All Soft drinks articles – Page 104
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NewsLittle Dish appoints O’Brien to double its sales by end of 2012
Natural kids food brand Little Dish has appointed a new sales director as it looks to double sales by the end of 2012. Andy O'Brien has joined the company from Innocent Drinks, where he worked for more than two years as a grocery...
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Comment & Opinion
Coke's hero to Zero
Tomorrow morning Wayne Rooney finds out whether he’ll cop a suspension from the FA for his potty-mouthed outburst down the Sky Sports cameras. While he’s sure to start against Chelsea tonight, Rooney certainly won’t be pulling on the hallowed red and white colours of Coca-Cola any time soon.
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NewsSpecial relationship brings US favourites to shelves of Asda
Asda’s drive to bring US products to UK shelves continued this week with the roll-out of RC Cola. Regular and diet Royal Crown Cola launched in the US in 1905 is available nationwide in two-litre bottles (rsp: £1.28) and six-can packs…
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Princes taps ambient juice growth sectors
Soft drinks supplier Princes is launching two new ranges to tap into two of the main growth areas in ambient juices lunchbox and exotic. The company is taking its ambient squash brand Jucee into the pure juice market for the first time...
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NewsDouble-strength squash helps The Co-op slash packaging
The Co-operative Group says its move to double-concentrated squash will cut the packaging used for its own-brand cordial by 40%. Eighty-three tonnes of packaging a year will be saved by the move, the mutual said.
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: Playboy Energy Drink
The new energy drink is positioned as “a great-tasting product that is energy and more”
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Focus On Juices & Smoothies: Innovations
Fructose intolerant Mark Walker spotted a gap in the market for a range of chilled pure vegetable juices and, having adapted traditional olive oil-making methods to create a process for extracting juice from beetroot, spinach, celery and carrot, he came up with WB&CO.
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NewsFocus On Juices & Smoothies: Keeping the juices flowing
The juices and smoothies market looks poised for recovery, but some sectors are struggling, and the spectre of commodity prices continues to haunt everyone. Elinor Zuke reports
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Douwe Egberts makes debut in refill packs
Douwe Egberts is following the lead of other major coffee brands with the launch of refill packs. Two variants of its Instants Pure range Pure Gold and Pure Indulgence will be in Asda and Morrisons nationwide in refill packs from this...
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Focus On Juices & Smoothies: A big year for smoothies on TV
In terms of spend, the past year has been a big one for juices and smoothies, with the top 10 brands spending 71% more on advertising than last year. TV spend alone was up 86.9%.
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NewsCoconut water tipped to become £100m category
Product launches and increased distribution have reinforced coconut water's position as a product to watch in 2011, say industry observers. In the same week that coconut water brand Vita Coco was rolled out to 250 Tescos across the UK,...
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NewsLevi Roots grows his empire with Vimto soft drinks link-up
Fruit juices and fizzy drinks are being added to Levi Roots' Reggae Reggae portfolio to bring a taste of the Caribbean to the market. Roots is joining forces with Vimto Soft Drinks to launch this month. Vimto will make the drinks under...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Pepsi to Lurpak
The delisting of Pepsi Raw was no surprise with sales of less than £1m. It was the only blot on an otherwise bright landscape for Pepsi. Convenience and...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Schweppes to Müller Light
Schweppes fell one place this year, with growth dropping from the 6.5% recorded last year to 3.1%, and volume dipping by 0.3%. There was a strong...
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GSK warns of ‘mould growth’ in Lucozade Sport Lite
GlaxoSmithKline has withdrawn all bottles of Lucozade Sport Lite Summer Berries from retailers and distributors due to “mould growth”. A small number of the drinks may have an unpleasant smell and taste, the company warned, as a result of the mould. GSK removed 500ml bottles and multipacks from shelves last ...
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News‘Quirky’ Frijj promo offers man for a day
Dairy Crest's Frijj is taking "quirky" to a whole new level with the launch of a competition to win a person. From Monday, shoppers who purchase a bottle of chocolate, strawberry or banana Frijj milkshake will have the chance to win...
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NewsCampaign Trail: Just a perfect day...
The long, lazy days of summer may seem a long way off, but CCE hopes to get us all dreaming about our perfect day with its new promotion for Capri Sun, Imagine Your Perfect Day and Win It. The on-pack promotion, supported by a £1m outdoor campaign,...
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NewsTropicana launches into still lemonades
PepsiCo is taking Tropicana into lemonade for the first time but only the still kind. Tropicana Still Lemonades hit chillers this week in traditional and pink lemonade flavours (rsp: £2.20/900ml and £1.17/300ml). The drinks...
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NewsSoBe brings a splash of natural energy to the UK
Hit US energy drink SoBe has landed in the UK in a move that promises to improve the market's natural credentials. SoBe Pure Rush a variant of the PepsiCo brand exclusive to the UK is being introduced to garage forecourts, WHSmith...
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NewsSports and energy drinks leapfrog cola in impulse
Sports and energy drinks outsold cola in impulse for the first time last year, helping the soft drinks market post its biggest annual growth in four years. S&E drinks were the fastest growing fmcg segment in 2010, rocketing 16% in...