Barista Bar marks 50th Scottish installation

Premium coffee-to-go offer Barista Bar has celebrated its 50th machine installation in Scotland, marking a successful first year for the business in north of the border.

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...

Specials rise as core tea slows

TEA is a long-established favourite in British homes. That’s as  true in Scotland as elsewhere in the UK, although there are some differences, particularly...
St Pierre Group products

Bakery rising in December

Turkey may gobble up all the headlines, but bread and bakery goods offer real potential to drive incremental sales at Christmas

Getting to grips with premium tea

There are big returns to be had from the higher margin products in the healthier sectors of the tea category.

Store branding for coffee to go

IF sourcing a convenient way to offer 24-hour barista quality coffee is the problem, then Ueshima Coffee Company (UCC) reckons it has the solution. The...
With single serve a growing trend in coffee, Lyons says its coffee bags, made with freshly ground coffee sealed into individual bags, are ready to meet demand.

Serving one cup at a time

SINGLE serve is a growing trend among coffee consumers, according to Lyons Coffee and it says sales of its coffee bags had grown 45%

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.
Tetley tea in a basket

React to new trends in tea

THERE’S just no separating UK consumers from their cuppas.  Whether it’s the first thing in the morning or to help unwind at the end of a long day at work, there are plenty of tea variants to suit all consumer needs.
Galaxy hot chocolate

Heating up in convenience

CONSUMERS have been warming up to hot chocolate in the wake of the pandemic.

Quality coffee set to grow

Speciality coffee is a “strong emerging market” in Scotland, according to coffee roaster firm Lost Sheep Coffee .

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...
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.

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
Carte Noire Jar Classic

Old favourite born again

FORMER top five brand Carte Noire has been given a new lease of life by brand owner Lavazza Group

Opportunity a speciality

ALTHOUGH there has been a decline in sales of everyday black tea there are areas of growth within tea and the big brand owners...