All Soft drinks articles – Page 2
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Product NewsBlue Bear unleashes bold new look
Spar has unveiled a bold new look for its own label energy drink, Blue Bear. The refreshed look is designed to cement Blue Bear’s status as a must-stock, standout player in the own label energy drinks market.
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Product NewsRibena launches £7m No Taste Like Home campaign
Ribena is unveiling a new look and a new £7m advertising campaign, There’s No Taste Like Home.
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Product NewsWin your summer wheels with Robinsons and Fruit Shoot
Win Your Summer Wheels is the latest on-pack promotion from Robinsons and Fruit Shoot.
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Product NewsFruit Shoot has new accessible packaging for blind and partially sighted shoppers
Robinsons Fruit Shoot has unveiled accessible packaging for blind and partially sighted shoppers.
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Product NewsHeatwave sends soft drinks sales soaring
Sales of soft drinks soared so high during the latest spell of hot weather that Ziheed Mohammed, manager at Woodman Forecourts in Leeds, had to get extra staff in to help fill shelves to keep up with demand.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON SOFT DRINKS: Thirst class
There is no doubting the soft drinks category’s place within the forecourt shop products’ hierarchy. According to Nielsen data for multiple forecourts, it comes second only to tobacco and vaping and as such is worth nearly £500m.
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NewsPre-packed milkshakes and lattes could be included in sugar tax
Pre-packaged milkshakes and lattes could be next in line to be hit with the sugar tax, which is applied to fizzy drinks, under new government plans.
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Product NewsSoft drinks, hard numbers: category insights from Circana
Soft drinks mean big business, with the ‘super category’ worth £12.bn a year when everything from concentrates and smoothies, to carbonates and yoghurt drinks are taken into consideration.
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Product NewsIrn-Bru mystery flavours add intrigue to soft drinks cabinets
Irn-Bru is adding intrigue to the soft drinks chiller with the introduction of two mystery flavoured ’Legend Editions’ to its XTRA range.
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Product News7UP gets fresh twist with Pink Lemonade launch
Carlsberg Britvic has added a Pink Lemonade variant to its 7UP carbonates range – the brand’s first extension since 2020.
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Product NewsJimmy’s Iced Coffee launches donut flavour
Jimmy’s Iced Coffee is now available in a limited edition donut flavour to tap into shopper thirst for the “next big flavour trend” in this growing category.
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Product NewsAre metal bottles the next big thing for premium water? One firm thinks so
The business model for selling bottled water has traditionally rested on the idea that the more bottles of water you sell, the better the business will be. But industry disruptor Re:Water’s aluminium bottles are designed not only to be recycled, but also to be refilled and reused by consumers.
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Product NewsAlcohol-free drinks come of age
Growing numbers of people, and especially younger people, are reducing their alcohol consumption, with the practice of alternating between an alcoholic and a non-alcoholic drink when on a night out said to be deployed by about a quarter of all drinkers – the tactic so popular as to have its own name: zebra striping.
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NewsRefurbished Esso forecourt to feature two “massive” beer and soft drink caves
The rise of the forecourt beer cave continues apace, after a Scottish Esso-branded site announced it is to reopen with an 800sq ft refrigerated beer cave, and a separate soft drinks cave of the same size.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON: Seven things you need to know about carbonates
Despite upcoming rules on promoting sugary products, demographic changes, and maturing consumer tastes, the lucrative carbonates category is set to continue its effervescence in the convenience market, with limited edition lines, healthier options, and imaginative merchandising and promotions.
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NewsMeal deals in Wales face restrictions
The Welsh Senedd has narrowly voted to push forward with legislation that will impact where meal deals can be displayed in shops, while also banning multi-buy offers on high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) foods.
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NewsSlushies should not be consumed by children under eight, doctors warn
Children under the age of eight should not be allowed to drink slushy drinks, the British Medical Journal has warned, following multiple cases of youngsters becoming unwell shortly after consuming the iced beverages.
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NewsTikToker travels 110 miles to visit Valli Forecourts’ Sheffield petrol station
A Valli Forecourts petrol station is receiving unexpected publicity from a TikToker who travelled 110 miles to Sheffield to take a look at the site which she says has received “millions of views online”.
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Product NewsSanpellegrino Zero Added Sugar launching in the UK
Nestlé Waters has announced the launch of Sanpellegrino Zero Added Sugar in the UK.
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Product NewsRed Bull launches Zero version
Red Bull has broadened its no sugar offer with the global launch of Red Bull Zero. Delivering zero sugar and zero calories, it has the popular flavour of Red Bull original energy drink, the number one single serve soft drink in the market (Nielsen).