All Hot beverages articles – Page 53
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Instant coffee sales down 2%
Sales of instant coffee are down by 2% on last year while sales of standard teabags are static, as younger consumers turn to soft drinks and a wider choice of hot beverages. Other factors contributing to this decline is that people are...
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Ty Nant gets ready for tea
Bottled water specialist Ty Nant has forged a new partnership with a Taiwanese tea producer.The Welsh company is to use its distribution network to launch a range of ready-to-drink teas under the Lao Tsu Say banner.The range, which has so...
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Working week
>>shs sales director Peter ButlerSHS does sales and marketing for many of the brand leaders in the grocery market, including WKD, Douwe Egberts, Durex, Finish and Shloer.As sales director, Peter Butler is responsible for...
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Somerfield joins Tchibo to expand non-food
Somerfield is significantly expanding the space it devotes to non-food following a deal with German coffee maker and non-food supplier Tchibo to roll out dedicated displays in 100 stores.The Tchibo concept, piloted at selected stores for six...
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Tesco’s take-out challenge
Tesco is targeting the high street coffee bar market with a major roll-out of Coffee Nation’s self-service gourmet coffee units.The concessions have already been installed in 30 Tesco Express stores and the multiple aims to roll them out to 150...
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Taking the café culture home
Nestlé has ordered a £5m relaunch of its Nescafé branded Café Style range of coffees.The company has reformulated the £1.99 offerings – which include three types of Cappuccino, a Mocha and a Latte – to make them more frothy than before.New...
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Thai cuisine fires up Blue Dragon
Oriental food specialist Blue Dragon has added two new varieties, Green Tea Rice Noodles and Fine Brown Rice Noodles, to its noodles range. Green Tea Rice Noodles, flavoured with green tea, has been designed to add colour and interest to...
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Premier float was a success
Premier Foods sold more shares than is planned following its flotation.The maker of Branston Pickle and Typhoo Tea has been valued at £540m after it sold £350m of shares yesterday.The strong interest from investors came after the company...
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Kenco flags up a sustainable line
Kraft Foods has become the latest coffee manufacturer to promote its ethical credentials with a new sustainable coffee under the Kenco brand.Kenco Sustainable Development, which is adorned with the logo of the international conservation...
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Lipton Ice Tea has uncool fun
Unilever is to spend millions of pounds having a laugh with Lipton Ice Tea for a second year.A £3.5m spend is headed by a new TV ads set to run until September which follow the success of last year’s ‘Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it’...
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Nescafé’s prize packs
Nestlé is launching two new support packages behind its Nescafé Original and Gold Blend instant coffee variants.Original fans will be offered an on-pack loyalty scheme from mid-June where they can exchange ‘bean tokens’ for rewards, including a...
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Premier Foods to float
Premier Foods is to be floated on the stock market. The UK food group whose brands include Typhoo Tea and Branston Pickle is valued at around £1.3bn.Premier Foods is owned by private equity group Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst. The US group has...
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Nestlé eyes fair trade
Nestlé is plotting its first assault on the fair trade market with its Nescafé brand. The food and drinks multinational is holding top level talks to throw its Nescafé instant coffee stalwart into the arena by bringing out a fair trade...
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Now Tetley keeps tea on the boil
Tetley is brewing up for another onslaught on the buoyant sectors of the hot beverages market with a 12-strong wave of new premium teas and a £5m support package.Trialled in Tesco since August last year, four speciality offerings, two green tea...
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Star brands boost ABF
Ovaltine, Kingsmill and Ryvita helped drive up sales and profit at Associated British Foods in its interim period.Ryvita enjoyed strong growth in crispbreads, while ABF said Ovaltine, which was acquired in November, and Twinings improved...
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Tea with plenty of Latitude
Metro Drinks aims to make a splash in iced teas with a four strong ready-to-drink range called Latitude.Rolling out now, the quartetincludes traditional Lemon and Peach flavours, a more unusual Mango Green tea variant and a Light Peach...
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PG Plunger drops out of sight
Unilever is pulling the plug on its PG Plunger loose tea concept after sales failed to reach the company’s expectations.The product had been a bold move by the food giant to inject some life into the flagging hot beverages market, which last...
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'New' Ethical 'Old' Ethical
>>major ethical offerings and how they have been doingBrand: Tesco own labelLaunched: March 2004Brand proposition: 15 product range including orange juice, cookes, coffee, tea, chocolate and South African Wine,...
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Tesco launches its own Fairtrade range
Tesco will launch a new own label Fairtrade range next week to coincide with the start of Fairtrade Fortnight.The 15-product range, developed in conjunction with the Fairtrade Foundation, will include orange juice, cookies, coffee, tea,...
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Extra Thin Ice looks beyond mint
Wrigley has given the first indication that its successful Extra Thin Ice fresh breath strips could soon be extended beyond mint flavours.Coffee, peach melba and even cinnamon variants are all possible line extensions and could be on sale by...