovation and marketing, and these new products are no exception. The launch of Magnum Utopia is being supported by an unmissable, market-leading ATL campaign, leveraging TV, OOH, social media, experiential, audio and more.
The launch follows last year’s mood-inspired duo, Euphoria Pink Lemonade and Chill Blueberry Cookie, with the former being the top new product launch within the ice cream category in 2024. With Magnum’s ongoing growth, there is a clear opportunity for the brand to continue innovating and leading new product launches within the category, bringing consumers a wide range of exciting flavours and experiences. The new Magnum Utopia range is an exciting and promising addition to the brand’s existing range and to the ice cream category.
Häagen-Dazs is redefining indulgence for 2025 with the launch of its new Stickbars.
Featuring fan-favourite flavours of the luxury ice cream, now wrapped in an extra thick Belgian chocolate-coating shell that cracks to reveal the sweet treat, the range hits freezers nationwide from January.
The launch sees Häagen-Dazs’ signature flavours transformed into a convenient yet sophisticated stick form, uniquely shaped as the brand’s iconic cartouche. Going the extra mile, the brand collaborated with its customers to perfect the Stickbars and craft a new crowd-pleasing recipe, delivering a premium taste experience that elevates every moment.
For those craving indulgence, Salted Caramel, Cookies & Cream, and exclusive to Co-op, Macadamia Nut Brittle, will be the new go-tos, while Mango & Passionfruit is ideal for those looking for something fresh and fruity, using a luscious combination of ice-cream and sorbet.
"We want to put consumers first. After lots of hard work behind the scenes – from extensive consumer testing, to working hand in hand with them to perfect our recipe – we’re over the moon to kick off 2025 with one of our biggest launches to date; new Häagen-Dazs Stickbars,” said Nicole Whelan, Head of Brand.
“Combining the premium quality of our iconic ice cream with thick, cracking Belgian chocolate to create an irresistible and convenient way to indulge, our Stickbars are a delicious way to elevate your ice cream offering.
“Backed by a significant, six figure campaign investment, and plenty in the pipeline designed to reach ice cream lovers nationally, it’s set to be the summer of Häagen-Dazs – so watch this space!’”
Häagen-Dazs Stickbars three-packs are available at Co-op and other stores now, RRP from £4.25
Häagen-Dazs Stickbars singles will be available to order from April, RRP £2.65
Salted Caramel
Häagen-Dazs’ best-selling flavour, Salted Caramel has been reimagined into the ultimate stick experience. The ice cream is laced with luscious rivers of salted caramel sauce and studded with pieces of golden caramel for an extra satisfying crunch. Encased in a thick layer of silky Belgian milk chocolate, it’s the ideal balance of smooth, salty, and sweet.
Cookies & Cream
For fans of the classic, Cookies & Cream has been transformed and elevated, proving that true iconic flavours never go out of style. Generous chunks of crunchy cookie pieces are blended with rich vanilla ice cream and enrobed in a thick coating of Belgian milk chocolate. The goldmine of crumbled cookies buried throughout gives each bite a crunch that makes the timeless flavour even more irresistible.
Mango & Passionfruit
For consumers craving something fresh and fruity, exclusive flavours, Mango & Passionfruit offers the best of both worlds, combining vibrant fruit sorbet and smooth ice cream, uniquely wrapped in a crunchy chocolate coating embedded with real fruit pieces.
Haagen-Dazs Launches Innovative Stick bars: Premium Ice Cream Meets Crackable Chocolate in Convenient New Format
Today, Goodfella’s unveiled its new marketing campaign, which forms part of a wider brand refresh.
The campaign marks a complete brand reset for Goodfella’s, with a focus on togetherness, family, and the joy of midweek meals – replacing the "Made with Respect" platform introduced in 2019 – and establishes a modern reincarnation of the Italian-American family ethos at the heart of the brand.
The campaign creative, whose sentiment is replicated across all comms channels, reveals what happens when a single bite of a Goodfella’s pizza is so delicious that you instinctively shout “Goooood!” This sets off a chain reaction, rippling across the country and igniting an interplanetary, multidimensional celebration of Goodfella’s pizza. After all, there’s good, then there’s Goodfella’s goooood.
The campaign is Goodfella’s’ most ambitious yet, led by a dynamic 30” and 20” TV commercial supported across BVOD, PVOD, OOH, Twitch, radio, PR, social media, in-game advertising as well as a gaming partnership with e-sports team GIANTX.
The new brand identity and eye-catching campaign, which follows the rollout of a new logo and new packaging in October 2024, was created by TBWA\MCR and comes as the popularity of great quality shop-bought pizza continues to grow, with the number of frozen pizza occasions enjoyed at home up by seven per cent and volume sales of frozen pizzas up by two per cent year-on-year in 2024.
Goodfella’s recognises the growing opportunity to celebrate pizzas as a midweek meal and believes its commitment to quality – such as using freshly-made individual dough balls, baking their pizzas on authentic Italian stone, and daily-made signature sauce to create specific ranges – make it a perfect choice for all pizza lovers, with sales up in volume by 10.8 per cent.
It is the latest step to drive momentum behind the brand, following the introduction of an improved recipe across its best-selling Stonebaked Thin Margherita and Pepperoni pizzas in October 2024, tapping into a growing demand for more authentic flavours and lighter, crispier bases.
“The frozen pizza category is growing in popularity, particularly as a midweek meal," said Mike Sowerby, Marketing Director at Birds Eye, which owns Goodfella's. "As consumers look for pizzeria quality options, we want to remind them of the consistently great taste of Goodfella’s, which delivers good, honest, tasty food to satisfy the whole family. Whether you’re a meat-lover, vegetarian, or gluten-free, there’s something for everyone in our non-HFSS compliant frozen pizza range. With our new brand identity, fantastic campaign and enhanced recipes across our Stonebaked Thin range, it’s an exciting time for the brand that we’re confident will firmly establish Goodfella’s as a leader in the category.”
Leading frozen pizza brand Goodfella’s has announced its new partnership with the Irish Rugby Football Union as an Official Sponsor of the Irish Women’s Rugby Team.
This alliance marks Goodfella’s first major sporting partnership, and comes at an exciting time for Irish Rugby as they celebrate the 150th anniversary and gear up for a high profile tournament agenda in 2025.
Starting January 2025, the Goodfella’s sponsorship will focus on promoting values of unity, camaraderie, and the joy of sharing great moments with friends and family. The brand aims to highlight its commitment to supporting Irish culture; helping raise the profile of women’s sport and celebrating the success and potential of the Irish women’s rugby programme.
“Women’s rugby in Ireland has been growing at an incredible pace, and there’s never been a more exciting time to be involved,” John McCarthy, country manager of Birds Eye Ireland – of which Goodfella’s is a part of – commented.
“Goodfella’s believes that rugby, like pizza, is all about sharing, enjoyment, and celebrating moments with others, bringing people together over great food and good times. The Irish Women’s Rugby team embodies dedication, teamwork and resilience and we're incredibly excited to support them on their journey and to be part of their story.”
The announcement comes at a time of significant transformation for Goodfella’s, which has recently undergone a major brand redesign, with fresh new packaging, a renewed commitment to quality and nutrition, and bold plans for 2025.
As part of the new partnership, Goodfellas will provide supporters and fans with exciting opportunities to engage with the Irish Women’s Rugby team in the lead-up and during the Guinness Women’s Six Nations and tournaments throughout 2025.