All Soft drinks articles – Page 138

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    CCE pours £56m into UK portfolio

    2003-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola Enterprises is throwing £56m behind its UK portfolio this year with activity focusing on its key consumers – teenagers, young adults and families.A £5m launchpad for new Vanilla variants of Coke and Diet Coke tops the soft drinks...

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    CCE pours £56m into UK portfolio

    2003-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Mary Carmichael Coca-Cola Enterprises is throwing £56m behind its UK portfolio this year with activity focusing on its key consumers ­ teenagers, young adults and families. A £5m launchpad for new Vanilla variants of Coke and Diet Coke tops...

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    Safeway opens up Vanilla Coke

    2003-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Safeway has today exclusively started selling Vanilla Coke and Diet Coke one week ahead of other retailers.According to Safeway this is Coke’s biggest launch this year with some £5m of advertising support.The retailer said that the...

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    Nichols plant shake up

    2003-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Nichols, the parent company of Vimto Soft Drinks, is planning to outsource manufacturing of its brands in an effort to increase operational efficiency. The move would involve closing its factory at Golborne near Manchester, which makes Vimto,...

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    FA link boost for Gatorade

    2003-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Pepsi has announced a £20m sponsorship deal with the Football Association which gives the brand the right to use the England squad and the FA Cup in its marketing campaigns.The deal will help to herald the UK arrival of Pepsi’s Gatorade...

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    Here comes Vanilla Coke

    2003-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola is to launch new Vanilla flavour in both standard and Diet formats next month, The Grocer has learned. Speculation as to when the soft drinks giant would finally launch the new brand was ended this week as visitors to the Convenience...

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    PepsiCo to launch vanilla cola?

    2003-03-11T00:00:00Z

    PepsiCo may launch a vanilla-flavoured cola following the success of Vanilla Coke from arch rival Coca-Cola last year. By October last year Vanilla Coke had sold 60 million cases in its first five months on the US market, according to Coke....

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    Coke leads the charge

    2003-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Asda put on a spurt last week and its rise in the chart has continued to improve this week, taking it to the top. Safeway also moves up the chart to take the number two spot, focusing mainly on price promotions. Morrisons and Tesco move...

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    Cadbury milks it in US

    2003-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Confectionery and drink giant Cadbury Schweppes has entered the milk market Stateside targeting young adults with the launch of a range of flavoured milk drinks under the brand name Raging Cow.Produced by Cadbury’s US subsidiary Dr Pepper/...

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    The age of Innocent

    2003-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Not even four years old, Innocent Drinks is a rapidly rising star in tune with the times. Mary Carmichael meets the founder Richard Reed's entrepreneurial streak was apparent at primary school when he found he could buy Smurf stickers for 3p and...

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    Fanta gets new flavour

    2003-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Simon Mowbray Coca-Cola is bidding to push the meteoric rise of Fanta in the UK even further ­ by introducing another new flavour. The company predicts that Zesty Berry (blackcurrant and Lemon) could even eclipse the success of recently...

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    Fanta gets new flavour

    2003-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola is bidding to push the meteoric rise of Fanta in the UK even further – by introducing another new flavour.The company predicts that Zesty Berry (blackcurrant and Lemon) could even eclipse the success of recently introduced...

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    Stitzer to lead a new generation at CS

    2002-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury Schweppes has promoted executive director and chief strategy officer Todd Stitzer to CEO in a reshuffle of senior executives. Stitzer will succeed current CEO John Sunderland who becomes chairman on May 8. Sunderland's role will be...

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    Coke adds flavour to Dasani

    2002-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola has launched four new vitamin-enhanced flavoured versions of its Dasani bottled water brand Stateside.Coke said Dasani NutriWater now came in mandarin orange, lemon tangerine, wild berry and pear cucumber flavours. It contains no...

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    no vanilla yet

    2002-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola says it has "no immediate plans" to launch Vanilla Coke in the UK, contrary to reports. A spokesman for the soft drinks giant told The Grocer: "Vanilla Coke has enjoyed a successful launch in the US since its introduction there five...

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    Wetherspoon to match supermarket prices

    2002-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Pub group Wetherspoon is to match or undercut prices at Sainsbury’s on products such as Guinness and Red Bull as part of its festive marketing campaign at its 616-strong estate.From Monday, November 11 the company will charge £1.69 for a...

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    Vanilla Coke hits Europe

    2002-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Coca-Cola has rolled out its cola variant Vanilla Coke in Sweden and said it is to launch it in the UK, France and Germany within the next 12 months.The first cans of the sparkly drink, which has helped revive flagging sales since its US...

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    Multinational giant PepsiCo has plans to launch a raft of ne

    2002-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The company, which already has a number of major brands in the UK such as Pepsi, Walkers and Tropicana, is looking to introduce a range of snack products it acquired with its purchase of Quaker Oats Company last year, as well as Gatorade, which...

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    Coke in the very image of Harry Potter

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Simon Mowbray Coca-Cola is embarking on what it claims is "one of the most exciting promotions" it has ever run, by signing up to a multi-million pack deal with the latest Harry Potter movie. The first batch of more than 20 million special...

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    Our basket of shares has now lost 10% of the original #1,000

    2002-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons shares put on 18p and Unilever 21p but, of the retailers, Sainsbury took a hammering in September as its price dropped by 36p. Cadbury Schweppes' shares fell 25p and Dairy Crest dropped 51p. Sainsbury is not looking good, in spite of its...