Empire Bespoke Foods launches Mike and Ike candy into wholesalers

Family-owned Empire Bespoke Foods, a speciality food importer, distributor, and food brand owner, has gained listings for Mike and Ike theatre box candy into Hancock wholesalers and Costco.

Hancocks Wholesalers are making Mike and Ike, the No.1 theatre box candy in the USA available to convenience stores with a range of flavour combinations:

Mega Mix Theatre Box (141g) – Oblong fruit-flavoured chewy candies loaded with 10 delicious fruity, chewy flavours including Caribbean punch, grape soda, and mango delight. (RRP: £2.75).

Original Fruits Theatre Box (141g) – A favourite for over 80 years. Original fruits are bursting with cherry, lemon, lime, orange & strawberry. (RRP: £2.75)

Mega Mix Berry Blast Small box (22g)/ theatre box (120g) – A combination of five mouth-watering flavours including wild berry, blue raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, and peach berry. (RRP: )

Mega Mix Tropical Typhoon Small box (22g)/ theatre box (120g) – jam-packed with five tropical candies including paradise punch, kiwi-banana, Caribbean punch, strawberry-banana, and mango.

Mike and Ike Mega Mix 816g bags will also be available in Costco – an explosive combination of 10 delicious fruity, chewy flavours – Caribbean punch, strawberry-banana, paradise punch, grape soda, kiwi banana, mango delight, watermelon, pineapple banana, peach berry, and blue raspberry. (RRP: £8.59)

Mike and Ike were first launched in the 1940s by third-generation family-owned candy manufacturer Just Born, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

It is consistently in the Top 5 most purchased sweets in the USA.

“Empire Bespoke Foods delivers genuine USA candy to the UK retail market via Mike and Ike,” said Benjamin Moody, junior brand manager, USA & Cupboard.

“Unfortunately, the UK market is plagued with American candy imports from businesses that may be bypassing food hygiene, labelling and traceability laws that can leave a sour taste in consumers mouths.”