One of our newest franchisees, Scott Gleeson, joined us at Snack In The Box in April of this year. He has responsibility for the area east of Birmingham from the city centre out to Solihull and including the area around Birmingham Airport.
Some of the UK’s biggest confectionery and drinks brands including Coca Cola, Mars, Mondelez, Nestle, Pepsi and Unilever will be taking their traffic light labelling system to Europe.
Mars, Nestle, Ferrero and Lindt are just a few of the companies that have set new calorie reduction goals, explaining that 50% of their individual bars and wrapped goods will be under 200 calories by 2022.
Back in March 2017, Mars met with 12 of the biggest chocolate companies in order to launch their statement regarding their intent to end deforestation and forest degradation in their cocoa supply chains.
Between 28th March and 15th October 2017 there will be a period of co-circulation where both old and new coins will be universally accepted. From 16th October it is anticipated all round £1 coins will be removed from circulation and will no longer be regarded as legal tender.
Snack in the Box Top Snacks 2017
Our Manchester Franchisee, Azib Ahmed, has expanded his business as a result of Dunelm Mill opening a new store in Altringham.
Adrian joined SITB as a Franchisee in February 2017 and we have started the ‘launch’ a new business for him in the Herefordshire area – with over 180 new customers being found.
According to Technavio, global dark chocolate sales are expected to rise 9% each year up to 2019.
A new program has been created because of the climate change to help cocoa farmers.