Archives for July 29, 2021

Financial results

Hershey sees ‘robust recovery’ in sales and earnings outlook

Hershey has announced it has raised its full-year sales outlook after a ‘robust recovery’ from the easing of COVID-19 restrictions that saw consumers buying more of its confectionery.

Packaging

Mars Wrigley UK uses spent cocoa shells for new supermarket display boards

Mars Wrigley UK has a launched an eco-friendly promotional display board made partly from cocoa bean shells.

‘80% of sales come from just 5% of products’: pladis wants to shake up UK biscuit category with advice for retailers

pladis has updated its Better Biscuits category management online platform to help independent retailers shake up the biscuit category with an additional £21m in annual sales.

Financial results

Emerging markets sweetens Mondelēz’s sales outlook

Mondelēz International raised its full-year organic revenue forecast this week, as demand grew across emerging markets, including India, Brazil and China, for its Oreo and Cadbury brands.