Foodies will be pleased to here that the boutique chocolate retailer Cacao Sampaka, is planning to open its first UK outlets later this year.   The brand is part-owned by Ferran Adrià, the head chef of El Bulli, one of the world’s most celebrated Michelin 3-star restaurants which can be found near the town of Roses, Catalonia. As well as having equity in Cacao Sampaka, Adrià is also head of development for the brand. It already has a retail presence in Spain, Dubai and Tokyo.   Cacao Sampaka aims to open at least two combined café and retail outlets in Covent Garden and Canary Wharf by...

We love promotional confectionery here, while one leading supplier is Gift Selection, who only supply quality branded confectionery items from the Continent or the UK.  The down side of ordering branded sweets from Europe however is the relatively high long lead times involved.   However Gift Selection in conjunction with Sweets2order have recently brought out a line of branded sweets, that our available with super quick lead times. The popular ‘Creative Sweet’ or wrapped boiled sweet, is now available on an express service, which means your order will be made in just three working days.   The...

Controversial confectionery supplier Nestle has announced that Kit Kat bars will be Fairtrade certified from 2010. They have launched a print ad campaign to coincide with the certification, carrying the line ‘Have a break, have a Fairtrade Kit Kat’.   The ad explains Nestle’s on-going sustainability drive, ‘The Cocoa Plan’, through which it promises to invest £65m over the next 10 years to increase agricultural assistance, promote sustainable farming methods and improve social conditions for farmers working in the Ivory Coast.   Funnily enough it doesn’t mention their;...

I’m sure you’ve all seen branded mints before, such as branded mint cards or printed clic clacks. However if you’re looking for some branded mints that are more recognisable, then we can now offer Tic Tacs with bespoke packaging! They were first produced in 1969 and have been a popular product throughout their history. They are usually sold in small transparent plastic boxes with a flip-action living hinge lid. Originally, Tic Tacs were dyed the specific colours, such as green, red or orange. Now, in many countries, the transparent plastic boxes are coloured for the specific flavours...

We get lots of enquiries from loved up couples wanting personalised sweets for there upcoming wedding. However as I’m bitter and single I refuse out of spite. On a serious note we can very rarely progress, because of the general high minimum quantities required for promotional confectionery.   Very often we can get asked for promotional rock sweets for example, the problem being that people generally want a couple of hundred and the minimum order being a couple of thousand.   However we are now able to supply promotional sweet jars from low minimum quantities, which would make an ideal finishing...

It’s nearly that time of year again, when youths will be huddling around your doorstep, threatening you with the demand of either a trick or a treat. Halloween promotional confectionery is available in all shapes and sizes, but my favourite Halloween promotion are the personalised chocolate lollies from sweets2order.   You can have a completely bespoke chocolate lolly from sweets2order for less then you think, however there is an extraordinary choice of Halloween themed moulds to choose from anyway. On their site are all the traditional favourite Halloween shapes, such as chocolate Frankensteins...

Now here’s some promotional products that really take the biscuit (sorry). United Biscuits UK is set to launch a £2m marketing campaign across; McVitie’s Digestives, Jaffa Cakes, HobNobs and Penguin themed around the search for the UK’s favourite biscuit.   Their new marketing campaign kicks off in August, and is inspired by the good old British public’s love of biscuits. Their novel plan is entitled ‘Bonkers about Biscuits’, it comprises an eight-week daily giveaway of £5,000 backed by a TV ad campaign and targeted radio.   The promotional packs will be available from 16...

I love these little branded tins of sweets, as there both an effective and a delicious marketing tool. The aptly named Best Value Box from sweets2order, is one of their most popular promotional confectionery items.   These branded best value boxes are professional looking pieces of promotional confectionery, that are fun for all kinds of organisations. A branded best value box from, has approximately 65g of sweets inside, and is available from as little as 200 pieces. When ordering these branded boxes of confectionery, your price will be determined by your choice of personalisation method. If you...

What could be more innocent then a promotional lolly pop – a fun piece of corporate confectionery, that you would have to have a heart of stone not too enjoy. What sweetso2rder doesn’t know about corporate lollypops isn’t worth knowing. They can supply practically any kind of promotional lolly you could think off. If you know exactly what you require, then ring the friendly team up at sweets2order and bark your order down the phone, and they will quickly prepare it, faster then you can click your fingers. On the other hand, maybe you’re a new comer to the exciting world of...

If somebody gave me some branded ballotin chocolates, I personally would be a happy chap. The problem with branded ballotin boxes is that they can often be too expensive, for many organisations.   However help is at hand from www.sweets2order.com, who have recently launched some more affordable branded ballotin chocolate boxes. They have a two chocolate and four chocolate version (obviously I think the four chocolate version is the way forward). Some more upmarket bars and hotels make use of branded ballotin chocolates as a neat little marketing tool, that should give off the right kind of impression...