Tag: cider

Fruit still the flavour of NPD

SCiders take eight of top 10 drinks launches in 2015 What are you likely to be devoting more of your beer, wines and spirits shelf...

Liquid route to seasonal sales

As families all over Scotland prepare for their summer breaks it’s time to find out what the country’s beer, wines, spirits and soft drinks...

Fruit forward

LONGER days increase demand for longer drinks according to C&C Brands and, it says, demand for more exotic tastes is also at a peak...

New flavours new look

Carlsberg plans major spending on its expanding cider brand A year of growth has encouraged Carlsberg to spend ÂŁ7m marketing its Somersby cider range. Director of...
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Flavours of the year?

NEW products will again play a big part in the performance of flavoured cider this year, predicts market research firm Nielsen in its latest...
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Whiskey provides core for new spider

CIDER brand Magners is on the search for spider men and women with its latest launch. Last month Magners with Irish Whiskey (ABV 5.5%) became...

Scotland’s most valuable off-trade cider brands

Does fruit hold the key? OUR current millennium is in its 15th year. In that period one of the most fascinating drinks categories has been...

Ales up as lager prices drop

Drinks account for a significant proportion of many c-stores’ total revenue. Long drinks, such as beer and cider, are often particularly important to impulse...
Kopparberg

Fruit flavours power ahead

CIDER has been a drinks success story in recent years but last year the performance in terms of sales growth was very mixed, says...

Beautiful big four aim for c-stores

JOHN Logue, customer marketing manager with Chilli Marketing, which handles Swedish flavoured cider range Rekorderlig, said some of the biggest news on the brand in...
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Merrily making a meal of cider

FOOD matching will be a priority for Merrydown promotion in 2015. Debs Carter, marketing director alcohol at SHS Drinks, said: “Cider and food matching represents...
Magners, cider

Bring the festival home

ED Shoebridge, head of customer marketing at C&C Group, reckons launches and promotions of fruit ciders have added dynamic energy to the cider market. He...
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2014 brings a hot season to build on

CIDER, of all types,traditionally does well in summer. So, with some decent weather to enjoy this year, was it a boom time for cider...
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Winter cooler

CIDER may often do well in summer but the cider firms are keen to extend sales in spring, autumn and winter too. • Swedish cider Kopparberg...
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Apple of the global eye

Italy v Belgium sounds like a football match taking place at the World Cup. But it’s also a contest that could very soon be...
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The touch and feel of Sweden’s summer

THE pleasures of the Swedish life are back on the agenda for Nordic flavoured-cider brand Rekorderlig in its 2014 summer marketing activity. Linsey Adams,...