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.
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 .
“Coffee is the anchor”
When looking to revitalise their store and introduce a new food-to-go offering, Dennis and Linda realised coffee was a key element.
New packs from Tetley
TETLEY Green teas and Tetley Supers have a new look. The new packs have been designed to give the brand greater visibility on shelf...
A new leaf
The market for tea has been changing for some time now, and with sectors like green and fruit claiming more converts, along with coffee,...
Nigella curls up
CELEBRITY cook Nigella Lawson is the star of a new Typhoo TV ad.
The 30-second commercial shows Lawson curl up on the sofa with a...
Hot drinks for Nisa
NISA is bolstering its hot drinks offer with the launch of Co-op own-label brand Ever Ground
New teas aim to please
Pure Leaf has released three new Japanese-style Matcha tea variants
Looking fantastic without plastic
Fairtrade coffee brand Percol has announced it plans to make all of its products plastic free by the end of 2019
Don’t miss out on hot coffee
More than 2bn cups sold every year
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...
Large pack is low on waste
Teatime can now go on for even longer with the new Clipper Teas 80 bag pack from Ecotone UK.
RTDs gaining ground
Coffee shops may have been hit by Covid-19 restrictions, but RTD coffees have been gaining ground in the UK, according to Nielsen figures
Unwind with functional teas
ECOTONE UK is expanding its Clipper Tea range with the addition of three new health-driven flavours.
Meet the Maker: Matthew Algie
Meet the people behind the coffee as Alastair McGrath-McElhoney talks working with Matthew Algie and the benefits to retailers of a strong coffee to go section.
Giving the gift of tea
Tea purchases don’t have to be ‘something for tonight’, the category can also appeal to those on the hunt for a gift.







































