Hot Chocolate

Shoppers warm up to hot chocolate

Consumers rediscovered hot chocolate in lockdown LOCKDOWN led to a rise in popularity for hot milky drinks within the hot beverage category – opening up...
Coffee in cans

Cans can add energy to sales

Putting the value of ready-to-drink coffee at £139m and growing by 32%, Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) launched Espresso Monster early in 2019 and followed it up with Costa Coffee cans in the summer.

A ‘can do’ attitude

THE RTD coffee sector is booming in the UK, with double-digit value sales growth that outpaces all other segments of the soft drinks category.

Research supports tea to go

Tetley reckons having a clean, fuss-free hot beverage is crucial to retailers who want to fully capitalise on the breakfast-to-go market .

Feeling it in your bones

LONDON-based firm Love Taste Company is bringing some hot beverage trends from overseas to British shoppers with the launch of a new range of bone broths.
Kenco

Café culture in the kitchen

JDE taking cues from baristas MANY Scottish consumers have spent the last 18 months, for the most part, at home. It should therefore come as no...

Scots top for out-of-home drinks

MORE than a quarter of the on-the-go food and drink packaging used in Scotland in the last year was for drinks, suggesting Scots are...

Luxury indulgence

Chocolate biscuit fans could be in for a treat thanks to the latest launch from Pladis
Tetley cold infusions

A convenient cold infusion

Tetley has launched a new clip strip in a bid to help convenience retailers get in on the cold infusion action.
PG nondairy blend

Eco-friendly tea bags

Unilever, the firm behind PG Tips, has been improving its sustainability credentials in a bid to better meet the demands of today’s consumer.

Personal package promo

THE latest on-pack promotion from Starbucks Frappuccino is inviting consumers to Show Your Flavour

Cleanliness will pay off

Retailers with coffee machines – particularly espresso machines – could be missing out if they don’t give them the proper care they need. That’s the...

Will tea’s grey pound count?

TEA, it’s an ever-present part of Scottish and British life. But, commercially, mainstream tea has found things tough in recent times. Never the most expensive...

Cool caffeinated NPD hits shelves

Monster Energy launches an RTD coffee COCA-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has made a major foray into the cold coffee category with the launch of a...

Yorkshire recruits famous faces

A host of celebrities have been hired to star in Yorkshire Tea’s latest TV adverts, as part of a new £7m campaign. Michael Parkinson and...
Clippers green tea

Clipper’s natural tea selection

NATURAL ingredients are at the heart of the latest launch from Clipper Teas.