Hot choc is still cool in c-stores

According to Mars, hot chocolate is still a firm favourite with consumers, with the category  maintaining an annual sales value of £89 million .
Costa building

Costa’s ambitious expansion

COSTA Coffee has hit a new milestone – opening its 300th Drive-Thru format store.
Rebecca Adlington

Rebecca Adlington joins Tetley

Something to splash about
Keavy O'Mahony-Truesdale is delighted with Barista Bar's Spar Scotland growth.

Barista Bar and Spar Scotland partnership is thriving

Premium retail coffee offering Barista Bar, available exclusively to Spar Scotland, is shaking up the market and positioning itself as a must-have product for 2025.

Work from home and health focus key trends

Working from home is the new normal for most office workers across the UK, so it should perhaps come as no surprise that tea sales are soaring
Children's cake

Cake is rising again in retail

Following a short decline in the first four weeks of lockdown, ambient cakes have been in ascendancy as consumers indulge in more treats at home

Hot chocolate is heating up

THE market for hot chocolate and malted drinks appears to be in rude health, according to Mars Chocolate Drinks & Treats.

Luxury indulgence

Chocolate biscuit fans could be in for a treat thanks to the latest launch from Pladis
Soul Balm and Tulsi Relax tea

A new organic duo

TWO organic blends will join the Yogi Tea range this month, in celebration of ‘Organic September’.

Growth in flavour predicted

HEALTH-conscious busy consumers will ensure flavoured milk sales will grow at double the rate of white milk according to Amanda Hamilton, founder of Drink...

Tetley takes a view on tea in 2019

TEA shoppers are valuable to retailers. Whether it’s a black tea or a more exotic blend, customers picking up tea in convenience offer plenty...
Kenco’s Latte range

Barista coffee in the kitchen

Consumers are spoilt for choice when they head to high street coffee shops, but that’s also increasingly true at home.
The new coffee brand expands Love Mushrooms’ existing Empower Range of high-performance products.

Love Mushrooms Boosts its range with a new coffee brand

The new coffee brand expands Love Mushrooms’ existing Empower Range of high-performance products.

Report suggests Scots leave long-life milk on the shelf

SCOTS, it seems, can be a suspicious bunch but one packaging giant reckons that can make us wasteful. Research from Tetra Pak shows...
Typhoo tea

Black tea still dominates UK

Double-digit growth in lockdown
Boxes of Nescafé Dessert Edition Vanilla Cookie Dough and Sticky Toffee Pudding coffee sit on a countertop with a white tile wall behind them and a glass of coffee with a cookie next to the packs.

Nescafé indulges a sweet tooth in new coffee

Coffee brand Nescafé has expanded on its options for sweet-toothed coffee drinkers with its new addition to its Dessert Edition range.