Skyr

Adding drinks

DAIRY company Arla’s Icelandic-style yogurt Skyr saw its range extended in the spring when the firm launched Skyr Drinking Yogurts. The drinks are available in...

Hot favourites planning to play it cool

STORE operators who supply good coffee and teas for caffeine lovers through the year have some extra options to consider in the heat of...
Cracker Drinks Co

Juice range cuts the calories

THE Cracker Drinks Co, which specialises in what it calls “grown-up, naturally sweetened fruit juice drinks”, has launched its second range for 2016 –...

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...
Spar Blue Bear

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...
Sunmagic

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...
Kinder Bueno Dark

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...
ohso Chocolate

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...