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...
Monster Energy

Taking the low road

The sugar issue in soft drinks is influencing manufacturer, retailer and consumer behaviour but there are other important trends too. SOFT drinks is becoming a...
Promotional image of the Nescafé Espresso Concentrate range including Iced Vanilla, Iced Caramel and Iced Classic variants. The bottles are lined up next to each other with a reflective liquid surface underneath with a melting ice cube. There is also a pink circle stamp on the image highlighting the brand as the Official Iced Coffee Partner of Love Island. The Love Island logo is inside of the pink circle.

Nescafé couples up with Love Island as its official iced coffee partner

Coffee brand Nescafé has announced its new partnership with ITV's Love Island as the reality show's new official iced coffee partner.
Halo promotion

Energy drink upgrades

CCEP has announced a new partnership between Monster Energy and Microsoft’s new 2021 Halo Infinite game
Ribena-Blackcurrant-Artistry

Berries burst onto the TV

Ribena has returned to the small screen as part of a new £6.2m marketing campaign to support its new blackcurrant water brand: Ribena Frusion
Pack shots of Monster Energy Oscar Pistari cans.

Monster Energy unveils new Oscar Piastri cans

Energy drinks brand Monster Energy has unveiled two new limited edition cans featuring Formula One driver Oscar Piastri.

Don’t be shy, give it a try

Red Bull has taken a slice of summer and popped it in a can with the launch of the limited edition Red Bull Coconut Edition .
Irn-Bru

Meeting the tax with innovation

DEMAND for mid, low and no-sugar drinks is growing according to Barr but, it stresses, the main reasons consumers choose a soft drink have remained the same

Time to level up

With an explosion of new brands, variants and sizes in recent years, the energy drinks market offers a huge amount of choice to consumers...
Promotional image of Netflix Live Event Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson with the two athletes standing next to each other against a city landscape with an image of Paul standing in a boxing ring and drinking from a can of Celsius Energy Drink to the right.

Celsius unveils sponsorship of Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson

Energy drinks brand Celsius has been named as the Official Energy Drinks sponsor of the upcoming Netflix Live Event Heavyweight Match Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson.
3x smart water bottles

Steps in the right direction

Bottled water brands have been stepping up their sustainability efforts, as consumers become increasingly concerned with the environmental impact of their purchases.
Spar zero-sugar cola

Spar goes sugar free

SPAR has thrown its hat into the zero-sugar cola ring ahead of the sugar levy coming into force this April with the launch of a new Spar brand cola
Kris Ingham donates stock to FareShare charity

Time to give back

Functional soft drink brand Rejuvenation Water is putting a twist on advent for Christmas 2019.
Lucozade Sport

PMPs return on Lucozade

SOFT drinks firm Lucozade Ribena Suntory reckons health and fitness are becoming increasingly important to many consumers and that those issues are affecting shoppers’...

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...
There have been warnings over the dangers of over-exposure to glycerol found in slush-ice drinks.

Retailers ‘behave responsibly on slushie sales’

Convenience channel bosses have spoken out to allay fears of irresponsible sales of slushies to youngsters following warnings of health dangers.