Ferrero Rocher is launching its first-ever range of chocolate bars, and they’re hitting shop shelves across the UK next week.
Chocolate lovers will soon be able to get their hands on the famous taste of the gold foil-wrapped Ferrero Rocher – which has been loved by generations all over the world since the late 1970s – in chocolate bar form from next Monday 9 August.
There’ll be a white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate variety with 55% cocoa to chose from in all major UK supermarkets.
The new iteration of the beloved nutty chocolate was first teased all the way back in February.
The treat has been developed by a team of 50 people over more than three years, with 300 recipes tried out before finding the perfect new way to experience Ferrero Rocher in a premium high-quality chocolate bar.
According to Ferrero UK, the bar consists of a refined chocolate base supporting a soft, creamy filling, as well as a top layer of chocolate mixed with crunchy pieces of hazelnuts – meaning customers can enjoy “a multi-sensory taste experience”.
“With the launch of the new Ferrero Rocher bars, we wanted to offer a new taste experience inspired by one of our most iconic brands that is loved all over the world,” Enrico Martini, Category Director at Ferrero UK & Ireland, told the Daily Mail.
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“Our expert team has been dedicated to crafting a new innovation that delivers the impeccable quality and taste that Ferrero Rocher prides itself on.
“We are excited to hear what our fans think about our new luxurious bars.”
The new Ferrero Rocher chocolate bar treat has been developed by a team of 50 people over more than three years / Credit: Instagram (@NewFoodsUK)
If the classic Ferrero Rochers seem too much like a treat for an occasion, then apparently these new bars are aimed at consumers looking to “trade up to something special” as well as tempting “lovers of the brand to try the chocolate in a different way” said the company’s Customer Development Director, Levi Boorer.
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He added: “We’ve not seen growth like this for many years [and] we are living in a very changing world where consumption trends have changed a lot.”
Ferrero fans online seem to be eager to try the new chocolate bars once they hit shelves.
Several popular food-spotting blogging pages have shared a glimpse at the new chocolate bars on social media, amassing thousands of interactions, with New Foods UK having already taste-tested them and admitted they “loved them”.
The Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Bars will set you back just £2 per 90g bar, and you can get them at all major UK supermarkets from next Monday.
Featured Image – Ferrero UK | Thumbnail – New Foods UK
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Manchester rent is now ‘41% more expensive than five years ago, according to a recent study
Danny Jones
Yes, that’s right, as per some of the latest data on leased housing in central Manchester, it’s now approximately 41% more expensive to rent here than it was half a decade ago.
If you’ve lived in and around the city centre for long enough, chances are that you’ve already been feeling that difference, especially of late.
The ongoing cost-of-living crisis roughly began in 2021, following the economy and the world essentially opening back up after multiple lockdowns, so it’s little surprise that new research has shown affordability when it comes to renting has been on a slump ever since, too.
As well as the price of seemingly most things in everyday life going up post-pandemic, the average rental rate for even just a one-bedroom flat/apartment has jumped up significantly between 2020 and 2025.
Even some ‘available’ housing in town is being hampered by claddin (Credit: Valienne via WikiCommons)
That’s according to the numbers crunched by credit card experts, Zable, anyway.
Not only did their recent report cite the rent prices going up even before the cost of living crisis – essentially following the outset of the Covid-19 outbreak – but if their figures, the rate of inflation and the unwaveringly high demand for housing are anything to go by, this trajectory is likely to continue in 2026.
As of February this year, around one in three UK households is now a single-person occupancy, which already comes with its challenges (the Manchester City Council tax discount being a thin lifeline for countless), not to mention energy bills and the cost of groceries continuing on an upwards trend.
Put in the simplest and most reductive terms, it’s now almost £300 dearer for most people to live on their own than it was back in 2020, and besides Liverpool clocking in as second on the list of increasingly expensive cities to live (a 42.12% increase), Manchester came in third.
You can see the full table down below:
Rank
City
% increase – 2020-2025
Difference from 2020 to 2025 in £
Average rental cost for a 1 bed 2025
1
Newport
47.39%
£2,611
£8,121
2
Liverpool
42.12%
£2,290
£7,727
3
Manchester
41.00%
£3,364
£11,569
4
Edinburgh
40.28%
£4,620
£16,090
5
Leicester
39.93%
£2,391
£8,379
6
Wolverhampton
39.22%
£2,049
£7,273
7
Nottingham
39.07%
£2,400
£8,543
8
Glasgow
38.02%
£2,679
£9,725
9
Colchester
37.63%
£2,617
£9,572
10
Cardiff
37.06%
£2,828
Average rental cost for a 1-bed 2025
Another fear is that with lots of people finding it hard to manage living in other major cities like London, even those moving to Manchester are also having an impact on how available affordable housing is here.
That’s why schemes such as the new ‘social rent’ development over in Wythenshawe are so important to the current generations of renters, with the possibility of owning your own property in the future becoming increasingly difficult for so many.
It’s also worth noting that Manchester ranked fourth among the British locations where the cost of living is said to have increased the most over the past five years, with the average difference in annual spend growing by an estimated 22.84%.
Premier League launch completely FREE archive featuring highlights from every game since 1992
Danny Jones
Finally, in a bit of private sports broadcasting news we can actually get behind, the Premier League have launched a new archive featuring highlights from every single game in the first division’s modern era.
Best of all, as the title might have given away, it’s completely free to enjoy.
Chronicling every top-flight game since 1992, the new digital Premier League archive available online was launched earlier this week.
Providing video on-demand (VOD) access to literally thousands of games from way back when, you can relive all of your favourite moments from the best league in the world.
It might sound like quite a simple and easy thing to supply the masses with, but in an era when it’s increasingly hard and expensive to watch broadcast of any and all games, be that live on telly, via streaming, or VOD, this is such an easy win for the Prem.
With so many people struggling to afford all the various packages needed to view premium football, and therefore turning to illegal sites, this is at least a step in the right direction and a good bit of PR.
Sports presenter Nubaid Haroon wrote: “When I had my show with the Premier League, the archive was available via a login for us to watch some of the old tapes.
“It was genuinely one of the best things I’ve ever experienced. Regularly tapping in to see random dons like Elmander and Nzogbia.”
For us, it’s going to be watching vintage clips of Michu, Adel Taarabt and Alan Smith – yes, for both Leeds AND Man United.
Safe to say the whole thing has gone down very well with pretty much all footy fans across the board.
Don't want to overstate this but 20-minute highlights of every Premier League game in history, free and on demand, means that this should be a national holiday.
Case in point: another user on social media went on to add, “The full Premier League archive? Finally. Time to disappear into 33 seasons of greatness.”
Happy days indeed.
We expect the positive reaction to this will only grow even greater as more and more people find out about this new free service.
You can find the near countless hours of Premier League football right HERE – which classic game that comes to mind are you going to watch first?
Emily Sergeant -
5th August 2021 
