Hancocks unveils Mother’s Day gifting range

Leading confectionery wholesaler Hancocks has revealed an exciting range of Mother’s Day treats for 2024.

The range from Hancocks includes a wide selection of gifting options, from beautifully packaged chocolate boxes to delicious pick n mix cups.

The Bonds Pun Boxes are great for gifting, each packaged in fun eye-catching boxes and filled to the brim with tasty treats.

The Pun Boxes come in a variety of delicious flavours and fun designs and are retailed for just £2.00.

Some of the best-selling products from the range are the Hearts & Kisses/Love You More Than Pizza, One In A Melon/Eggstra Special and Shrimply The Best/Turtley Love You Pun Boxes.

Another popular gifting option is the Bonds Pick n Mix Set RRP £3.50, filled with customer favourites including Teeth & Lips, Mini Jelly Babies, Watermelon Slices and Pink and Blue Bottles.

Bonds Candy Cups which come perfectly pre-packaged in resealable cups also make great gifting options. They’re eye-catching, easy to merchandise and are retailed from £2.50.

There’s a wide variety of flavours to choose from, including Fizzy Cherries, Watermelon Slices and Giant Strawbs.

Perfect for Mother’s Day are the Vegan Mix Candy Cups, an assortment of fruit flavour gummies, fruit and cola flavour sour gummies and sherbert filled discs, perfect for vegan or vegetarian mums.

The Chocky Road Mix includes milk chocolate cookie and fudge clusters, chocolate flavour disks with candy topping & vanilla flavour mallows and the Berry Mess Mix.

The Berry Mess Mix is packed with a mix of fruit flavour jelly sweets, white chocolate flavour candies with candy toppings and soft marshmallows.

Bonds also stocks pick-n-mix filled Vegan Jars 175g £3.50 which look great on shop shelves and work great as gifting options. The nostalgic and charming jars come in two different options – Giant Strawberries or Fizzy Dummies.

Anthon Berg has great gifting options with innovative and unique products. Their chocolate cocktail liqueurs make a luxurious gift of liqueur-filled dark chocolate bottles inspired by famous cocktails.

Milk Chocolate Roses RRP £1.49 are a popular gifting option. These novelty roses provide a real wow effect and are perfect for surprising loved ones with.

Anthon Berg chocolates are available in four, eight, 12, 14, 16, 21 and 24-piece formats giving retailers and their customers increased choice.

The RRP for the Chocolate Liqueurs and Chocolate Cocktails start from £3.79 for the four piece option, £6.49 for eight pieces, £8.99 for 12 and £10.99 for 16 pieces.

The Chocolate Liqueurs also come in 21 and 24 piece gifts priced at £13.49 and £19.99 respectively.

Hancocks also stock a wide selection of chocolate gifting boxes from customers’ favourite brands like Maltesers, Lindt, Cadbury and Nestle.

“We have a huge range of gifting items for retailers looking to stock up ahead of Mother’s Day,” Kathryn Hague, head of marketing at Hancocks, said.

“This occasion is a great opportunity for retailers to maximise their sales by catering to the increased demand of shoppers looking to treat their mums with delicious sweets and chocolate.

“In light of the cost-of-living crisis, many consumers will be looking for more affordable gifting options and this is why we’re expecting confectionery sales to see a huge increase in the weeks leading up to Mother’s Day.

“The best way retailers can prepare to drive sales is to stock up on plenty of gifting options so their customers have a wide selection to choose from.

“To maximise sales, it’s also important to think about merchandising and we’re advising retailers to create eye-catching Mother’s Day displays and place them at the end of the aisles for optimal visibility.”