Hot sweetie news! Hershey is going to target the UK and Europe as part of a move to expand sales in the region. You can get some Hershey sweets in the UK already… we sell Reeses Cups and Nutrageous but it looks liek the range is going to expand a lot. The bad news is…
Oh yes… it’s a Christmas Frenzy at our place as you can probably imagine. Just imagine… a 15,000 square feet warehouse (that’s about 1/5 the size of the pitch at Wembley – I had to look that up, unsurprisingly!) rammed, floor to very high ceiling, with sweets! But it’s not chaos… oh no. Everyone knows…
Here’s my top 11 memories I have about cars and car journeys in the 1970s and 1980s: In the 1970s, half the cars on the road seemed to have tin foil plastered across their radiator grilles. Anyone know why that was? And if it worked? Again in the 1970′s, when driving anywhere on hot summer…
Our special launch offer for our fab ‘Best Rhubarb and Custard You Have Ever Tasted‘ ends this Friday. So if you want to get them at the super special price, you’d better get your skates on (ice skates woould be most suitable at the moment I think!)
Saving The Euro By Making Less Sticky Chewing Gum Whether you follow the financial news closely or not, you’ll probably be aware that Spain, along with a few other countries in Europe, have serious financial problems that need addressing fast. A sticky situation? Definitely. The Spanish Government has acted fast and decisively. A Cabinet Meeting…
Remember Buttoneer? If you are a child of the 70s like me, I’m sure you will. It ws going to revolutionise buttons… because, as the advert said, “the problem with buttons is that they always fall off”! Buttoneer was a product made (and fervently marketed) by Ronco – the company that made gadgets that you…
Cracking Christmas Pudding Boiled Sweets! Nope, it’s not April 1st. These are real! How brilliant is that? Somehow our master sweet maker (who also created our “Best Rhubarb and Custards You Have Ever Tasted“) has managed to cram all the delicious flavours that you associate with sumptuous, rich, gooey, sticky christmas puddings… into a boiled…
A slightly surreal way of ‘doing’ the Rubiks cube!
This little girl is only 3… And already she can complete the Rubik’s cube… And in under 2 minutes! Take a look for yourself… Can anyone beat that? Or is she the youngest person to finish the Rubiks cube?
When we are dreaming up new ideas for our online sweetshop, we always try to work out what makes an item really nostalgic. Hence the question… “What Makes A Great Old Fashioned Sweets Hamper?” We decided that there are a number of essential elements that differentiate between rubbish and good let alone between good and…