Cadbury is marking the 50th birthday of its Creme Egg with the launch of a new Golden Goobilee campaign. To mark five decades, Cadbury is celebrating all the ways people like to enjoy their Creme Egg with a celebration befitting of this milestone anniversary.
Cadbury Creme Egg’s campaigns have been entertaining the nation for the last 50 years. Last year, Cadbury launched "EATertainment" to put the eating experience back at the heart of its core campaign. This year, EATertainment is back in an all-season-long birthday celebration.
The campaign centres around a 60” hero film celebrating the different ways Cadbury Creme Egg shoppers have enjoyed their favourite Easter treat for the past 50 years - whether they are a licker, dipper, baker, eggspert, discrEATer or sharer. This will be supported by social and digital activity including Mondelēz UK’s debut on social platform Tik Tok, encouraging as many people as possible to get involved in the Golden Goobilee birthday celebrations.
To mark the Goobilee, Cadbury is also releasing new golden versions of the Cadbury Creme Egg for consumers to find in store, giving them the chance to win up to £5,000 throughout the Easter season. Two hundred Golden Cadbury Creme Eggs will be hidden, masquerading as a classic Creme Egg in stores across the country.
And when a shopper wins, so too does the store: independent retailers will have the chance to win a variety of cash-prizes or Amazon vouchers, up to £1000, with 30 golden eggs hidden within the convenience channel. To participate, retailers must use Cadbury promotional display material. Retailers can find out more by visiting www.deliciousdisplay.co.uk.
The Golden Goobilee forms part of an integrated marketing campaign supported across media channels including OOH, digital, social, in-store, PR and media partnerships.
Luxury gin brand Renais, created by Harry Potter actress Emma Watson and Alex Watson, "inspired by terroir and tradition", and launched in May 2023, has announced a fundraise of £4.95 million as it closes out a successful 2024.
The raise will support further international expansion and marketing campaigns designed to bring its unique offerings to a broader audience. Upcoming international launches in 2025 include France, Spain, Dubai and Canada.
“It’s been an exciting year for Renais and this new raise is a key milestone in the brand’s growth. As consumers preference for premiumisation and a desire to drink less, but better, continues to grow, we are in a unique position in the gin category to capture their attention and tell our story of heritage, craftsmanship and provenance. I am also excited to have some of the foremost drink’s experts on board as investors, their experience will be invaluable to Renais to reach its full potential”, said Alex Watson, CEO & Co-founder of Renais Gin.
Investors include strategic drinks industry experts including US Based InvestBev and Jean-Sebastien Robicquet of Maison Villevert.
Brian Rosen General Partner InvestBev said: "We are thrilled to support Renais Gin in its journey to become a globally recognised brand. The premium gin category continues to demonstrate remarkable potential, and Renais Gin's quality and sustainability credentials align perfectly with our strategic investment focus. We believe our capital—coupled with our deep industry expertise and network—will amplify Renais Gin’s ability to reach new consumers and markets."
Renais has also bolstered its board with ex-Lathwaites Group CFO Jimmy Weir, who will join other drinks industry veterans including Andrew Morgan ex-Diageo European Chief and Alex Staartjes, previously Global Marketing Director at Pernod Ricard.
Following the successful launch of PepsiCo’s Extra Flamin’ Hot range last year, the brand is set to build upon the momentum and bring the heat to Britain’s most loved crisps this January. A limited-edition variant, Walkers Extra Flamin’ Hot will join the existing Walkers MAX, Doritos and Wotsits Crunchy line-up, available for eight weeks only.
The move comes as spicy flavours grew faster than the savoury snacking category average last year. In fact, the hot and spicy flavour segment has grown +8.7 per cent YoY, presenting a significant trend for retailers to leverage through their Crisps, Snacks and Nuts offering. PepsiCo’s existing Extra Flamin’ Hot range is a key player in driving this growth, having generated £22.1m RSV since launch.
“The launch of our Extra Flamin’ Hot brand platform earlier this year brought some much-needed heat to crisp aisles across the UK, but we’re not done yet," said Rob Pothier, Senior Marketing Manager at PepsiCo. "We know that shoppers consistently seek bold, new innovations of their favourite snacks. So, there was no better time to pair Britain’s most loved crisps with our incredibly popular Extra Flamin’ Hot flavour portfolio, which has sold over 13.9m packs since launch.
“As the first spicy Walkers Core offering, expanding our Extra Flamin’ Hot range with a limited-edition Walkers SKU will generate excitement and drive trial of the range, helping retailers to boost their savoury snacking sales in-store. Additionally, the variant will roll out in sharing bags, price-marked packs and grab bags, ensuring the Extra Flamin’ Hot range can help retailers to appeal to all shopper snacking occasions.”
Walkers Extra Flamin’ Hot will begin hitting shelves across all channels from the first week of January in a 150g sharing pack (RRP £1.65), 70g PMP (RRP £1.25) and 45g grab bag (RRP £1.10). The launch will be supported by a multi-million ATL campaign, spanning TV, social media, digital, OOH and PR.
Despite a challenging year in 2024 for ice cream manufacturers, Mars has continued to outperform the overall market in value sales (+two per cent) and notably multipack unit (+five per cent) and value sales (+3 per cent) which was its best performing sector for 2024.
Kerry Cavanaugh, general manager at Mars Chocolate Drinks & Treats, says: “The real driver of our multipack performance was the roll out of our new four pack Bounty, Twix and Maltesers ice cream bars, suggesting consumers are increasingly buying ice cream for at home consumption as a dessert or treat, rather than on the go.
“Snickers has long been a hero product of our range in the UK, and the white flavour has proved to be extremely popular in other European countries. In Germany, the Snickers White Ice Cream bar runs at 70 per cent of the original Snickers ROS.
“In the UK, 13 per cent of all multipack ice cream sales are a white chocolate variant, and coupled with the popularity of the Snickers brand, we see a great opportunity to appeal to ice cream and white chocolate fans alike with the launch of Snickers White Ice Cream bar in 2025!”
Snickers White Ice Cream bar is packed with real roasted peanuts, nougat and caramel, covered in a white chocolate. Snickers White Ice Cream bar multipacks are available in convenience and wholesale channels. Multipack RSP £2.50.
Global snacks giant pladis has been granted a new Royal Warrant of Appointment to His Majesty the King, for use in connection with their McVitie’s and Jacob’s biscuits and snacks.
“We’re delighted, especially as our UK brands have a long history of being granted Royal Warrants, since as far back as 1841,” the company said.
“Our royal connections have been a great source of pride to our brands over the years, from the creation of a grand wedding cake for the Duke of York and Princess Mary, to a chocolate biscuit cake for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011 and the gift of a cake for the King’s Coronation.”
Sharwood’s, a leading brand in the Indian cooking sauces market, is expanding and modernising beyond traditional curry sauces with its latest launch: the Street Food Sizzler range.
Designed to bring the vibrant flavours of modern Indian street food to homes across the UK, the latest range includes meal kits, sizzle sauces, and roti wraps.
Indian food is one of the most popular cuisines in the UK, yet 22 per cent of consumers only opt for Indian meals during the weekend [Kantar, 52w/e 07.07.24]. The Street Food Sizzler range aims to shift consumer perceptions of Indian meals. Offering a fresh and versatile approach to Indian cuisine, the convenient, on-trend products can also be enjoyed at lunch or as snacks, broadening occasions throughout the week and time of day.
The new Street Food Sizzler range includes meals kits, sauces, and roti wraps, providing everything consumers need to easily create flavourful, modern Indian dishes. The meal kits are available in Masala Tikka Sizzler, Shashlik Tikka Sizzler, Spicy Tikka Sizzler, Tandoori Tikka Sizzler flavours and include a seasoning sachet, a sizzler sauce, and a mango chutney drizzle which can be added to vegetables or a protein of choice.
The range also includes Sizzler Sauce accompaniments and deliciously soft roti wraps which shoppers can buy alongside the meal kits to enjoy at home.
“We know consumers want to recreate the street food meals they’re eating when out and about, but currently there is little choice on shelf beyond more traditional options. Our new range offers consumers a modern and versatile way to enjoy Indian food – packed with punchy flavours and with a more concentrated finish than a traditional curry, shoppers can now enjoy light and vibrant meals inspired by Indian street food,” Andrey Sokirkin, global marketing director of cooking sauces at Premier Foods, commented.
“Our new Sharwood’s Street Food Sizzler range will help to unlock new occasions so that retailers can make the most of this untapped opportunity. From wraps to sandwiches or even as standalone snacks, this new range is set to help retailers offer consumers popular Indian flavours in a brand-new way.”