Coca-Cola news and analysis – Page 12
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Rankings
Pepsi outpaces Coke by £8m in major victory over rival
The success was almost wholly down to the popularity of Pepsi Max, which sold 27.6 million extra units
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News
City Snapshot: Soft drinks suppliers warn of coronavirus impact
Soft drink makers AG Barr and Britvic has warned that the coronavirus has severely impacted their out of home sales, while Coca-Cola European Partners has scrapped its share buyback programme because of the virus. Plus, John Lewis and Primark shut their stores and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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News
Coca-Cola adds Cherry flavour to Energy range
The supplier has also tweaked the recipe for the existing Coca-Cola Energy drinks
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Comment & Opinion
A plastic switch isn’t simple, but Coke is ideally placed to find a solution
Coca-Cola says its customers still want plastic bottles - but the customer isn’t always right
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Promotional Videos
The story of soft drinks in 2019
To find out what’s been happening during this bumper year for fizzy pop, and to hear some predictions for 2020, we spoke to CCEP commercial activation director Mark Cumming
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News
Coca-Cola European Partners opens £20m Edmonton line to boost sustainable production
The production line will make ‘bag-in-box’ products, which contain concentrate for foodservice and licensed operators
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Capri-Sun responds to cost pressures with multipack cuts
Coca-Cola European Partners has slashed two pouches from the majority of 10x200ml multipacks
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News
Coke GB general manager Jon Woods to take over as FDF president
Darby has held the role for the past three years and Woods has agreed to a two-year term
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Comment & Opinion
Coke’s Aha moment is unlikely to make waves in the UK seltzer sector… yet
Aha feels a bit rushed, but it could bring something different to the burgeoning category (with a different name)
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Comment & Opinion
The next frontier for grocery robots? Instant gratification
The potential for delivery bots is huge – but they will need to speed up to satisfy the impulse market
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News
CCEP invests in two tech-driven delivery start-ups
Coca-Cola European Partners has made its first investments under a new venture arm after taking stakes in two tech-based start-ups.
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News
CCEP targets fitness market with functional energy drink Reign
The brand – a spin-off of Monster Energy - has debuted with a four-strong range of drinks
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Irn-Bru Energy to get nationwide rollout following strong Scottish performance
Owner AG Barr said the brand had “outperformed its closest competitors since launching in Scotland”
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News
CCEP’s Honest Organic makes first foray into sparkling drinks
Sparkling Lemon and Sparkling Orange & Lemon, made with organic fruit juices and sugar, come in a 330ml can
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Comment & Opinion
Diet Coke dad makes most of mildly amusing concept
In this new campaign a dad uses trendy youth slang instead of scolding his daughter. Who are we appealing to here?
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News
Coca-Cola unveils its first bottle made with marine plastic
The soft drinks giant has also announced goals designed to accelerate delivery of its sustainable packaging roadmap
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Coke focuses deals on front of store - and offers bigger savings
The brand’s total number of featured space promotions in the major supermarkets has fallen since this time last year
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Innocent launches in Japan, with plans for China debut next year
A trio of the brand’s smoothies have landed in Tokyo in 3,000 7-Eleven stores as well as other retailers
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News
José Antonio Echeverría replaces Ron Lewis in key CCEP role
CCEP said Echeverría was an experienced business and operations leader