All Hot beverages articles – Page 52

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    Kiss with a kick for café culture

    2006-05-06T00:00:00Z

    The café culture craze has spilled into the drinks industry through the launch of an iced cappuccino with a vodka kick. Halewood International, owner of Lambrini and Red Square vodka, has created Café Kiss, an iced coffee with a...

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    Trends & developments: Goodness Shakes; Tetley; Oasis; Buxton

    2006-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Goodness Shakes makes supermilk debut... Tetley puts tea on ice... Oasis grows up with fusion... buxton adds playground appeal...Grace Kennedy, owner of the Tropical Rhythms brand, is extending its drinks range with the launch...

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    In Brief: Maximising on milk; Flavour adventure; Dessert debut; Feel-Good fantasy; Splashing out

    2006-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Twinings is milking its marketing coffers for a £1.2m TV ad campaign for its Ovaltine Max for Milk brand. Set to break in June, executions feature animated characters and deal with parents’ eternal dilemma of how to get kids to eat…

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    In Brief: Smooth operator; Easter initiative; Nescafe and music; Rizazz pizazz; Up to scratch

    2006-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Imperial Tobacco UK has revealed a new cigarette box-style pack format for its loose tobacco brand Golden Virginia with two separate 7g 'bricks' of tobacco, which it claims offers retailers greater margins in the growing roll-your-own...

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    On the Campaign Trail: Weetabix; Strongbow; Typhoo; St Ivel Gold Omega-3

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Weetabix with you each day... Strongbow points in right direction... Get ready to 'oo' with Typhoo... St Ivel goes for gold with omega-3...

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    Herbert's on the rocks

    2006-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers will be able to choose an ethical option in the drinks chiller with the launch of Herbert's Iced Coffee.The product has an eight-month shelf life and is available in 270ml bottles in latte and mocha varieties (rsp:...

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    Foreign Focus

    2006-03-25T00:00:00Z

    >>what's new overseas?Product:man kind teaCompany:the republic of teacountry:usDavid jagoeditorial director,Mintel's Global New Products DatabaseThis month we focus on the inherent...

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    Typhoo reclaims its 'oo' factor

    2006-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Typhoo is returning to the small screen next month after a three-year absence, with a £5m campaign that will once again encourage tea drinkers to go 'oo' as they sup.Airing from April 3, the campaign follows in the footsteps of...

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    On The Run in the south

    2006-03-04T00:00:00Z

    ROC UK is stepping up its expansion plans for its On The Run Esso forecourt stores.The company said it wanted to boost its portfolio of 55 On The Run sites, which feature cafés serving Costa coffee and Délice de France pastries, to 80 by the...

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    A growing concern

    2006-02-25T00:00:00Z

    A diverse range of products now carry the Fairtrade mark, but research shows widespread ignorance of the core issuesThe list of ethically traded products, and those carrying the Fairtrade mark, go way beyond tea and coffee. Ranges...

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    Coffee price still rising

    2006-02-25T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-01-21T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-01-21T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-12-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-11-05T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-13T08:15:00Z

    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

    2005-10-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-07T09:57:00Z

    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...