All Soft drinks articles – Page 119
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Liquid Smoking: one way to beat the ban
A soft drink that claims to provide the same ‘stress relief’ as a cigarette is targeting the UK to cash in on the smoking ban. Liquid Smoking, introduced in the Netherlands earlier this year, contains an African herbal extract that provides “a...
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Advertising: The battle for autumn’s top cuppa begins
Things have hotted up in the tea and coffee sector over the past few weeks. Advertising spend across the category has tripled to more than £3.2m compared with the same period last year. Yet, before this period, spend had been tracking at about 25%...
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NewsCritical Eye... on insane wine making
I’m quite partial to the odd bottle – er, glass – of red wine and have offended many with my predilection for mixing even the good stuff with Coke. (It’s called a Kalimocho and I nearly got chucked out of a tapas bar in Granada for having the...
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Ex-Cadbury man Baldry takes top CCE GB role
Former Cadbury Schweppes UK confectionery managing director Simon Baldry has been named vice president and general manager of Coca-Cola Enterprises Great Britain. Baldry replaces Hubert Patricot, who was made president of Coca-Cola Enterprises’...
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Smoothie sales slump as shoppers feel pinch
Innocent Drinks, the market-leading smoothie maker, has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, suffering a massive drop in sales as cash-stretched consumers forgo the drinks. The company admitted its like-for-like sales had plummeted 21% to...
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Lavazza adds a splash of style to pod coffees
Lavazza is going head to head with Nestlé’s Nespresso and Kraft Foods’ Tassimo with its first coffee ‘pod’ machine. The Italian coffee specialist has developed A Modo Mio (which means My Way in Italian) in partnership with coffee machine maker,...
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Skinny Cow: from freezer to teabreak
Nestlé is taking its Skinny Cow ice-cream brand into hot beverages at the end of the month, with Skinny Cow Hot Chocolate. The drink contains 40 calories per serving and is available in Indulgent Chocolate and Chocolate Mint flavours, in 200g jars...
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No joke for Coke as Thai top man is axed
Coca-Cola must be worried following recent controversy over Thailand’s top celebrity chef. Samak Sundaravej last week was forced to give up his other job, as Thai Prime Minister, after a court ruled his cookery show breached the constitution. Sadly...
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End of the line for Boosted Smoothies
Nestlé’s Boosted Smoothies drinks have been discontinued just four months after they were launched to take on Innocent. The smoothies range had been billed as Nestlé’s “number one focus for a good few years” by Jon Walsh, MD of new business. But...
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NewsPromotrack: Coca-Cola injects a bit more fizz into its offers
The supermarket aisles were awash with Coca-Cola offers at the weekend, but its biggest rival is starting to play catch up
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Risqué Orangina ad attracts charity’s ire
The Advertising Standards Authority is investigating a number of complaints over a risqué television commercial for Orangina that features animated animals in bikinis dancing provocatively. The ASA has received around 150 complaints since the advert was first screened at the beginning of the month and will now decide whether ...
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Feel Good Kids juice is ‘healthier option’
Soft drinks brand Feel Good is taking on Fruit Shoots and Innocent Kids with the launch of its first children’s range of juices, which it claims is healthier and more refreshing than the competition because of its high water content. Feel Good Kids...
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Corpora creating ‘Red Bull of wine’
Chilean wine producer Corpora is planning a blueberry functional wine drink, described as “the Red Bull of wine”. The functional wine is still in development and there is currently an issue over whether the tipple, which would also contain vitamin B...
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Innocent finally makes its orange juice debut
Innocent finally makes its orange juice debut: Innocent finally makes its orange juice debut: After years of waiting for the right moment, Innocent is finally introducing its first straight orange juice to compete with Tropicana and Minute Maid. The smoothie company claims that its new Innocent Orange Juice, available with ...
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Retailer reluctance limits Red Bull Cola
Red Bull is struggling to convince retailers to stock its new cola drink alongside rivals Coca-Cola and Pepsi rather than in the energy drink fixture, the company has admitted. Red Bull Cola was launched in May and is already the UK’s 19th...
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Campaign trail: Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Enterprises aims to strengthen its position in adult soft drinks with a new advert for its burgeoning Oasis brand. The ad, with the tagline 'For people who don't like water', is part of a £4m spend including TV and outdoor advertising...
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Innocent set for green and brown smoothies
Green and even brown-coloured smoothies could soon be making their debuts under the Innocent brand after more than six years of development work, The Grocer has learnt. A number of kiwi recipes, including one that does not contain bananas...
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World News - 28th June 2006
French officials relent on Red Bull. FRANCE: French consumers may soon be able to get their wings, after a ban on Red Bull was lifted. Concerns about the levels of caffeine and another ingredient, taurine, meant the energy drink...