Gift Focus - Mar/Apr 2020 (Issue 118)

79 FOOD & BEVERAGE GIFTS Responding to the huge increase in demand for gin-based products, Dundee Gin has worked with Bell Packaging Limited to deliver a new environmental solution for its packaging. The Dundee Gin range comes in a number of flavours including Marmalade, Summer Fruits, Dundee Cake (50cl bottles) and White Dry Gin and ‘Old Tom’ Honey & Spice (70cl bottles). Head Taster Peter Menzies met Bell at last year’s Scottish Speciality Foods Fair in Glasgow and comments: “I remember the chap from Bell coming on to our stand. Being honest we had a complete nightmare with packaging and it was refreshing to find a company that was enthusiastic, positive and with a willingness to resolve our problems. Within two weeks they produced a range of alternatives using folding carton, PET, Polypropylene and recycled Retran®. The Dundee range is very colourful so a transparent presentation really enhances the product on shelf.” T: +44 (0)1582 459 292 – Bell Packaging thedundeegin.com bellpackaging.com Chocolate Genie specialises in quality novelty chocolate gifts that are just a little unique and hopefully, make people smile. The company uses Belgian chocolate for that artisan touch. Whether its chocolate animals or that special event there will always be gorgeous handmade novelty chocolate gifts for every age and occasion. Pictured are the Printed Dashschunds made from Belgian milk and dark chocolate with an RRP of £5.95. T: +44 (0)1386 834 334 chocolategenie.co.uk Established in 2012, Popcorn Kitchen began popping corn at local food festivals using a mobile kettle. Feedback was so positive, it inspired the team to start selling its bags further afield. The company still pops in small batches using specially selected ingredients, but now has over a dozen different recipes in the widest range of snacking, sharing and gifting formats. Popcorn Kitchen’s passion is developing quirky new novelty formats that people love to gift to their nearest and dearest and at a range of price points from £3.99 to £20. The bestselling gift format right now is the giant money box, which is over 50cm tall and filled with enough delicious, hand-popped popcorn to keep any popcorn loving family going for quite a while! It has the wow factor and once all the popcorn is gone, the bottle transforms into a money box. 2020 will see yet more novel ideas, including a Yard of Popcorn variety pack and a new white chocolate & raspberry recipe available in a range of formats. T: +44 (0)1938 557 456 E: info@popcornkitchen.co.uk popcornkitchen.co.uk The inspiration behind Love Cocoa comes from founder James Cadbury’s, great-great-great grandfather John Cadbury, who set up Cadbury chocolate nearly 200 years ago. The philanthropist built Cadbury on great ethical grounds, looking after its workforce and improving civil rights. Love Cocoa aims to emulate this in the modern era, using sustainably sourced cacao and fully recyclable or compostable packaging. The company is also planting one tree for every bar sold, helping to combat deforestation rife within the chocolate industry. The range includes award-winning tablets and truffles produced in the UK, as well as some lovely seasonal items. T: +44 (0)7411 394 467 lovecocoa.com The Farhi hand crafted papier mache bonbonnieres are made by a small family in Kashmir, India. This is one of their many specialities, and they have been crafting these pots for centuries, passing down the artistic talent from generation to generation. Each individual piece is one of a kind and completely made and painted by hand with a variety of traditional and intricate designs. The beauty of the bonbonniere is that once you’ve eaten the chocolate inside, you can use it as a decorative piece of art to place in your home or even use it as a trinket box. It makes a beautiful gift and has been Farhi’s best seller for many years. Customers are so fond of the product they now collect the different designs. Fillings include dark chocolate coated ginger, chocolate coated coffee beans, assorted chocolate almonds and assorted chocolate raisins. E: sales@farhi.co.uk farhi.co.uk