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    Bonkers for bananas?!

    September 8th, 2010

    To celebrate the launch of our Retro sweet of the week feature on the blog, we’ll be sending one lucky fan a special sweet treat!

    Simply leave a comment below, and let us know why you’re loving or hating this week’s sweet of the week: The Giant Banana.

    This week's retro sweet of the week- the Giant Banana!

    The favourite entry, as voted for in the Chewbz office, will then be rewarded with some sweets in the post.

    Yummy!

    But be quick, as you’ve only got until Monday to voice your Banana opinions!

    Gift Boxes Galore!

    September 8th, 2010

    It’s been another busy busy week here at retro sweets HQ!

    While we’ve been lovingly packing up and sending out your orders, we’ve noticed that an awful lot of you have been choosing our yummy Sweetshop Gift Boxes.

    Crammed full of all the retro sweet classics like Flying Saucers, Kola Kubes, Wham Bars, Popping Candy and Drumstick Lollies, a Chewbz Gift Box really does make an excellent present!

    Whether you want to say happy birthday, congratulations, or even sorry, that special someone will be delighted by you sending some retro sweets their way!

    So to everyone lucky enough to be opening a Gift Box this week, enjoy!

    Retro sweet of the week!

    September 6th, 2010

    Happy Monday retro sweets fans!

    As a new feature on the blog, every week we will be bringing you our sweet of the week.

    The chosen retro sweet will be the current favourite in the Chewbz office, and each week we’ll be telling you why we think it’s so fab!

    We want you to get involved too, so leave a comment and let us know if you’re rating or hating this week’s choice…

    Mmm Foam Bananas!

    The very first sweet of the week is none other than the Giant Banana!

    Opening a bag of our yellow friends always leaves the Chewbz warehouse smelling delicious.

    That soft, foamy goodness is almost impossible to resist, and chomping on one of these retro classics is guaranteed to bring back memories of Saturday pick-n-mix and cinema trips.

    If only the real thing tasted quite as sugary sweet, then we’d be well on our way to five a day!

    Right now we’re off to grab a Sweetshop Chewb, and indulge in our yellow foamy favourites…

    What do you think of the Giant Banana?

    Trips to the Tuck Shop

    September 3rd, 2010

    Speaking of going back to school, here’s a little reminder of trips to the Tuck Shop.

    Tuck Shop Mix

    Which were your favourites?

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    Back to school…

    September 3rd, 2010

    Ah September. It always reminds of school uniform shopping, new pencil cases, and most importantly, trips to the tuck shop.

    Even though we all left school a very, very long time ago, there’s still something exciting about September.

    In celebration of back to school time, why not relive those tuck shop memories with some of our lovely retro sweets!

    This Tuck Shop Sweet Jar is just the thing to remind you of break times spent at the Tuck shop. Plus there’s enough sweets to last you the whole term!

    Or choose one of our Sweetshop Chewbz, jam packed with Cola Bottles, Fried Eggs, Giant Banana’s and Flying Saucers, and reminisce back to the days of penny sweets and Saturday pick-n-mix trips.

    So go on, treat yourself to some nostalgia this September.

    Or if you know a little someone who is headed back to school, then surprise them when they get off the school bus, with some yummy Chewbz delights!

    The sweets of love!

    August 26th, 2010

    The other week it was Christmas, now we’re thinking about Valentines Day here at Chewbz!

    Looking at Love Hearts, Pink Bon Boms, Strawberry Wham Bars, Heart Shaped Lollies and all things lovely-dovey has certainly distracted us from this miserable weather.

    What kind of retro sweets do you think are Valentine’s appropriate?

    Do let us know which sweets you’d give to your sweetheart ;)

    Behind the scenes of a Chewbz photoshoot!

    August 20th, 2010

    Here’s some lovely pictures to brighten up your rainy morning…

    On Wednesday, we packed our Sunshine Bus full of sweets and headed over to Lightbox Digital Studios, for a retro sweets photoshoot!

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    Our lovely Love Hearts striking a pose!

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    Antony determined to get all of our shy Jelly Babies to stand up!

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    Part of our exciting new Corporate range.

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    What do you think of our mini-jars?

    We had loads of fun on the Chewbz photoshoot, hope you enjoy the pictures too :D

    New office, new staff and a photoshoot!

    August 18th, 2010

    Afternoon retro sweets fans!

    It’s all go here at Chewbz.

    After a weekend of manoeuvring sweets, on Monday we packed up and moved into our swish new office!

    Then yesterday we welcomed our newest addition, Henry, to the team!

    And today we all got stuck into a special retro sweets photoshoot, in aid of our exciting new corporate range.

    A big thank you to our lovely photographer Antony, from Lightbox Digital Studios. Apart from being amazing at picture-taking, he also did a great job trying to get all of the Jelly Babies to pose (before gobbling all of their heads off)!

    Keep a lookout on our blog over the next few days for some exclusive pic’s from the shoot.

    So hello Henry, hello lovely new office and thank you Antony!

    Sorry Postie!

    August 11th, 2010

    We’ve been busy busy this week at Chewbz HQ!

    Orders really have been flooding in, so our warehouse guys have been lovingly making up lots of Chewbz, Jars, Gift Boxes and Hampers. All ready to be sent out, and provide you with some Retro Sweet yumminess!

    Our poor Postie has been weighed down with all the packages going out, and It looks like he’ll be busy today too!

    We’ll be sure to thank him with some Fried Eggs and Cola Bottles :)

    Have you ordered any of our Retro Sweet goodies recently?

    Think you can beat this bubble blowing attempt?!

    August 9th, 2010

    All of your August bubble blowing attempts have been really brightening up our days here in the Chewbz office.

    Here’s one entry that’s especially delighted us this Monday morning:

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    Now, we’re certainly amazed at Joe’s amazing bubble blowing skills!

    We are, however, going to have to check with our official bubble blowing adjudicator. We’re a little concerned about the authenticity of Joe’s entry ;)

    What do you think of this attempt?

    If you think you can blow a bigger bubble, then enter our August bubble blowing competition today!

    Thanks again Joe for sending in your lovely picture :)