Matthew Stephenson

Sweetdreams gains key regional funding boosting UK chocolate manufacturing

UK confectionery business Sweetdreams Ltd has expanded its ranks and enhanced its operations with a funding grant of £92,000 from the North of Tyne Combined Authority, reports Neill Barston.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability

ISM 2022 event review

Confectionery Production magazine editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to some of this year’s ISM exhibitors, including PS8 (UK pavilion, Sandra Sullivan OBE, Elvin Willgrass, sales director, Freedom Mallows, Paul Morris, European sales director, Luker Chocolate, Matthew Stephenson, director, Sweetdreams, Neil Kelsall, founder, Chocolat Madagascar and Andrea Ferrari, manager, Abicab Brazilian trade export organisation.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability

Colombia’s Luker Chocolate discusses Sweetdreams new line at ISM

British-based confectionery business Sweetdreams is working with Colombian-founded Luker Chocolate to make its latest chocolate bar line, which gained a sneak preview at this year’s ISM, reports Neill Barston.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products

Sweetdreams Limited teams up with Luker Chocolate for Choc Nibbles bar launch

Fresh from claiming a north east regional business award, Sweetdreams Limited is on something of a roll, despite the ongoing challenges of operating amid pandemic times.
Neill Barston meets its MD, as it prepares for ISM 2022 with a very special launch.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging

Spotlight: Sweetdreams Limited ISM preview

Confectionery Production editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to Matthew Stephenson, MD of Sweetdreams Limited, as it prepares for ISM and delivers a new Choc Nibbles bar line in a venture with Luker Chocolate

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Sustainability

Living the confectionery dream

As the owners of the cherished British Choc Nibbles brand, Sweetdreams has been busy expanding into more premium markets, as Neill Barston discovered visiting its UK facilities

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Processing

Sweetdreams awarded Grade A BRC accreditation

British confectioner, Sweetdreams Ltd, has been certified a high grade A accredition by BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Food Safety Standards.

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