Putting a price on energy
Boost makes summer special flavour available in PMP
BETTER weather and big international events encourage more people to participate in sports during the summer months,...
Milk firm takes a mini path
NEW on the shelves from dairy group Müller last month was its Milk Minis range – 200ml cartons of whole milk, chocolate milk and...
Sticking on the telly
YOLLIES yogurt on a stick is sponsoring programmes on kids TV channel Cartoon Network. As the new activity began in April this year characters...
Relish the Stateside opportunities
AS the world food market has opened up, people have become more adventurous and are no longer content with standard tomato ketchup or mayonnaise...
Trust the ticket
Studies show shoppers are becoming less willing to pay a premium price for the goods they buy in convenience stores. With supermarkets and discounters...
Hard times in soft world
WHILE the Britvic Soft Drinks Review, (see main story here), suggests soft drinks sales struggled but stayed reasonably flat last year, Kantar Worldpanel findings...
C-stores up
Price competition and poor weather combined to make last year a difficult one for soft drinks but some drinks and, in particular, the convenience...
Bear gets a makeover
SPAR UK is revamping its Blue Bear energy drink range. The new design is intended to increase standout. Blue Bear, said to be worth...
Aiming to ride the premium health wave
A steadily improving economy and increasing levels of health consciousness present opportunities for premium soft drinks and for functional products, reckons Sunmagic brand manager...
Bueno returns from the dark
KINDER Bueno Dark returned to store shelves in February following an appearance last year.
Levi Boorer, customer development director for Ferrero UK & Ireland...
Say hello to the new chocolate culture
IS there such a thing as healthy chocolate? Well, Ohso is certainly chocolate with a difference.
It’s Belgian chocolate with no added sugar but billions...
Making the most of the matches
ALTHOUGH last year was quiet in sports-events terms we only have to look back to 2012 and 2014 to find years when major competitions...
The multibuy moment?
DO televised sports events really provide major commercial opportunities for retailers? Well, specialist convenience retailing industry analyst HIM Research and Consulting knows that consumers...
Time to get the beers in
BIG nights in, especially sports-related big nights in mean beer to many shoppers. It will be important to have the main Scottish market leaders...
Spirit of home
BEER may be seen as a big-night-in staple but many spirits firms have been arguing for some time that retailers shouldn’t underestimate the growing...
Softly sharing
WITH one in five adults now choosing not to consume alcohol, soft drinks provide a major opportunity for independent retailers to increase their sales...
