All Soft drinks articles – Page 102
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Redundancy open the door to new opportunities
The week was going so well until you received that innocent call asking you to come to room 13 on the fourth floor to meet your line manager and the HR business partner. You know what happens next.
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NewsAsda filtered milk follows Tesco’s lead
Asda has followed in Tesco's footsteps and launched own-label filtered milk, it has emerged. Asda Fresher for Longer is produced by Cravendale owner Arla Foods, and started going onto shelves at the end of May. It is available in...
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: VK Cheeky
VK claims to have bottled the taste of student-favourite cocktail Cheeky Vimto in this 4% abv drink.
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NewsSoft drinks meets squirty cream in Tango aerosol
Britvic is putting the fizz back into fizzy drinks with an aerosol-powered Tango that squirts soft drink into the consumer’s mouth. Turbo Tango (rsp: £1.60), which “features nitro-fuelled aerosol technology to deliver a foamy blast of orange”, is aimed at teenagers.
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Clipper to cut into ground coffee trade
Clipper is launching a range of Fairtrade roasted ground coffee this autumn.The company already sells four instant coffees as well as its wider everyday, flavoured and green tea ranges and will launch five ground coffees in a range of...
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New blends for Tropicana and Copella
PepsiCo has added a host of new juice blends under its Tropicana and Copella brands.Citrus Breakfast has joined the Tropicana line-up (rsp: £2.20), as has a three-strong Tropicana Premium Edition range comprising Sanguinello, Orange with...
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NewsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2011: Branded Supplier of the Year
Smart alliances drive up Coke sales in 125th year. The soft drinks behemoth receives this award in its 125th anniversary...
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NewsNew-look Rombouts rolls into Sainsbury’s
Rombouts is rolling out its revamped coffee range to Sainsbury's next month. The brand has been relaunched by the Rombouts family, who bought back its distribution rights from Premier Foods in 2009. "The product had been...
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NewsNew formula for Shaken Udder drinks
Shaken Udder has been revamped and its sugar content reduced in a bid to appeal more to the lunchbox market. The premium milkshakes which are sold in Waitrose, Ocado and high-end food halls now contain less than 5% sugar, down from 6%....
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NewsSea buckthorn is set to Pep up adult fruit juice drink category
Sea buckthorn, hailed as the next big 'superfruit', is set to hit the UK in a new juice drink. Pep a blend of sea buckthorn, wild berry fruits and natural fruit sweetener would be the first drink of its kind in the UK, claimed marketing...
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: Ribena Sparkling
As a fan of its blackcurrant squash, I was pleased to discover Ribena has created an authentic sparkling version that retains the original flavour and hasn’t been over-sweetened or unnecessarily meddled with.
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NewsHip tea brand brings out flavas to impress the kids
Trendy tea brand Charbrew hopes to woo younger consumers back to the tea aisle with funky flavours such as Strawberry & Cream. From July, 300 Sainsbury's stores will carry its Tropical Rooibos and Strawberry & Cream teas
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NewsCritical Eye... on the superbrand of Alex Riley
Would someone please stop allowing that moron Alex Riley on the TV? This week, he wrapped up his series on the Secrets of the Superbrands (8pm, BBC3, 31 May) by asking why the global population is so in thrall to brands like Coke.
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NewsNestlé seeks a place for Buxton water at the breakfast table
Nestlé Waters is looking for a slice of the breakfast drinks market with a new campaign urging consumers to quench their 'morning thirst' with Buxton. It is providing 5,000 PoS shelf-edge wobblers to independent retailers and revealed it...
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Only Natural extends range of herbal teas
Only Natural Products, the company behind Dr Stuart's, is expanding its herbal tea portfolio with a new range of stronger-flavoured blends. The organic Higher Living range, available now, consists of eight herbal infusions.
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: Levi Roots Caribbean Crush
The new drinks would “add an exotic twist” to the soft drinks category
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Sunnier outlook for Sunny D after a 52% hike in value sales
Sunny D bosses are hailing a 52% leap in sales over the past quarter as evidence the brand has finally turned the corner despite a further slump in its year-on-year figures.Twelve months ago, Sunny Delight Beverage Company slashed the...
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NewsBottlegreen bought by WKD maker
Bottlegreen Drinks has been sold to Northern Ireland’s SHS Group, the maker of WKD. The soft drinks producer was previously controlled by Piper Private Equity. Piper paid around £5m for a majority stake in 2007 and reportedly valued the company at £30m.
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Illy iced coffee set to keep ‘cold hot’ drink category on the boil
The market for 'cold hot drinks' - one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors in soft drinks - is set to receive a further boost with the launch of an iced range from premium coffee producer Illy. Issimo, which made its debut in the US and...
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Yorkshire Provender aims its fresh soups at young workforce
Premium soup supplier Yorkshire Provender is stepping into Innocent Veg Pots territory with the launch of fresh single-serve soups. The three-strong range described by the company as combining the convenience of soup with the sustenance...