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Nestlé Confectionery has expanded its Aero offering in the UK, launching a new strawberry-flavoured chocolate bar exclusively in Spar stores. The Aero Strawberry sharing bar features the brand’s signature melt-in-the-mouth bubbly centre in a new strawberry flavour, encased in a smooth milk chocolate shell. Michael Kehoe, Aero assistant brand manager for Nestlé, said: "We're excited to share our new Aero Strawberry flavour sharing bar with Aero fans across the UK and Ireland. It brings together a smooth milk chocolate shell with those signature Aero bubbles in a strawberry flavour centre. We know that anticipation for the new bar has been building, and we’re thrilled to announce that the wait is over.” This is the latest in a number of innovations and partnerships for the Aero brand. Last month, Aero partnered with Krispy Kreme on a range of new doughnuts and March saw Nestlé unveil its new Aero Neapolitan sharing bag, inspired by the classic trio of ice cream flavours. Last year, Nestlé introduced a new festive line-up including Aero Candy Cane Bubbles, featuring an aerated vanilla flavour centre and half-red and half-white shell. The F&B giant also launched a new Nescafé Aero Golden Honeycomb Mocha coffee, as well as its gold chocolate collection, including the Aero Golden Honeycomb Melts sharing bag and Aero Golden Honeycomb Block. The bars, available now in Spar stores for an RRP of £1.35, will roll out into wider retail from July.