All Soft drinks articles – Page 100
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News
Energy drinks power up, baked beans sales down
Sports and energy drinks were once again the fastest-growing category in 2011, The Grocer/Nielsen Top Product Survey reveals.
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Category Report
SOFT DRINKS: Pop's popular, but sports drinks power growth
The unusually warm autumn provided an early Christmas tonic for all soft drinks suppliers,
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Don Simon claims a three-litre juice first
Soft drinks producer Don Simon is claiming a grocery first with the launch of a three-litre chilled bag-in-box orange juice.
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Comment & Opinion
The best innovation of 2011 tells us about society
As the old saying goes, “if it bleeds, it leads”. And there’s no shortage of bloodletting in The Grocer’s Top…
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News
Coke puts Innocent in the Olympic spotlight
Innocent has pole-vaulted its way onto the podium of Olympic sponsors after leveraging the fi nancial muscle of its majority stakeholder Coca-Cola, The Grocer can reveal.
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Gatorade range is extended for workout market
Britvic is repositioning its Gatorade drink as a sports nutrition range and adding lines designed to be drunk before and after a workout.
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Analysis & Features
Lucozade Energy Cola
The new drink, which will not be so firmly associated with sport as other variants, will help to expand the appeal of the Lucozade Energy brand
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WeightWatchers in link-up with Vimto for diet soft drinks
WeightWatchers and Vimto have teamed up to launch soft drinks in time for the post-Christmas detox.
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Soft drinks brands eye growing gamer sector
Soft drinks brands including Coke Zero are battling for the hearts - and trigger fingers - of UK game players.
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Firefly to land on Morrisons shelves soon
Natural drinks brand Firefly is expanding into Morrisons next month. The brand’s peach & green tea, grapefruit & passionfruit, and lemon, lime & ginger drinks (rsp: £1.60 for 330ml) will roll out to 300 stores in November. The…
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Youths get soft drinks with a Twiss
A new carbonated soft drinks brand offering flavours with a twist is rolling out to independents. The Twiss range, targeted at the youth market, comprises Lemon with a twist of Mint, Mango with a twist of Lime and Passionfruit with a...
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Typhoo’s eco-refill packs to cut waste...and lower prices
Typhoo is rolling out new ec0-friendly packaging to reduce waste and help it undercut its competitors’ prices by 20%. In a move hailed by Typhoo as “the biggest innovation in tea since the introduction of round teabags”, Typhoo Eco…
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Copella and Bottle Green warm to the idea of winter juice
Juice drink suppliers are hoping to turn the heat up this winter with products designed to be served hot. PepsiCo apple juice brand Copella and cordials producer Bottle Green are both aiming to bring incremental growth to the market by...
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New Juna juices give a taste of the exotic
If your customers have become blasé about passion fruit juice, perhaps it's time to offer them a taste of lulo. It is one of four chilled fruit juice flavours offered by start-up business Juna, a German-Colombian outfit that is donating...
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Analysis & Features
Coldpress Pink Lady & Coldpress Golden Delicious
The ambient range has a five-month shelf life and claims to taste as good as fresh
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Soothing herbal Lull gets buyers excited
One of the British success stories of the show was ‘chill-out’ drink Lull, which attracted global interest. Launched in the UK during the summer, the sparkling soft drink is made from kiwi and berries and has botanical extracts designed…
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Lucozade takes Energy range into cola market
Lucozade is making its first move into the cola market with a new addition to its Lucozade Energy range. Lucozade Energy Cola, which features a black label designed to set it apart from other Lucozade drinks, will be rolling out this…
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Asda puts No Fear’s energy drink on shelf
No Fear Extreme has secured its first supermarket listing and set out its stall as a major player in the energy drink category. From 10 October, it will be rolling out to 238 Asda stores in 485ml cans (rsp: £1.29) featuring a resealable…
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Made from embers? Irn-Bru puts out Fiery
AG Barr is hoping to set sales of Irn-Bru on fire with the launch of the brand's first ever limited-edition flavour. Rolling out to stores from 26 September until December, Fiery Irn-Bru has been designed to offer the taste of its parent...
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Lucozade Alert Plus clings on as shot sales struggle
Lucozade Alert Plus has survived an internal review as UK energy shot sales fall woefully short of industry expectations. GlaxoSmithKline pledged £13m in support of its Lucozade Alert Plus drink when it launched in September 2009,...