However, the sun shining in the UK still might not make 2022 a bumper sales year if shoppers are escaping abroad. Plus, future price rises could potentially dull appetites.

As one of the nation’s favourite treats, ice cream is a category that continues to grow, with consumers enjoying new and interesting formats and more choice than ever before. Take home ice cream has 92% household penetration, underlining the enormous popularity the category enjoys [Nielsen & Kantar 52wk data to 25.12.2].” These tasted nothing like ice cream but they were still so good! Kind of creamy and super sweet. Deelish. At the beginning of last year, Japanese-inspired ice cream creations Little Moons caught the public’s eye on social media platform TikTok, resulting in unprecedented demand for the bite-sized freezer pleasers. Independent retailers who managed to source them regularly sold out of the bite sized treats and it seems they aren’t the only frozen treat to whip up excitement. Unilever’s Partners for Growth observes that healthier options are driving ice cream sales. “This performance can be attributed to the growing options available on the market, including low calorie, dairy free, and vegan options, catering to a wider audience,” says the group.

With a majority of convenience stores being exempt from HFSS regulations, we do not envision the upcoming changes to have too much of an impact on the category,” says Burchell. “If anything, the channel has a fantastic opportunity to ramp up promotional activity and take on larger stores or the multiples who will have to adhere to HFSS regulations.”

Fruit Salad sweets can still be bought today, but in a squishy form. We can count them as one of our five a day, right? We just won't tell our kids ... Häagen-Dazs on-the-go Chocolate Handhelds have seen a dramatic +91% growth in convenience vs. two YA and we expect to build on this in 2022.” Top 10 Chocolates Top 15 Chewing Gums Kinder’s Product Range Nutella’s Product Range Ferrero’s Product Range Kit Kat Range Cadbury Range Before Freddo came along, these were the cheap and cheerful chocolate bars with a caramel centre and Looney Tunes' Tazmanian Devil (Taz) engraved on them. I was wondering what is your biggest struggle right now with finding fun things to do with your kids?When Cadbury decided to marry their white 'Dream' chocolate and standard Flake bar, they blew every other chocolate bar out of the water. Häagen-Daz Gelato ice creams contain lower air content, resulting in a richer, creamier, and more velvety experience for consumers and empowers shoppers with healthier choices. These sweets were dairy free and vegan, long before these became a thing. But, they were sadly discontinued in 1992. Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Acidifiers: Citric Acid Lactic Acid, Malic Acid, Artificial Flavourings, Artificial & Natural Colors: E133, E150d, E163, Preservatives: E202, E211 Nutritional Information Trying to choose between the coconut flavour in the red wrapper or the peanut bars was one of the biggest decisions we made as a kid.

We wanted to give you the option to choose a healthy natural iced treat for the whole family to enjoy. We make all of our lollies in the UK with real whole organic fruit so you can get all the nutritional goodness out of the fruits. Because a fruit lolly should have real fruit in it! A man's gotta chew what a man's gotta chew'. Move over Yorkie, this was the original chocolate bar targeted at men. These were the original minty chocolates that took the UK by storm when they dropped on our supermarket shelves in 2002. We see lots of young people coming in for lollies and ice creams in the summer,” confirms Ajay Singh of Premier Morley in Leeds. The tiny chewy balls were such a big explosion of flavour in our mouths that they even turned our tongues a different colour.At a total level, Take Home Ice Cream commands the largest share of the market, adds Craven. “However in the convenience channel, impulse ice cream has a much greater share, accounting for almost 50% of annual value sales, rising to 63% in the summer months [ibid],” he says. These strawberry and vanilla flavoured boiled sweets were what your nan would give you to keep you quiet while travelling on the bus. Stats show there’s still plenty of sales scope for dairy-free ice creams. According to Mintel, under-45s, the highest users of dairy-free ice cream, are more likely than older consumers to see dairy-free ice cream as healthier than standard (Mintel, Ice Cream UK April 2020). You used to see these everywhere and apparently can still buy them – you just have to keep an eye out in the small local corner shops that seem to have chocolate you've never even heard of before. It’s something that all ages go for. If people want a treat and it’s warm that’s what they’ll come in and choose.”