Market looks for lighter options

CONSUMERS are demanding a wide range of choice across the soft drinks category including in sports, energy and functional drinks says Coca-Cola European Partners. And...

Celebrating 60 years of Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in East Kilbride has marked 60 years of production, standing strong as a stalwart part of Scotland's industrial history.
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Rebecca Adlington joins Tetley

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Hats help heating

CELEBRITIES including Sienna Miller, Bear Grylls and Stephen Fry have designed hats for the latest phase of innocent’s Big Knit campaign. The promotion sees 25p...

Awards Profile – Best Soft Drinks Retailer of the Year

Scottish Grocer caught up with Spar Kincorth store manager Malcolm Watson after the shop won the Best Soft Drinks Retailer of the Year honours at the 2022 Scottish Grocer Awards.

Fusion power drives sales

DELIVERING innovative merchandising around eating occasions such as at-home sharing, is becoming increasingly important and rewarding for retailers, says Matt Goddard, head of impulse...
Energy drink brands

Excitement can add to energy

Excitement and demand for new flavours are vital elements of the energy drinks category according to Adrian Hipkiss, marketing director of Boost Drinks.
Hollywood actor Jamie Dornan stands in a dressing gown drinking from a can of Diet Coke with a lake behind him.

Jamie Dornan returns to Diet Coke in new TV advert

Hollywood star Jamie Dornan has made his return to the Diet Coke brand as he splashes into a new TV spot featuring the soft drinks brand.
Nocca cans on shelf

Nocco has ambitions

Swedish energy drink NOCCO is bullish about the brands prospects in the UK, having passed the 5,000 outlet mark with its distribution

Squeezed sector shows its bottle

While many soft drinks categories have done well in the recession – as consumers looked for affordable treats and entertaining moved to the home...
GlaxoSmithKline has introduced a new sports drink Champions’ Choice, in partnership with Jenson Button and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. Scottish energy drink Supernatural is new to the market.

Functional choices – Consumers looking at big picture

THE economic downturn has made consumers think more about what value means, and the change in attitude has affected their sport and energy drinks...
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Barr’s Diwali push

SOFT drinks giant AG Barr is gearing up for Diwali, the festival of lights, which falls, this year, on 23 October. Its exotic drinks brand,...

SBF rolls out new Ribena promotion

SBF GB&I is giving consumers the chance to win cash prizes, experience vouchers or holiday packages as part of its latest on-pack promotion for Ribena.

Maximum fruit flavour from Pepsi

Fruit flavour has found its way into a Pepsi bottle with the launch of a new raspberry variant .

Celebrating the girders

IRN-BRU brand owner AG Barr says the big-selling brand and many of its other soft drinks play a key role in impulse stores across...
Nexba Kombucha

Natural solution from down under

AUSTRALIAN sugar-free drinks brand, Nexba, has brought its range of Kombucha drinks to the UK.