Sugar tax?

So, what exactly is the sugar tax? A charge that will be levied on soft drinks manufacturing and importing companies. When did or will it happen? It...
Pack shots of Sparkling Ice Black Raspberry sparkling flavoured water bottles.

Sparkling Ice flavoured water variant relaunches into UK market

Sparkling flavoured water brand Sparkling Ice has expanded its range of flavours with the return of its Black Raspberry variant to store shelves.
Pack shots of Dr Pepper Sugar Free Cherry Crush cans and 500ml bottles.

Dr Pepper unveils a new Crush for this Valentine’s Day

Soft drinks brand Dr Pepper has unveiled a limited edition variant for Valentine's Day with its new Dr Pepper Zero Sugar Cherry Crush flavour.
New-look Rockstar range

Spotlight on energy brand

Britvic rolls out packaging revamp and reformulation for Rockstar
Lifestyle Extra Motherwell

Taxing times in the drinks aisle

As the sugar levy on soft drinks comes into effect, Scottish Grocer asks some retailers how it is working
Nisa South Oxhey store

Great sales and a good cause

Nisa has been encouraging its retail partners to offer a broad range of bottled water variants, in a bid to boost sales and raise money for a good cause.

Covering the bases for better times

Energy Drinks performed well, for suppliers and retailers, through tough economic times and Ed Whitehead, strategy and planning manager at Red Bull UK reckons they’ll...
Rubicon Spring

Slimming the Rubicon

Health is at the heart of the latest new format launch for the Rubicon brand.

Energy to go? Go for it

Brands advise putting energy drinks in food-to-go deals

Fanta’s first ever global campaign

COLOURFUL people’ are at the heart of the first-ever global marketing campaign for Fanta.

Is it time to re-energise?

Has the energy drinks market, for long one of the most buoyant parts of convenience retailing in the UK, not least in Scotland, gone through...
Boost Energy

Fuel time till full time

ENERGY drinks firm Boost Drinks is advising retailers to make the most of the late-night World Cup fixtures to push sales of energy drinks. The...
Pack shots of 7UP Zero Pink Lemonade cans.

7UP Pink Lemonade flavour hits the shelves for summer

Drinks giant Carlsberg Britvic has expanded on its range of 7UP drinks with the new Pink Lemonade flavour in time for the summer months.
woman with drink

Free to enjoy the summer

Manufacturers say consumers are looking for healthy drinks and they are expanding to oblige
energy-drinks-steady-sales

Energy drinks are on the up in convenience

C-stores get more
Soda Folk

Craft focus at the fixture

Retailers that don’t build a dedicated display for craft soft drinks could miss out on a significant growth opportunity, according to challenger brand Soda Folk.