All Hot beverages articles – Page 50
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Coffee price still rising
The soaring global price of green coffee is forcing one of the UK’s largest coffee producers to raise the price of its products.Douwe Egberts said it was pushing for a 6% price increase on its instant and cafetière coffees to offset high raw...
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Nescafé with a different taste – and at half the price
Nestlé UK is considering launching an inquiry into how Brazilian-sourced Nescafé Original is ending up on the shelves of UK retailers.The coffee is being distributed by Leicester-based wholesaler Crown Crest. Outlets selling the 200g jars...
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Nescafé with a different taste – and at half the price
Nestlé UK is considering launching an inquiry into how Brazilian-sourced Nescafé Original is ending up on the shelves of UK retailers.The coffee is being distributed by Leicester-based wholesaler Crown Crest. Outlets selling the 200g jars...
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Old Favourites
A Drink that’s stood the test of time…Product:ovaltine originalCompany:British Associated FoodsLaunch date:1906The Brits may be famous as a nation of tea drinkers, but...
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A little winter warmth in-store
As a run up to what is expected to be a particularly chilly winter, it seems appropriate for the last review of the year to be of hot beverages. Looking across the range of tea, coffee and chocolate and asking how we are going to cope when the...
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Sainsbury to sell Tchibo in-store
Sainsbury has tied up with German coffee-to-clothing retailer Tchibo to trial its non food offer in its supermarkets.The partnership would be Tchibo’s second in the UK, following its deal with Somerfield last year. It now has branded cabinets...
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It’s time for Rooibos tea
Dragonfly wants to get more Brits drinking Rooibos tea, with an organic variety going on to shelves in Sainsbury.Tick Tock Rooibos is grown organically in South Africa and is naturally caffeine-free, low in tannin and high in antioxidants, the...
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Premier Foods sells tea business
Premier Foods has sold its tea business to Indian tea company Apeejay International Tea Limited, a subsidiary of Apeejay Surrendra, for £80m.The deal includes Premier Foods’ Typhoo, London Fruit & Herb, Lift and other associated brands....
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Rigby quits Twinings after months
Twinings marketing director Chris Rigby has left the company for personal reasons, said the company.Twinings announced Rigby’s appointment in March. He joined after five years at Diageo, where he was marketing director for brand innovation...
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Nestlé launches Fairtrade coffee
Nestlé is to launch a Fairtrade certified coffee, Nescafé Partners Blend.The freeze-dried instant coffee will go on sale from the middle of this month. It is sourced from five farmer co-operatives in El Salvador and...
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Indulgence in an instant is very rewarding
Sales of speciality convenience coffee mixes have been booming on the back of a reward and indulgence mentalityRoast and ground specialist Boaters describes speciality convenience coffees such as cappuccino mixes as the “Blue Nun of...
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The ethical ground – swell!
‘Passively ethical’ shoppers mean that the future for fairly traded products is positively excitingInterest in the ‘how’ as well as the ‘where’ of coffee production is growing apace, mirroring overall consumer concerns about fair...
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Consumer Feedback
>>the response to healthier teas is fragmentedA striking feature of the feedback from new tea and coffee assessments in recent years is how few younger pre-family respondents now follow the traditional tea and coffee drinking...
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No buzz generates lots of buzz
Consumers are increasingly seeking low or no caffeine versions of tea and coffee. But is a major hot beverage sub-sector really in the throes of being created? The jury is out for nowWhen Nestlé launched Half Caff versions of its...
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Innovation comes to the boil
Café culture now happens at home as the nation thirsts for sophisticated variations of tea and coffee. Mick Whitworth goes shopping for decaf, green, roast, fruit, herbal, ethical....We’ve been drinking tea and coffee since the 1600s,...
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Public must be better educated
There’s more money in speciality so big hitter Twinings is under pressure from standard brands’ lines and own labelWith volume growth rates as high as 30.8% [green tea, ACNielsen Scantrack June 25, 2005] and higher margins than the...
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Coffee debut for Novelli
Jean-Christophe Novelli is exploring further retail channels with the launch this month of a coffee bearing his name.The high-grade restaurant quality espresso and cafetière coffee has been specially created by the French chef.The espresso...
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Fairtrade bean first hits market
Cafédirect is tapping into burgeoning consumer thirst for premium, ethically produced hot drinks with the launch of the UK’s first Fairtrade whole coffee bean range.The market leader in Fairtrade hot drinks has developed three products...
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Kenco’s sustainability debut
Kraft Foods is launching an instant coffee, called Kenco Sustainable Development, made entirely from beans from certified sustainable sauces.The coffee, which will be available first in Waitrose and then other major UK supermarkets this autumn,...