All Hot beverages articles – Page 51
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Speciality coffee
Sales of posh coffee are up. According to TNS, the roast and ground category was up 12% to £116.6m [52 w/e 18 June], while speciality instant coffee was up 19% in the same period to £90m.Grant Rosewarne, MD of Douwe Egberts, says this is...
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Break escape for new lines
We may be a nation of tea and coffee drinkers, but if consumers are increasing their consumption of a cup of 'rosie lee' or a hit of strong black stuff, they are not drinking it at home.While TNS figures show healthy value growth of 2.7%...
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There's always time for tea
Tetley customer marketing manager Simon Attfield is fed up with people sounding the death knell for tea. He says: "Every year we hear it's the end for tea, but in truth the tea market is flat. In fact, it is coming back into favour...
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Consumers always game to try out new hot drinks
How do consumers view such a well-established category as hot beverages? We asked shopper behaviour expert Visuality to research their shopping habits.Its research found that the majority of consumers shop at least once a month for tea...
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looking back What we said in 1995
In The Grocer's Focus on Tea and Coffee (11 November 1995), the issue of falling consumption of tea was high on the agenda, although the signs were that decline was being arrested.Sales of tea had dropped steadily since 1987, but...
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Spar shopenterprise
BWG Group, which operates the Mace and Spar franchises in the Irish Republic, has always been recognised as a market leader. And the launch last December of a pioneering new Spar format - complete with juice bar, coffee concession and...
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In Brief: Fairtrade Foundation; Gielsen for finance; Dach joins Wal-Mart; Ioannou quits CCHBC; Acting for farmers
Fairtrade Foundation Silver Kasoro-Atwoki, director and chairman of the Mabale Growers Tea Factory in Uganda, has been appointed to the board of the Fairtrade Foundation. Kasoro-Atwoki said: "The UK is a very important market for African tea producers. I hope to...
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Time to get into the grove
In the 1950s and 1960s, bread and dripping was a teatime staple. Mum had cooked the roast beef or pork for lunch and served up the leftover fat and juices, spread on bread, for tea.But how times change - today's equivalent is a much...
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Michael Brooks
What is your career background?I was a chartered accountant but joined forces with my old school friend Angus Cameron to launch a coffee company that supplied coffee beans and machines to London restaurants. In 1992 we decided to...
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Cannabis tea uplifts without the narcotic
Tea made with cannabis is easing its way into the UK, promising peace and relaxation without the toxic or illegal elements. As featured in The Grocer's coverage of food show Anuga (15 October 2005), ambient, ready-to-drink C-Ice Swiss...
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Douwe Egberts opts for a fair alternative
Douwe Egberts has opted for an alternative to Fairtrade, with a coffee that takes "a more sustainable approach to the industry". It is launching a four-strong ground range called Good Origin - in medium, strong and rich and medium...
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Wild Bean Café set for broader future?
Wild Bean Café, BP&'s coffee counter, will eventually appear outside the company&'s forecourt stores, a senior executive has predicted. Andrew Davis, trading manager at BP Retail, claimed research showed few customers...
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Acid test: Café Kiss; Jacob's Creek Sparkling Rosé
Company: Halewood International. Price: £1.59 per can. Expert's verdict...20/25. Café Kiss really does what it says on the tin, and delivers a frothy coffee experience with a subtle kiss of alcohol. Undoubtedly, it's...
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Frangelico plans to crack liqueur sector
Waitrose is to be the launchpad for an Italian hazelnut liqueur. To promote the new product, the retailer is running a sampling campaign for the drink combined with its Italian coffee.Frangelico - a liqueur made from wild...
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restaurant foodhits the shelves
What does ubiquitous high street coffee shop group Starbucks have in common with stylish noodle bar chain Wagamama? Both have recently joined forces with manufacturers to put their products on UK supermarket shelves. The ventures...
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Trends & developments
>>rocket fuel's Self-heating coffee shots... green & black's impulse buy... unilever's world cup 'fanimal'...Coffee brand Rocket Fuel has filled a niche in the impulse market with its Rocket Fuel Power Shots. Sold as a hot...
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Trends & developments
>>rocket fuel's Self-heating coffee shots... green & black's impulse buy... unilever's world cup 'fanimal'...Coffee brand Rocket Fuel has filled a niche in the impulse market with its Rocket Fuel Power Shots. Sold as a hot...
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Hot Spots: Adez is coming on strong; Pot Noodle loses its horn; Vodka coffee smoocher
A ROUND-UP OF THE HOTTEST ACTION IN FMCG. Unilever UK has earmarked £12m to support its first new standalone brand for 12 years. The three-strong Adez range of fruit juice drinks blended with soya and fortified with vitamins...
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In Brief: No HP Revolt; Success for Asda; Retailer in top 30; Mosquito signing; Tesco coffee deal
Heinz has said there has not been a downturn in HP Sauce sales following calls from Clare Short, a Birmingham MP and former secretary of state for international development, to boycott the product. Short called for the boycott...