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.
Monster energy cans

American Monster

Two new Monster variants are bound for UK shores, following success in the USA.
Vimto - Llama being offered a banana

Discover you with Vimto

NICHOLS PLC has launched a multi-million pound campaign for its brand Vimto
Sunmagic

Aiming to ride the premium health wave

A steadily improving economy and increasing levels of health consciousness present opportunities for premium soft drinks and for functional products, reckons Sunmagic brand manager...
Carabao orange blast

Blasting onto shelves

Carabao has reformulated and renamed its Mandarin Orange variant.
Vimto Winter Warmer

Warming up for winter

VIMTO has added some festive cheer to its range with the launch of a limited edition Winter Warmer variant. Available in 725ml bottles, the recipe...
Bottles of Highland Spring Orange & Passionfruit and Summer Berries lie on a picnic scene with a wicker basket in the background.

Highland Spring unveils new Flavoured Water range

Scottish bottled water brand Highland Spring has expanded on its Flavoured Still Water range with its new Orange & Passionfruit and Summer Berries variants.
A man stands with his arms folded to the left-hand side of the image of the inside of a convenience store with cans of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke stacked up on the right and promotional material above the cans.

Coca-Cola celebrates convenience stores for 125th year in Great Britain

Coca-Cola has marked its 125 years in Great Britain by highlighting the strength and importance of the convenience channel to consumers across the UK.
Levi Roots Tropical Punch

Drivers and kids need the soft touch

SOFT drinks are an essential part of the festive drinks mix, according to Vimto Soft Drinks. Marketing manager, Emma Hunt, identifies Christmas as “a...

Light fuel rising

PRESSURE groups complaining about the amount of sugar in energy drinks could be falling behind market developments. For one of the clearest current trends...
Representatives from Asco Foods and Vitasoy sit at a table signing a new distribution deal between the two firms.

Asco Foods gains distribution for Vitasoy

Asian products distributor Asco Foods has been chosen as the UK & Ireland distributor for the Hong Kong soy-based drinks brand Vitasoy.
Snowshock machine

A cool treat for summer

Iced coffee options for convenience
Pack shots of Shaken Udder Raspberry Ripple and Shaken Udder Scoff-the-Lot milkshakes.

Shaken Udder mixes up milkshakes with new flavours

Expanding the snack occasion in a sweet way CHILLED milkshake brand Shaken Udder has unveiled two new flavours to its range with Raspberry Ripple and...
Woman with new Tango drink

How Tango is driving in-store success with Thirst Trap-the Gen Z must stock

Building on the continued success of its limited-edition launches, Carlsberg Britvic has unveiled Tango Thirst Trap – a bold, zero sugar innovation designed to excite Gen Z shoppers.

Irn-Bru kicks off phenomenal Euros promo

Barr has kicked off a new promo across its Irn-Bru variants to mark the UEFA Euros Germany 2024 to help boost sales during the football tournament.
Moose Juice Berry can

Looking beyond the tax

ENERGY drinks offering more bang for the buck will be the ones to come out on top once the dust has settled from the introduction of the sugar tax