Forgot to shop Swedish pick & mix when leaving Stockholm, Sweden? No worries! CandyKing and RC Chocolat can now reveal the opening of a brand-new store, RC Bon Bon Glacerie, at Arlanda Terminal 5. The famous Swedish pick & mix sweets can now easily be shopped at Arlanda, with 200 choices of different sweets to pick.
When visiting Sweden, you cannot have missed Swedish pick & mix. You can find it in every convenience or grocery store, but if you haven’t stocked up when leaving the country we have good
news! The pick & mix brand CandyKing are now available at the new store RC Bon Bon Glacerie at Arlanda Terminal 5.
But tourists aren’t the only ones longing for this. A new survey* shows that 14% of Swedes mention pick & mix candy as the food they miss eating the most on vacation. Now, they don’t have to wait until we return home. Pick & mix can now be shopped from the store’s selection of 200 different pick & mix sweets. – We continue to drive the pick & mix category by focusing on the experience, both for the consumer and the customer, says Mattias Jönsson, P&M Director, Cloetta. Consumers are met with a fantastic installation on-site, and we look forward to offer both CandyKing and Parrots to travellers at Arlanda. Consumers encounter pick & mix shelves with 200 varieties of pick & mix sweets to choose from in an inspiring environment. It’s an experience beyond the ordinary, both for those who usually purchase pick & mix, as well as those purchasing for the very first time! 9.2 million people travel from Arlanda Terminal 5 every year**. Starting from week 49, there is finally an opportunity to buy your favourite mix of pick & mix sweets from CandyKing and snacks from Parrots at Terminal 5.
– We are so excited to open RC Bon Bon Glacerie and, together with the rest of the assortment, also offer our consumers pick & mix from CandyKing & Parrots! says Niklas Blomquist, co-owner of RC Chocolat. We want to offer our consumers the best, and it’s about time that we also cater to travellers with pick & mix snacks for the flight.
*The survey was conducted via web interviews by Upplevelseinstitutet on behalf of Cloetta for a nationally representative target group over 18 years. In total, 148 interviews were conducted with respondents who travel abroad at least once a year. The survey took place between November 2 and November 21, 2023.
**In total, 9.2 million departing passengers from Arlanda Terminal 5 were estimated in 2022.
