Mainly sold in self merchandising cartons, Hancock’s range of fun lollies includes: 

Twist Lollies 55g, 80g and 125g (49p, 75p and 89p rrp)

Round “Rainbow” Lollies 50g, 80g and 125g (49p, 75p and 89p rrp)

Dummy on a Stick (49p rrp)

Garden Critter Pops (39p rrp)

Farm Mallow Pops 75g (£1 rrp)

Hard Candy Pirate Pops (79p rrp) 

The UK confectionery cash and carry also stocks a comprehensive range of Dobson’s lollies in jars – a very popular range at the moment, offering an interesting mix of retro and modern flavours. 

“Lollies continue to be a timeless format in confectionery. Classic flavours can mix with creative designs and novel tastes, providing yet another extremely profitable pocket of confectionery for independent retailers. Sales of lollies always peak over the warmer months, providing a popular treat for children and indeed adults” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director. 

Retail prices can start as low as 15p to 20p, whilst retailer margins can often be in excess of 40%. Lollies have proved themselves to be a strong selling, highly profitable impulse category of confectionery – the ideal combination for many retailers.

At the moment our sugar free sweets in jars are on special offer, giving you the chance to make a higher margin on this growing category of confectionery. The range includes:

Sugar Free Blackcurrant and Liquorice

Sugar Free Chocolate Eclairs

Sugar Free Fruit Chews

Sugar Free Mint Humbugs

Sugar Free Sherbet Lemons

Sugar Free Throat and Chest

Other popular bulk sweets that are currently on special offer in our online wholesale sweets shop include:

Candy Necklaces

Cola Bottles

Fizzy Cola Bottles

Fruity Caramels

Jelly Mix

Hopefully some of these wholesale sweets will be a popular choice with your customers, allowing you to give your profits a bit of a boost. We will bring you confectionery special offers on our website as we are able to do so, understanding the importance for UK retailers to buy their wholesale sweets and confectionery supplies at the best possible prices.

Tiny, chewy sweets, you get more millions for your money and they are most definitely a little bit “more-ish”. There are a number of popular flavours to choose from including: 

Lemon Millions

Orange Millions

Bubblegum Millions

Raspberry Millions

Strawberry Millions

Blackcurrant Millions 

The distinctive shaped jar that contains Millions sweets looks great on shelf and would certainly make a good choice for those retailers that sell wholesale sweets from a selection of jars. 

If you are looking for something different with proven sales potential to refresh your confectionery range, look no further than a selection of Millions sweets.

When the cash and carries are closed, no website orders will be packed and despatched so please do take account of this in your timescales and allow an extra couple of days over the Easter period.

Wishing you a very Happy Easter from everyone at Hancocks.

A great value token gift or a delicious contribution to a sociable night in, the four varieties of chocolate bags under the Lonka confectionery brand can be retailed at just £1 and return a decent retailer margin. 

The varieties include:

Nougat Chocolate

Peanut Caramel

Crispy Caramel

Toffee Chocolate

“Continually refreshing our range and its presentation proves to be extremely beneficial to our customers’ sales. These attractive bags can stand upright on their own and quite honestly sell themselves due to great presentation, a sharp price and on opening, a delicious chocolate product that is a little bit different. Hancocks has been exclusively stocking the Lonka brand for many years, such is its popularity and we can also offer our customers Lonka products for their pick and mix displays” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director. 

The revamped Lonka chocolate sharing bag range is available in all 18 Hancocks confectionery cash and carries now.

These are no ordinary lollies! One look at the packaging will tell you why. Themed around retro comics, taking many grown ups down memory lane whilst exciting the younger audience, two varieties are available: 

Old Skool

Four novel flavours of lolly can be found in Old Skool: Rhubarb and Custard, Sherbet Lemon, Rosey Apple and Peardrops. Who wouldn’t go weak at the knees for these? 

Space Bag

Once you’ve read the comic strip on the bag, dive in and find a delicious array of sour lollies including Sour Cherry, Sour Lemon, Sour Apple and Sour Orange flavours. 

“These brand new lolly bags are great fun for all ages, fantastic quality and incredible value for money at £1 a bag. Confectionery products such as these can offer independent retailers a strong point of difference in a busy and very competitive market” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director. 

New retro lolly bags are available now in all 18 Hancocks confectionery cash and carries.

Both children and adults will love to find new lollies on your shelves and nowadays there are plenty of varieties to choose from. A comprehensive and colourful display will make sure that your customers keep coming back to your shop for their lollipops, knowing that they can always find something new to enjoy.

Our range of wholesale lollies and lollipops include a large number of the popular Dobsons range of lollies which are sold in attractive shelf ready jars, helping you to make a fantastic display with the least amount of effort. Whilst children will enjoy flavours such as Bubblegum Mega Lollies and Cola Mega Lollies, your older customers will be pleased to find beloved retro lolly flavours such as Rhubarb and Custard, Pear Drop and even Traffic Light Lollies. 

In addition to Dobsons, we will shortly be bringing you a wide selection of fun and novel lollies which will certainly make your customers looks twice and spend more. 

Because Hancocks Cash and Carry specialises in supplying you with a wide range of wholesale confectionery, we can provide you with your confectionery supplies across a wide range of wholesale sweets and chocolates, ensuring that you are capitalising on the many pockets of high growth within the UK confectionery market. 

We are always happy to help you with your confectionery range and if you find yourself close to one of our many confectionery cash and carries, please do pop in for a chat and a look round.

Exclusive to Hancocks, the Baron range of 100g chocolate bars serves a very straight forward need – a broad range of chocolate, packed attractively at an affordable price. Shoppers continue to want sweet treats but as the big brands increase their prices, more and more are seeking a value alternative when budgets remain very tight. 

The Baron range of 100g chocolate bars includes:

White

Milk

Dark

Black and White (layers of white and dark chocolate)

Dark Choc Mint

Dark Choc Orange 

“This is a very attractive range of chocolate bars that will sell itself based on appearance and remarkable value. Black and White is an unusual addition to the range and sits alongside some extremely popular flavours. Many retailers will be able to achieve volume sales selling at 2 for £1, whilst still achieving a decent margin. At a time when branded confectionery is squeezing retailer margins hard, it is essential for smaller retailers to consider opportunities such as these” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director. 

The Baron range of chocolate bars is available in all 18 Hancocks Cash and Carries now.

“The children’s sugar confectionery market is very busy, however chocolate seems to have missed out on innovation and novelty. At Hancocks, we are seeking to address this for our customers, offering them a lively and exclusive range of bars under the Hibbi brand that can provide strong margins and great value for shoppers” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director. 

The Hibbi children’s chocolate bar range includes: 

4 pack bars (39p rrp)

Four individually wrapped fingers of chocolate packed in a colourful box. Four flavours are available:

Banana flavour

Strawberry flavour

Popping Candy (contains pieces of popping candy within the chocolate!)

Cream flavour 

8 pack bars (75p rrp)

Larger versions of the above for Strawberry and Cream flavours. 

These pack bars are ideal for portion controlled treats, each being individually wrapped.

 100g bars (59p rrp)

One variety is made from white chocolate and contains chocolate beans within the chocolate. The second variety is a milk chocolate bar with a white chocolate marbled design in it. 

Aerated chocolate bars (59p rrp)

These are available in both white and milk chocolate varieties – a popular choice for children. 

“The presentation of this range will certainly make a great impact in store, gaining much interest for a great value range. The pricing allows for 2 for £1 and 3 for £1 deals which can work extremely well for independent retailers within the impulsive confectionery market” adds Summerley. 

Hibbi chocolate is available in all 18 cash and carries across the UK now. 

Adding to such a popular category of bulk sweets, we’ve just launched two new flavours of bon bons - Watermelon Bon Bons and Chocolate Bon Bons. There seems to be no limit to the love of these traditional sweets, be they in traditional or contemporary flavours, so we would suggest that you give both of these sweets a try in your pick and mix display. Other popular varieties include Sour Blue Raspberry Bon Bons (what a fabulous colour!) and Strawberry Bon Bons. 

If you fancy doing something a bit different, why not invest in a box of empty Victorian sweet jars and fill them with a selection of bon bons – they make for a very attractive gift and allow you to command a higher than average margin for just a little more effort. 

Hancocks Cash and Carry can supply you with a simply massive array of wholesale sweets, branded and own label confectionery. With a specific range available to purchase online, we also have 18 confectionery cash and carries across the UK, filled to the brim with more than 5,000 confectionery products – well worth a trip if you are in reach of us!

As sour sweets continue to be a rapidly rising trend in the UK pick and mix market, this range of four Sour Balls has launched under our long standing Kingsway brand of weighout sweets. 

Available in 2kg bags, the range of Sour Balls includes:

Raspberry Sour Balls

Lemon Sour Balls

Apple Sour Balls

Cherry Sour Balls 

These colourful sweets can be sold from a pick and mix stand or packed into smaller bags and containers to create a more unique range of products. 

“Sour is definitely “in” at the moment and we are seeing strong sales on all of our sour sweets. The combination of fruit flavours and a sour taste coupled with bright and appealing colours make this range of sour ball sweets a certain winner” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director.

Hancocks has launched three varieties of chocolate coins in bulk 1kg bags and you can order these online at hancocks.co.uk as well as pick them up from our 18 specialist confectionery cash and carries across the UK.

Gold Milk Chocolate Coins

Red Milk Chocolate Coins

Blue Milk Chocolate Coins

All of the coins are individually wrapped and embossed with a real coin face! You can sell these coins individually, in a pick and mix display or bagged up in small amounts (perhaps a mixed bag?) to create something more unique for your store.

Chocolate coins are a classic favourite so make sure that your confectionery business takes advantage of this money making opportunity.

We will add more items to this category as we are able to so please do keep and eye on it. 

Meanwhile plans are afoot to add to the range of wholesale sweets available to buy online from Hancocks so we would suggest that look in the New Sweets category from time to time too! 

We are keeping busy so we do hope that your confectionery business is bustling too. Meanwhile, we are looking forward to helping you with your wholesale confectionery supplies again very soon.

The brand new bagged range of six sugar free sweets includes Chocolate Eclairs, Devon Toffee, Fruit Chews, Mint Humbugs, Fruit Drops and Throat & Chest. Set to retail at a competitive £1, these new own label products, exclusive to Hancocks can achieve a strong margin for retailers.

“The sugar free category is certainly coming to the fore at the moment as a small but significantly growing sector of confectionery. Health consciousness and the growth in conditions such as diabetes are certainly playing a key part in this notable interest. 

Retailers can help a number of their shoppers by providing a range of sugar free options. Now that Hancocks can offer both jarred and bagged sugar free sweets, our range can suit both the pick & mix and pre packed confectionery markets with ease” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director. 

The new range of bagged sugar free sweets will be available to purchase in all of Hancock’s 18 cash and carries in addition to online, within the company’s e-commerce shop. Click here to view the range.

With 50 years of trading under our belts and with many managers and buyers having worked with us for more than 25 years, our knowledge of the confectionery industry is understandably pretty good. We spot the trends and opportunities, bringing you a never ending supply of new and innovative confectionery products to sell alongside tried and tested favourites. We know how you can build your confectionery business.

Our cash and carries are here to help you and they like nothing better than to chat and help you make the most of your confectionery business – we are bursting with ideas! 

So please do join us in our celebrations. If you are yet to pop into one of our cash and carries, our 50^th year might just be the time to do it. We look forward to seeing you soon.

• Sports Rings - a timely launch of a fun and colourful jelly sweet offering lots of fruity flavours.
• Tutti Fruitti - these will certainly add some colour - fruit flavoured jelly sweets in an assortment of fruit shapes
• Brit Bears - our patriotic little bear that tastes rather good too

Hancocks continually works with suppliers to bring you new and different confectionery that will help you to grow your confectionery business. Let us know what you think of our latest additions!

• Hancocks 20 bin pick and mix stand
• Hancocks Share Bag stand
• Hancocks 3 for 99p kids stand

With such a huge range of sweets and chocolates, both in our cash and carries and available to purchase online, you know where to come to refill your stand at great value.

So click here and see just how our stands can really help you with your confectionery business.

*some delivery surcharges apply for certain locations. Please read the delivery page for full details or contact us if you have any queries.

“Sugar free is definitely a growing trend in the market place. As conditions such as diabetes become more prevalent and as obesity continues to be a hot topic, I think that sugar free sweets will have a place to play in confectionery.

Initial sales of sugar free at Hancocks have been greater than we expected. Many independent retailers will find that sugar free can become an opportunity to them. Talking to local shoppers will help to establish the level of interest in addition to simply trying a few lines” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director.

The range, which also holds NAFNAC status, is available in 2kg jars. High margins can be achieved from selling sweets in this way and sugar free sweets are certainly no exception.

The sweet varieties are:

            Throat and Chest

            Sherbet Lemon

            Fruit Chews

            Mint Humbugs

            Blackcurrant and Liquorice

            Chocolate Eclairs

            Assorted Toffee

Available from all 18 Hancocks cash and carries and to purchase online now.

99p per 100g RRP

Many festive favourites return for 2011 in addition to a huge number of new and exclusive confectionery items, not available in supermarkets. Committed to the independent market, Hancocks can really help smaller retailers to develop a strong point of difference, offer great value to their shoppers and earn high margins from this important time of year.

You can pop into your local Hancocks to pick up a copy of the brochure or view a pdf copy by clicking here. All Christmas products are available to purchase in cash and carries only.

“We stock many hundreds of varieties of loose sweets and yet we sell only a small proportion in jars to retail. Selling empty jars allows smaller retailers to make a real difference to their range and their profits. Filled jars make an excellent gift or a treat for the family” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director.

The empty sweet jar range comprises all shapes and sizes that could enhance display or provide gifting ideas. The smallest jar, a Victorian style sweet jar, could retail at £2.49 when filled and achieve a margin of 46%.

“The opportunities are endless when retailers put in some time and creative thought to fill jars in a bespoke manner. Whilst they are advised to offer something different to the supermarkets, creatively filling jars will be a profitable answer for many” says Summerley.

Available in 2.72kg jars, the individually wrapped sweets, containing natural flavours, natural colours and juices from concentrates, are available in three flavours:

            Robinsons Barley Fruits

            Robinsons Classic Fruits

            Robinsons Apple & Blackcurrant

Robinsons continues to be an iconic British brand loved by all ages. Worth £196m at retail value, the brand has 47% household penetration and receives a high level of media support which will really help initial trial of these new sweets.

“We are really excited about this exclusive launch and Robinsons sweets should be a great addition to our existing range of sweet jars. Pick and mix sweets continue to be a strong growth area within confectionery and retailers now understand the high margins that this sector can command.

Sugar confectionery comes into its own during the summer months and as Robinsons has such a strong association with Wimbledon, this is the perfect time to launch Robinsons sweets which we expect to become a firm favourite very quickly indeed” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director.

The popular range comprises 24 different varieties of top selling children’s sweets including favourites such as Jelly Beans, Porky Pigs, Flying Saucers and Fizzy Cola Bottles. The portion controlled bags are price marked at 39p each, which rewards the retailer with a 36% margin. Alternatively, retailers can still earn a high margin selling at 3 for 99p.

“This has been a strong selling range of bagged sweets at Hancocks for a couple of years now and the new design will help to refresh the range in many independent stores and give retailers a lift in their sales” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director.

The design of the compact display stand, also available at Hancocks, has been refreshed to accompany the new style, allowing for a bespoke and attention grabbing display which will maximise sales for retailers.

“Lollipops are forever a favourite with children and there are many purchasing occasions during the summer months, perhaps as a treat or as a pocket money purchase. Our years of experience can assure retailers of the success that this area of confectionery maintains” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director.

The line up for 2011 will include:

Swirly Whirly lollipops (various sizes) 25p - £1 rrp

Insect lollipops 35p rrp

Dummies 50p rrp

Animal Mallow Pops 59p rrp

Lion Mallow Kebabs 59p rrp

Sold in self merchandising packaging, Hancocks would recommend that retailers try a few varieties to gauge reaction from their shoppers and help them to develop their range.

As demand for better value chocolate increases, the specialist confectionery cash and carry has exclusively sourced a range of countlines with extremely familiar flavours.

“Whilst some shoppers will remain loyal to a particular brand whatever the price, others are seeking a much better value taste – retailers need to be able to offer chocolate to suit all levels and our new range of countlines will effectively serve the value end of the market.

Whilst widening the choice and interest for their customers, our value countlines can also give retailers margins in excess of 40% which is currently unheard of in this category of confectionery. A strong display of these different chocolate products would provide a strong point of difference for retailers.

The quality of these chocolates is very good indeed. We keep the pricing low by not investing heavily in marketing. Proactive retailers will be able to introduce these great value products to their customers, and once they are assured of the taste, they will come back for much more” says Jonathan Summerley, Hancocks purchasing director.

The range includes:

Maxbar                                      30p rrp             45% margin

Nuttymax                                  40p rrp             40% margin

Ozmo Egg                                59p rrp             53% margin

Biscolata Break Cream        20p rrp             48% margin

Papita Caramel                      25p rrp             40% margin

Hancocks has launched this value range of countlines following on from the success of its recently launched value range of 100g and 150g filled chocolate bars, retailing at 59p and £1 respectively.

“There is a genuine need for retailers to offer a number of levels within the chocolate market. Whilst some shoppers will stick with what they know whatever the price and others will always stick to the most premium level, many others want to satisfy their chocolate craving in the best value way that they can find. And with the economy as it is, this desire for value is higher than ever at the moment, providing independent retailers with a great opportunity to develop a real point of difference” says Summerley.