All Soft drinks articles – Page 31
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News
Tesco adds quadruple-strength squashes in plastic-reducing revamp
Tesco is touting the move as being better value for shoppers and the planet
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Interviews
Highland Spring’s Simon Oldham on the war on plastic: "Bottled water isn’t going anywhere"
Highland Spring’s joint MD has coped with Covid sales slumps, sustainability concerns and supply issues. But he’s feeling optimistic about the brand
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Coca-Cola invests £11m in sustainability upgrades at UK sites
The soft drinks giant is to replace its entire 200-strong fleet of material handling equipment
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Fix8 kombucha rescued from liquidation by sale to Global Tea
The two businesses were a “natural alignment”, said Fix8 founder Freya Twigden
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City Snapshot: Pets at Home boss Peter Pritchard to leave pet care retailer
Pets at Home Group CEO Peter Pritchard is to leave the retailer after 11 years with the business. Plus, Coca-Cola HBC reports strong Q3.
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Coca-Cola agrees $5.6bn takeover of sports drinks brand BodyArmor
Coca-Cola has taken full control of sports drinks group Body Armor for $5.6bn (£4.1bn) after identifying further “significant potential” for long-term growth.
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Interviews
Innocent’s Douglas Lamont on leading the quest to make business ethical
Innocent boss Douglas Lamont wants business to be a force for good. He’s making the case for legislation to that effect – and he’s practising what he preaches
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Iceland replaces own-label fruit juices with five-strong Del Monte range
It comes after The Grocer revealed last month Iceland had launched 250 new products in stores in a day
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Highland Spring: logistics crisis slowing recovery from Covid
Bottled water brand Highland Spring has blamed the logistics crisis for inhibiting its sales rebound from a Covid-depressed 2020
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CO2 crisis: deal agreed to maintain supply into the new year
A temporay government bailout, which led to the restarting of CO2 gas production last month, was due to end on 12 October
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Jucee rebrands to widen appeal and lure in health-conscious consumers
The drinks’ nutritional benefits were now clearly labelled on pack, ‘making it easier for shoppers to make the right choice’, said Jucee
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Analysis & Features
Can PepsiCo’s SodaStream concentrates compete with its big bottles?
PepsiCo and SodaStream are playing up the benefits of the launch
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Analysis & Features
Why kombucha purists are coming to blows with new entrants to the booming segment
As kombucha hits the big time, small players have united over a claimed lack of authenticity among larger suppliers now entering the fray. What impact will that have, if any?
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City snapshot: AG Barr posts ‘record’ first half profits as out-of-home consumption rebounds
Irn-Bru maker AG Barr has posted record first half profits as the out-of-home soft drinks market rebounded, but warned second half margins will slide on rising costs.
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Sneak energy drink disruptor sells majority stake to global PE house
The brand sells a range of sugar-free, clean-label powdered energy formulas and pre-mixed cans
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PepsiCo makes its big brands available on SodaStream
The business has launched SodaStream flavours of Pepsi, Pepsi Max, 7up and 7up Free into Sainsbury’s
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Dalston’s eyes retail expansion as it beats £400k crowd target
Dalston’s has hit a £400k crowdfunding target within 24 hours of launching a campaign to help the challenger drinks brand’s ongoing recovery from the Covid pandemic.
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Britvic to move all on-the-go drinks bottles to 100% recycled plastic
It kick-started the transition with Lipton, moving its 500ml format to 100% rPET this summer
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‘Only a few days’ of CO2 left for manufacturing, warn soft drinks makers
“If soft drinks manufacturers cannot get hold of CO2 supplies after their reserves have run out, production of certain products will have to cease”
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Genie Drinks mounts challenge to soft drinks giants with first TV ad
The ad has launched as part of Sky’s SME Support campaign, a £1m fund that aims to help businesses recover from the effects of the pandemic