The ‘Hello World’ platform extends to interactive point of sale materials, using the latest face recognition technology, which create a dynamic and enjoyable shopping experience,” insists Ferrero Travel Market. To commemorate Nutella’s 50th anniversary in 2014, the Italian Postal Service created a Nutella-themed stamp, emblazoned with the brand’s signature jar of hazelnut goodness. 21. IT ACTUALLY IS THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS. Nutella, the world-renowned hazelnut chocolate spread, boasts distribution in more than 160 countries and a loyal social media following including 32 million Facebook fans. Highlights of the new collection include the Nutella Apparel 750g pot of the spread dressed in a ‘snazzy zip-up top’. “This cute collectable sleeve serves also as a pen and pencil caddy or a make-up brush holder,” says Ferrero.

In a string of new initiatives from Ferrero Travel Market, the company is now set to launch new Nutella platform, ‘Hello World’, that will be rolled out in travel retail from February 2018.

Our praline and Kinder platforms have set the benchmark for retail theatre and created a contemporary and dynamic aura for these iconic Ferrero brands. Over a century later, chocolate again became expensive and scarce due to rationing in Europe during World War II. An Italian pastry maker named Pietro Ferrero once again turned to the mighty hazelnut for salvation in 1946 and created Pasta Gianduja; three years later he altered the recipe to make the treat spreadable. In 1964, Pietro’s son Michele tweaked the recipe slightly and renamed it “ Nutella.” 2. ITS PREDECESSOR WAS NAMED AFTER A CHARACTER FROM ITALIAN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE. Top: Kinder Surprise T8 Mascot shines the spotlight on eight different sports; Left: Kinder Bueno 200g adds to the Kinder Miniatures range; Right: Kinderino Sailor T7 With three flavours available, the Kinder Miniatures collection will have excellent visibility in stores and is sure to prove a hit with retailers and consumers alike,” Ferrero stated.

Another new launch from the brand is a collectable ‘Say it with Nutella’ gift box that contains a 350g jar with an ‘I love you’ or ‘For you’ printed label. Over the last 18 months this has included substantial development of the Kinder category around the highly successful Kinderino aviator platform. The new Nutella and Tic Tac travel exclusive collections have been very well-received and have added value to these brands in the global business. In designing the ‘Hello World’ platform we set out to emphasise Nutella’s distinctive qualities – its ‘Nutellaness’. In 2012, the company that makes Nutella, the Ferrero Group, settled a class-action lawsuit over misleading advertising of the delicious spread. While the spread is about as nutritious as chocolate frosting (the first ingredient is sugar, followed by palm oil), it was often advertised as part of a nutritious breakfast, misleading some into thinking they could eat chocolate on toast and call it a healthy meal. 12. … BUT EATING IT ALL DAY CAN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT—IN THE WORST WAY. The assortment also features four new praline flavours: Cappuccino, combining the flavour of coffee and milk within a crunchy shell; Manderly, a crunchy specialty with a hazelnut cream filling and a taste of almond; Tenderly Nougat, with citrusy notes of a nougat filling and a whole hazelnut covered in milk chocolate; and Tenderly White, with white chocolate and a whole hazelnut.Ferrero Travel Market has extended its Kinder, Nutella, Tic Tac and Ferrero Praline portfolio, and will unveil the new additions plus travel retail exclusives at the TFWA World Exhibition this October (Stand Number: Green Village J35). Kinder has intensified the focus on children’s gifting products, following the successful launch of Kinder Pilot as the ambassador of the Kinder brand. The roll-out of Kinder Pilot is said to have raised the brand’s visibility in travel retail considerably, and this year Kinder has launched two new travel retail exclusives designed to appeal to the children’s gifting segment. Ferrero Travel Market General Manager Francois Godin said: “Ferrero has had another great year in travel retail with strong growth in all our markets worldwide. Contributing to this growth is our strategy of mixing a local focus with constant innovation in our product portfolio. Based on the results of Ferrero’s first segmentation study, conducted last year with thousands of passengers in airports all over the world, the Ferrero team has crafted a stand-alone platform on the theme of ‘optimism’. Ferrero originally made his chocolate-hazelnut paste into a loaf designed to be sliced and placed on bread, kind of like a chocolatey version of American cheese slices. 4. IT SPREADS FAR AND WIDE.

Heading the launches is the new Ferrero Golden Gallery range, which includes the popular Ferrero Rocher, a whole hazelnut surrounded by layers of crispy wafer, creamy filling, milk chocolate and finely chopped hazelnut pieces; and Ferrero Rondnoir, with fine wafer and rich creamy cocoa filling and a dark chocolate covered hazelnut.

According to Guinness World Records, Nutella's 40th anniversary breakfast celebration in Germany in 2005 earned the title of “Largest Continental Breakfast.” A total of 27,854 people gathered in Gelsenkirchen to enjoy a meal that consisted of bread, orange juice, yogurt, and Nutella. No word on how they felt afterward. 22. THE COMPANY LOVES SPORTS. In 2015, Ferrero slapped a rogue Nutella cafe scheduled to open in Brooklyn with a lawsuit. First, the restaurant was to be named the Nutelleria, but changed to Nuteria over legal concerns. Unfortunately, Ferrero still thought the Nutella-themed restaurant had too similar of a name to its own brand, and filed suit. The cafe closed in May 2015, as did, presumably, dreams of Miami and Los Angeles outposts. However, the New York location of the Italian market Eataly does have a Ferrero-approved Nutella bar. 15. NUTELLA HAS A SMEARED REPUTATION. The chocolate and hazelnut substance was named after Gianduja, a smiling Piedmontese peasant with a three-point hat who rides around town on a donkey clutching a duja—which in the Piedmontese dialect means “container.” The duja was said to hold wine ... but could have just as easily held a few pounds of that chocolatey hazelnut goodness, no? Gianduja masks are sold all over the Piedmont region of Italy, and his face was plastered all over early Nutella advertisements. 3. IT ORIGINALLY CAME IN THE FORM OF A LOAF. North America’s Nutella is made in Canada, but you can also find the imported version from Italy in specialty shops (you can tell it’s from Italy by the glass jar). Despite the same list of ingredients, many Nutella aficionados claim that the stuff made in Ontario tastes sweeter and less hazelnutty than the European version. In 2014, a Washington Post correspondent dove into the debate with the help of a pastry chef, and came to the conclusion that the difference in taste could be the result of trans fats in the European version. Yum yum. 20. ITALY’S SO PROUD OF NUTELLA, IT PUT IT ON A STAMP.