All Hot beverages articles – Page 55
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ABF profits from acquisitions
Associated British Foods, the maker of Kingsmill bread and Twinings tea, said profit at the group had been boosted by its acquisition of Mazola corn oil and malt drink Ovaltine. For the year to September 13, ABF posted a 9% rise in pre-tax...
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Sainsbury drives on with instore eating
Sainsbury is developing its instore eating offer with the roll out of Starbucks concessions and a Comfortable Café concept. It plans to open Starbucks coffee concessions at 20 more stores after its initial introduction into 30 stores. And...
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Double Diamond delisted
Carlsberg-Tetley has delisted Double Diamond ale in the off-trade in order to focus on its key brands.The bottled beer, which will still be sold in pubs, was launched last year but has failed to take off.The brewer behind the...
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Coors Light premature'
Rosie Davenport Retailers have expressed surprise at plans by Coors Brewers for a nationwide launch of Coors Light. Details of Coors' aspirations for the 4.5% abv beer come nearly four years after Carlsberg-Tetley and Ubevco which...
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Fuller to grow Twinings gifts
Speciality tea company Twinings has named Kerry Fuller new product manager to oversee the growth of its exclusive gift range of products. Fuller will be responsible for driving sales through marketing and promotions for the existing gift range...
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Rappor helicopter alert
Simon Mowbray Kenco Rappor is to be given a £5m round of backing, including a promotion like something out of a Bond movie. Two million special jars of the instant coffee brand will go out to the trade early next month, of which five will...
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The smooth movers
Carlsberg-Tetley has unveiled a £750,000 press and poster advertising campaign to coincide with the start of the Six Nations and Tetley's Rugby Super League season. The campaign is part of the brand's Year of Sport programme, and features two...
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Gist goes further for Carlsberg-Tetley
Logistics provider Gist has expanded its contract with Carlsberg-Tetley to deliver to major supermarkets as well as to the brewer’s retail depot network for onward delivery to on-trade customers.The £100m deal over five years will include...
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ABF sells glass unit
Associated British Foods has sold its Allied Glass Containers business to management for an undisclosed sum. ABF whose brands include Twinings tea and Ovaltine milk drink, said the business had sales of £58m and net assets of £42m as of...
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Tia Maria mixes it
Allied Domecq is to ramp up its marketing for coffee liqueur brand Tia Maria over the festive season in an advertising campaign targeting 18 to 34-year-old women through female consumer magazines.The drinks giant said it hoped the media...
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Booker adds new coffee range
Booker Cash and Carry has launched a new and improved blend of coffee under its own Happy Shopper brand.The new Happy Shopper Coffee range is made from Colombian Arabica Coffees, plus others from Central and South America, “to appeal to the...
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Tchibo sets out to make rival a has bean
Simon Mowbray Coffee shops to novelty goods chain Tchibo is to take on the might of Nescafé ©n the c-store arena. The German retailer, which has 30 of the dual-purpose outlets in the south east, has branched out to launch a range of coffee...
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Coffee Syrup kick
Lyle's has signalled its intent to stick with Coffee Syrups by announcing a £450,000 round of support. The push will include offering London consumers a free sample sachet and money-off coupon if they send a text message for details....
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Indian Chai tea becomes a soft drink
Marketing and distribution company Spring Fine Foods has brought out Indian Chai Tea in a soft drink format. The lightly sparkling drink consists of a blend of fruit and tea in peach, banana, lemon and grapefruit flavours. Currently in...
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Tetley keeps heart after ASA rebuke
Mary Carmichael Tetley has pledged to continue to promote tea's health benefits despite rulings this week by advertising watchdogs that its latest marketing campaign was "misleading". Marketing and development director Nick Kilby said he...
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Petcare bites back for Nestlé
Nestlé has seen confectionery sales decline over the last nine months while total turnover rose 6% on the back of its $10.3bn acquisition of US petcare group Ralston Purina.To September 30, the maker of Nescafé and Häagen-Dazs ice cream said...
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Tea ads brew up trouble
Tetley has landed itself in hot water with advertising watchdogs for making ambiguous claims on the health benefits of tea.The Advertising Standards Agency has upheld a complaint from the Food Commission concerning two posters from Tetley’s...
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Director Murphy takes tea with Twinings
Paul Murphy will become Twinings commercial director from December 2 as the company gears up for the launch of a £3m brand support campaign in the New Year. The campaign will include sampling, door drops and multi-media advertising as well as...
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ABF beverages buy includes Ovaltine
Associated British Foods surprised the City with a £171m deal to buy Ovaltine and a clutch of other hot beverage brands from Novartis. The brands will combine with ABF's Twinings tea operation to create a £350m international hot beverages...