All Soft drinks articles – Page 14
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Water buddies
Nestlé Waters is adding emoji bottles to its Nestlé Pure Life range, to inspire children to drink more water. They can now choose their favourite ’water buddy’
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Deposit scheme
A bottle and can deposit scheme in England to help boost recycling and cut down on rubbish is currently being considered by the government. It is expected to cover single-use glass and plastic bottles as well as steel and aluminium cans. Scotland has already announced plans for such a scheme ...
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Drink Differently
Britvic’s new category vision Drink Differently reveals a £2.6bn soft drinks sales opportunity over the next five years. The company believes this sales growth can be achieved by "adapting to the evolving consumer landscape and ensuring soft drinks remain relevant to all consumers and all occasions, across ...
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Drinking up... and up
The figures are in and, if this was a school report card, the forecourt sector would be getting 10/10 for effort when it comes to selling soft drinks. First up, a bit of perspective. According to Britvic’s Soft Drinks Review 2017, the total value of soft drinks sales across the ...
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Understanding the new soft drinks Sugar Levy
The ’sugar tax’ on soft drinks is in force but although retailers are being charged more for sugary drinks, not all of them are passing on the tax to their customers. According to Britvic, if you sell 200 x 500ml bottles of full-rate levy products per week, the increased cost ...
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latest lines
Cawston Press has just announced listings in 300 BP forecourts. Earlier this year, the soft drinks company said it would only use pressed fruit juice to sweeten its drinks, despite fruit prices ’skyrocketing’ by 60%.Müller is targeting additional consumption occasions with the launch of 900ml bottles of FRijj, after its ...
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Retailer view
Ziheed and his brother Idris won the Best Soft Drinks prize at the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards 2017. Ziheed says: "You would not believe how many soft drinks we sell. When we entered the awards last year it was 4-500 units a day but now it’s well over ...
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product news: Nestlé Waters extends Sanpellegrino brand
Nestlé Waters’ Sanpellegrino brand is launching an organic sparkling flavoured tea range, Sanpellegrino + Tea. The new organic range is intended to cater to the continued growth of shoppers seeking out a low- or no-sugar option and trading up to a more premium soft drinks choice. Barbara D’Amico, international brands ...
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product news: Red Star Brands wins leading forecourt listings
Red Star Brands has won new listings in two of the UK’s leading forecourts. Two of its ‘better for you’ beverage brands will be rolled out into more than 200 BP garages. There will be five flavours of Sparkling Ice on its shelves, as well as six flavours of Bai, ...
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product news: Rubicon takes to the streets
Barr Soft Drinks is launching Rubicon Street Drinks, which features four flavours inspired by street drinks from some of the world’s hottest places. Launching in 330ml cans, Rubicon Street Drinks each contain still fruit juice with natural flavours and herbs. Sharbat features the traditional Turkish flavour combination of ...
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product news: Coca-Cola kicks off World Cup activity
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is kicking off activity ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a new on-pack promotion across its Coca-Cola portfolio, which is designed to appeal to the 14 million people expected to tune in for each game. Coca-Cola’s new promotion with the sports game, EA SportsFIFA ...
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product news: Zingers Connect with drivers
BP Connect forecourts is now offering weary drivers a quick and natural pick-me-up, as it stocks the Zinger shots range. Zingers are tiny spiced drinks (7cl) made with 100% natural ingredients – promoted as an alternative to caffeine and sugar loaded energy drinks. The high spicing of Zingers is designed ...
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product news: Nestlé Waters introduces emoji bottles
Nestlé Waters UK is introducing emoji bottles to its Nestlé Pure Life portfolio to inspire children to drink more water. The launch follows the success of Nestlé Pure Life Super Hero bottles, which hit the market in 2016, and is the first set of limited edition bottles the brand will ...
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product news: Vimto searches for star for new campaign
Soft-drinks brand Vimto is offering consumers the opportunity to star in its summer TV ad and social media campaign. Vimto is calling for fans of all ages, from all walks of life to take part in an open casting session, taking place at a central Manchester location during May. Those ...
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product news: Lucozade Sport unveils on-pack promotion
Lucozade Sport has unveiled an on-pack competition aiming to drive additional sales for retailers this summer. Available on all major SKUs from the 23 April, the limited-edition packs offer consumers the chance to win 20,000 prizes from Fitbits to holidays for two. The on-pack activity will be supported by a ...
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product news: Ribena campaign highlights taste
Ribena is launching an integrated campaign across out of home, in-store, digital media and consumer sampling to put the brand at front of mind and drive trial. With the strapline ‘more blackcurrantier than a blackcurrant’, the brand is giving away 2.6 million samples of Ribena Blackcurrant 500ml bottles to consumers ...
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Britvic identifies scope for £2.6bn more drinks sales
Soft drinks was one of the top-performing categories within convenience in 2017, and continued to be a key driver of footfall to c-stores, according to the latest Britvic Soft Drinks Review. Britvic also unveiled its new category vision, entitled Drink Differently, which reveals a lucrative £2.6bn soft drinks sales opportunity ...
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Product news: Heritage campaign to celebrate Coca-Cola Classic
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has unveiled its latest marketing campaign, ‘We Do’, to celebrate Coca-Cola Classic and reinforce the uniqueness and specialness of the 132-year old global phenomenon. The campaign will run for four weeks from 6th April across large format OOH sites and social media and features the strapline, ...
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Soft drinks category - a healthy opportunity for growth, says Britvic
Soft drinks were one of the top-performing categories within convenience in 2017, and continued to be a key driver of footfall to convenience stores, according to the latest Britvic Soft Drinks Review. Britvic has also unveiled its new category vision, entitled Drink Differently, which reveals a lucrative £2.6bn ...
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product news: Starbucks adds to chilled coffee range
Starbucks has added two new variants to its Doubleshot Espresso chilled coffee range. Doubleshot No Added Sugar and Doubleshot Espresso Black will be available in 200ml cans, featuring a new eye-catching design. Rebecca Kemp, senior marketing manager, Starbucks EMEA said:“The Doubleshot Espresso has proven popular with customers since launching in ...