Exotic chance as adults choose the soft option

WARM weather should, hopefully, boost sales of soft drinks. But one juice and juice drinks specialist reckons changing drinking habits among adults could make...
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Hive Mind switches mead for new Honeyade soft drinks

Mead producer Hive Mind is set to create a buzz in the soft drinks sector with the introduction of its all-natural Honeyade range of drinks.

Softly sharing

WITH one in five adults now choosing not to consume alcohol, soft drinks provide a major opportunity for independent retailers to increase their sales...
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Springing into peak season

Barr Soft Drinks reckons retailers can use the popularity of two categories to drive up sales for January.
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Adding soft drinks to the mix

Soft drinks play a key role during the festive season, with the category set to drive sales for retailers across the period.

Barr fires 2014 starting pistol – commemorative can launch

THE commercial build-up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games has started with AG Barr’s launch of the first in a series of commemorative Irn-Bru...
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PMP energy rolls out

Carabao is rolling out a new price-marked can this month across its energy range

Red Bull puts focus on low/no-sugar drinks

Energy drinks giant Red Bull says c-store retailers can feel the benefit with soaring sales if they stock healthier choices.
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Making sense of new habits

Changing landscape brings opportunity

Food matching – Soft drinks for nights-in

SOCIAL occasions with friends and family provide the perfect opportunity for retailers to drive extra sales of food and drink meant for sharing, such...

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...
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F’real is shaking up demand

Consumers have been snapping up out-of-home milkshakes throughout the pandemic, according to F’real
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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,...
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Starbucks takes a chilled approach

Starbucks says its chilled coffee offerings have a major role to play in further growth of the RTD coffee market.
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Messi launches Más+ by Messi drinks exclusively in Spar

Football superstar Lional Messi has rolled out his sports drink Más+ by Messi to the UK for the first time, kicking off with an exclusive stint in Spar stores.

Growing appeal of bottled water

A long hot summer can boost bottled water sales enormously but according to one major producer 2016 is already looking good. Nestlé says that...