Make Christmas a piece of cake

Coppenrath & Wiese’s frozen desserts are aimed at consumers who want to minimise Christmas hassle

Spirit of mellow yellow togetherness

ENGLAND might end up playing Italy in Euro 2016 but an English-Italian collaboration reckons it’s produced perfect mellow yellow drinks for summer. Pococello is made...

Showing bottle for fright night

Identifying Halloween as the third-largest spending occasion of the year, Coca-Cola Enterprises has launched a special Fanta pack for the period. Pumpkin lanterns feature across 2-litre...
bebeto halloween sweets

Sweets go spooky

Kervan Gida is ready to treat UK consumers to some spooky Bebeto treats this Halloween.

Chilled out sales

Four years in the planning, Costcutter in Cocklaw Street, Kelty, is a brand new store, meticulously designed, with chilled food and drink at its...
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Special tin for Christmas

Big Bear Confectionery has created a series of special products to help retailers maximise their return from the festive season

Show off to share novelties boom

SALES of Halloween products have doubled in 10 years according to Bestway Wholesale and its sales director Tony Holmes says independent retailers can make...
Irn Bru Euros 2020 advert

A first for many with Irn-Bru

Scotland’s presence at a major sports championship may be a distant memory for most, but AG Barr is targeting Scots who will be watching Scotland compete in the Euros for the first time with the launch of a new campaign.

Festive dozen

Symbol group’s 12 deals of Christmas make a 2016 return BEER, wine, spirits and soft drinks will play a major role in symbol group Spar’s...
Rubicon plans a £2m nationwide ad campaign to promote its exotic drinks to the mainstream market as well as ethnic consumers. Sunny D adds raspberry and passion fruit to its orange juices. Weight Watchers joins the tropical flavour trend with watermelon and mango-flavoured drinks.

Juice feels the squeeze

Smoothies buck the downward trend to grow 6.9% in value JUICE, juice drinks and fruit squashes traditionally do well in summer compared to the rest...
Red Door Gin summer limited edition

New gin fit for summer

RED Door Highland Gin is welcoming the summer months with the release of a limited edition gin
Mars Wrigley Skittles and Starburst sharing bags

Sharing is scaring

Covid restrictions made celebrating Halloween a challenge in 2020, but Victoria Gell, fruit confections brand director at Mars Wrigley, reckons retailers should prepare for a major uplift this year.

Stout beer for Santa

Broughton Ales is bringing some festive flavour back into its range this Christmas with the return of Santa’s Stout

Bring a bit of Ireland home

Consumers may not be able to embrace all things Irish down their local pub this St Patrick’s Day, but that surely creates an opportunity for Scotland’s convenience retailers

Adventageous calendar growth

Ferrero festive favourites back for 2018

Off-trade Christmas crowd-pleasers

Off-sales experts at Pernod Ricard are predicting the biggest Christmas ever as friends get back together for a festive football season.