Seabrook Crisps has announced the launch of a limited edition Fish & Chips flavour to celebrate its 75th anniversary.
The flavour revisits the original fish and chip shop roots of the Bradford-based brand, when founder Charles Brook and his son Colin began giving customers at their Yorkshire fish and chip shop free, freshly fried and salted crisps to keep them happy whilst queueing for their evening supper.
As the crisps became more popular than the fish and chips themselves, Seabrook Crisps was born in 1945.
“It’s a testament to the brand and the quality of product that Seabrook Crisps is celebrating 75 years and is still continuing to excite the nation’s taste buds and grow in today’s fiercely competitive market,” said Jon Wood, commercial director at brand owner Calbee UK.
To mark the occasion, Seabrook Crisps has teamed up with the Yorkshire Evening Post to create an eye catching pack design using original newspaper print, with real stories from 1945.
The limited edition Fish & Chip packs will be available in a six pack multipack and a 150g sharing pack from major cash & carry and wholesale operators.
“We want retailers and consumers to share in the celebrations and will continue to invest in the brand with an ATL campaign that will drive awareness and sales,” Wood added.
The pioneering brand were the first to cook its crisps in sunflower oil, use sea salt, remove MSG and become gluten free. It is the only mainstream crisp brand to be Coeliac accredited.
Vapes Bars has announced the launch of Angel Salts, a premium nicotine salt range designed to set a new benchmark in flavour, quality, and regulatory compliance.
Tailored for today’s discerning vaper, Angel Salts showcase the brand's commitment to delivering pure quality and innovation. These salts are also at the heart of Angel’s exciting new product line-up, including the much-anticipated Angel 1200 and Angel 20000, which promise to redefine vaping convenience and performance.
“The Angel collection, including Angel Salts, is future-proof for 2025 and beyond, designed to meet tomorrow’s compliance standards while delivering superior quality and innovation,” said a spokesperson for Vapes Bars.
The Angel Salts range is available in flavours including Pink Lemonade, Fizzy Cherry Ice, Watermelon Ice, Snow Mint, Prime Lemon, Mango Magic, Berry Burst, Lemon Breeze, Banana Split, and Grape Ice.
The Angel 2400 4-in-1 device combines four 2ml tanks into one versatile, rechargeable device, offering the flexibility of four flavours, significant cost savings for consumers, and reduces waste, making it an eco-friendly alternative to traditional disposable vapes.
Leading confectionery wholesaler Hancocks has launched a new brand, showcasing the best of pick and mix.
Pick n Mix Station is a new range of bulk bags containing different mixes of customers' favourite pick and mix treats, offering great value for retailers and their customers.
The range is retailed at £9.99 for a 1 kg bulk bag filled with pick and mix based on different themes, including a selection of fizzy, gummy, jelly, chocolate and foam sweets.
The bags are perfect for parties and special occasions, creating sweetie jars at home and topping up pick and mix stands in stores.
The Pick n Mix Station Space Bag is a mix of white chocolate stars, peach rings, stars and space-shaped gummy sweets.
The Blue Mix Bag contains a variety of blue-coloured tongue painters, raspberry liquorice slices, blue raspberry slices and bubblegum mushrooms, whereas the Red Mix Bag contains fizzy watermelon slices, giant strawberries, gummy teeth and strawberry kisses.
Chocolate lovers will enjoy the Choco Mix Bag which includes a mix of milk, white and strawberry chocolate flavour candy with candy topping.
The Scary Mix is perfect for young sweet lovers and theme parties, packed full of spooktacular sour fruit flavour jelly sweets, including skulls, worms, teeth and fangs.
Other mixes include the Fizzy Mix filled with fruit and cola flavour sour sweets, the Bottle Mix including popular bottle-shaped sweets and the Jelly Mix packed with fruity jelly and foam sweets.
“We’re very excited to reveal our new Pick n Mix Station brand to our retail customers,” Kathryn Hague, head of Marketing at Hancocks, said.
“The brand was created to fulfil a value proposition that celebrates our vast range of bulk confectionery.
“The 1 kg value pick and mix bulk bags are perfect for topping up pick-and-mix stations, adding sweets to party snack tables, or filling jars and tins with irresistible treats.
“With bulk bags trending on Tiktok, retailers can also sell these treats by the bag.
“Stocking up on the Pick n Mix Station bags will give retailers an opportunity to offer customers their favourite pick and mix treats at a low price point.”
Confectionery distributor World of Sweets has revealed the latest novelty product from America’s leading sour candy brand Warheads.
The new offering is part of their plans to bring more of America’s much-loved sour flavours to UK customers.
New to the Warheads range are the Sour Popping Candy packs, available in Sour Watermelon, Sour Green Apple and Sour Raspberry.
Warheads Sour Popping Candy offers a crackling, popping sensation with a sour twist, aimed at younger customers seeking exciting new novelty products with tasty, trending flavours.
Each single flavour display contains 12 pouches, all packaged in an eye-catching design to pop out on shelves among other tasty treats.
Warheads have also launched a three pack - with all flavours included in each pouch.
Each three pack box available to retailers contains 20 pouches, and World of Sweets said the eye-catching display makes them perfect to be stacked on shelves among other tasty treats.
They can be merchandised alongside other Warheads branded lines, or as a part of a wider novelty collection.
The small pouches come at pocket-money friendly prices, making them a great impulse purchase.
“We are super excited to be bringing to market the brand new Warhead Sour Popping Candy pouches,” Louisa Jones, senior brand manager at World of Sweets said.
“Each pouch packs a serious punch, and sour candy lovers are sure to love the exciting, tasty flavours.
“Warheads have been a best-selling brand for us. Our customers have experienced a real boost in sales for both American confectionery and sour flavours, so this product is sure to be a hit with confectionery lovers.
“We’re always looking for ways to support our customers and fill those gaps in the market - and budget-friendly American confectionery lines are definitely needed.”
Warheads also offer a range of products in the top selling theatre box format.
Carlsberg have revealed their new, limited edition Christmas jumpers – in a Home knit and Away knit.
This social-first campaign puts a twist on the traditional football kit launch with a world-first ‘knit launch’ as the country gears up for Christmas. These special jumpers feature the iconic Carlsberg logo and hop leaf as the ‘club badge’ for a fabulous celebration of the brand’s strong links to football, as well as of all things festive.
Bringing the jumpers to life, a series of social videos sees models showcase the jumpers whilst sprinkling in a few recognisable footballer celebrations. Fans will have a chance to win one of these rare Christmas jumpers through an online competition on the brand’s social media channels.
The kit comes in two distinct variations: a green Carlsberg Danish Pilsner ‘Home’ kit, featuring the number 12 for the 12 days of Christmas, as well as a blue ‘Away’ kit for those who are celebrating Christmas away from home, with 00 on the back encouraging drivers to choose the alcohol-free Carlsberg 0.0.
“We had an amazing response from our followers to a mock-up Carlsberg Christmas jumper that we shared last year, and this year we wanted to give our fans an early Christmas gift by launching the real thing,” Sam Johnson, head of marketing, said.
“Carlsberg has such a strong association with football, and we wanted to celebrate this with these fantastic Christmas jumpers, whilst keeping the sense of humour the brand is renowned for. With a ‘knit launch’ in the colours of our classic Carlsberg Danish Pilsner and for our alcohol-free Carlsberg 0.0, we’re making sure everyone can be involved and enjoy the festive season responsibly.”
As part of the campaign, the brand is raising awareness of the Drinking Check from Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company’s responsible drinking charity partner, Drinkaware, with a social story encouraging fans to take the Check for a Christmas that is both ‘noughty’ and nice.
Boost Drinks has announced the exciting introduction of 500ml cans to its Energy range launching in Original, Sugar Free Original and Red Berry varieties at just £1.
Leveraging its standing as the third largest brand in Energy Stimulation, Boost expands on its hugely successful 250ml energy range with the new, larger 500ml cans. 500ml is the largest energy drinks size and is worth a huge £745m - enjoying 13 per cent YoY growth, offering even bigger profits for retailers.
The three varieties available in new 500ml cans have been carefully selected, with sales data places them as the best selling in Boost’s 250ml Energy range.
Boost Original Energy is rated first for taste among Original competitor products, and Original flavours remain strong in the category with a 28 per cent year on year growth. With flavours representing 32 per cent of Energy Stimulation sales, marking a substantial +28 per cent growth YoY, Red Berry is a guaranteed hit with consumers in the new larger can. Plus, the sugar-free energy drinks category has seen a remarkable +23 per cent YoY increase, and the new 500ml Sugar Free Original can caters for the growing trend in health-conscious consumers, with one in three now opting for more sugar-free beverages.
Adrian Hipkiss, Commercial Director at Boost Drinks says: “It is a very exciting moment for us to be expanding on our hugely successful 250ml energy range with a new 500ml offering. We’ve identified the trend in consumer demand for larger, on-the-go formats with 500ml showing huge growth in the sector, so to be able to launch our iconic Original flavour, also in Sugar Free, alongside the flavour-favourite Red Berry is not just huge for consumers looking for a bigger can on the go, but also for retailers who can now enjoy XL profits. We’re forever committed to innovation and excellence within the soft drinks category and are excited to see the new cans roll out across wholesale and convenience.”
These new products underscore Boost's continual dedication to offer retailers the opportunity to communicate great value on fixture vs. the major multiples, in line with its Honest Broker approach that underpins Boost’s commitment to being a transparent and collaborative partner to wholesalers and retailers.