All Hot beverages articles – Page 41
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Editor's Comment: I'm not angry with Cadbury, hedge funds or even Kraft. I'm angry with dozy City analysts
If I'm feeling a little sad at the sale of Cadbury, it isn't because I think Kraft is an evil, low-growth corporate raider. As our recent Top Products survey confirmed, Kraft won the top launch in two categories, with Kenco and Mikado, and Mikado...
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All’s Fair for top tea and coffee brands
Kenco, Twinings and Clipper Tea are looking to raise their ethical profiles in the run-up to Fairtrade Fortnight next month.Kraft revealed that it is now buying all the beans used in its Kenco Freeze Dried coffee range from Rainforest...
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Campaign Trail: Celebrating the wet stuff
Twinings is showing its artistic side again with a new ad that recreates the image of a waterfall using cups containing different coloured blends of tea.
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Cornish iced tea aims to rival Lipton
A small Cornish startup is looking to take on Unilever's Lipton Iced Tea with a locally produced range of iced teas. Daymer Bay Iced Tea was co-founded in October by Anthony Jenks, the former MD of Cranley Fresh Foods, who is balancing...
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Storm brews over Twinings cuts as workers plan protest
Twinings Tea workers are planning a protest outside the shareholders meeting of brand owner Associated British Foods, scheduled for Friday.
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Mr Scruff adds herbal tea just for the blokes
DJ and part-time tea peddler Mr Scruff has added a blokey variant to his Make Us A Brew tea range.The new Mint & Chilli herbal brew, available now from Waitrose, Selfridges and Wholefoods, is geared at the male population.
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Careers File: My CEO offered me cocaine with my coffee
I'm a non-executive director working with an excellent CEO. He invited me to his home for dinner recently, and at the end...
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Bulletin: Twinings job cuts… M&S brands go-ahead… Kraft outlook clouds
Tea brand cuts back as owner makes hay; retail giant to sell Marmite; expectations slump for Cadbury suitor
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Commodities: Price hikes set to push up cost of builders’ tea
Supply issues with tea and sugar have prompted price hikes that are likely to make their way down to consumers, reports Mintec's Liliana Gonzalez
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Lifeboat Tea sets course for Waitrose
Posh tea brand Williamson is launching its Lifeboat Tea range in Waitrose the first time it will be available outside RNLI outlets.The range, which is being rolled out now, has been revamped for its mainstream launch in order to clearly...
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Nescafé Green Blend takes on green tea
Nescafé Green Blend, a new coffee that Nestlé claims is healthier than standard coffee, hits shelves this week.The new variant (rsp: £2.98 for a 100g jar) contains regular roasted coffee beans and unroasted green coffee beans, which...
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First Drinks gives Tia Maria big welcome
First Drinks has pledged to raise Tia Maria's profile in the UK, after securing distribution of the coffee liqueur last week.The brand, which has a UK sales value of £43.8m, would benefit from a host of "exciting brand-building"...
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Sainsbury’s takes its fresh coffee Fairtrade
Sainsbury's has switched all its own-brand roast and ground coffee to Fairtrade, after doing the same with bananas, sugar and own-brand Red Label tea. The move would more than double the market for Fairtrade roast and ground coffee in...
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Kenco goes greener (and cheaper) with refill packs
Kraft is boosting the sustainability credentials of its Kenco coffee business with Eco Refill packs.Rather than buy a new jar of coffee, consumers can refill empty Kenco jars they already have, reducing their environmental impact.
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Editor's Comment: New Nescafé ad shows the defiance of the leading fmcg brands
Nescafé's new £43m ad campaign, Coffee at its Brightest, sounds at first like an inflation-adjusted update to the absurdist 1985 film Brewster's Millions.
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Wake-up call for Nescafé
Paul Grimwood is pumping £43m into reviving the instant coffee as he re-energises Nestlé UK, says Adam Leyland
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Nestlé pumps record ad spend into Nescafé
Nestlé is aiming to re-establish the "iconic status" of Nescafé through a £43m marketing investment the biggest spend in the brand's 70-year history.
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Yorkshire wholesaler in tea Wonderland
The managing director of a North Yorkshire-based wholesaler has invested a six-figure sum in launchin a new premium tea brand.