Starbucks, the leading coffee retailer and coffee shop operator, is
to team up with wine and spirits group Jim Beam Brands to develop
and market a Starbucks branded coffee liqueur drink. Both companies
have a good track record for...
Amersham, an international bioscience company with a background in
the pharmaceutical industry, is hoping to find new markets for a
number of its products in the food and beverage industry. First on
its list is the brewing sector,...
Roasted ground coffee is still by far the biggest category in the
German coffee market, but sales dropped by 2 per cent last year as
consumers switched to more exciting variants such as Cappuccino and
Espresso, writes Chris Jones.
A brand of wine packaged in Tetra Prisma 500ml packaging has been
launched in the US. This is the first wine to packaged in this way,
and the company behind it believes it offers consumers greater
convenience and freshness.
PacificHealth Laboratories (PHLI), a nutrition technology company,
has announced a 64 per cent increase in net sales for its 2004
first quarter. The success has been attributed to the company's
Accelerade and Endurox R4 sports...
Coffee contains similar levels of antioxidants to black tea and can
be just as beneficial to health, according to Scottish scientists
that have found coffee's antioxidants are highly absorbable by the
human body.
Cadcam developer Delcam has reported that sales for the year to
31st December 2003 were £20.5 million, an increase of 8.5 per cent
on the previous best annual sales of £18.9 million. Food and
beverage packaging has increasingly become...
A line of herb enhanced soft drinks will receive wider distribution
in Canada with V-Net Beverage, the acquisitive supplier of Rush
Cola, signing an agreement with natural foods marketer Tree of
Life.
Faced with dwindling prices and increasing competition from cheaper
imports, India's tea producers are turning to international markets
to boost their profits, writes Chris Jones. Marketing
efforts in the domestic market, meanwhile,...
Cobra Beer is probably the UK's best known Indian beer brand, with
its outsized bottles gracing the menus of Indian restaurants the
length and breadth of the nation. But despite its Indian heritage
and image, the beer is not...
A prototype label for PET bottles has been developed by packaging
giant Alcoa. The label features cutting edge technology that could
open up a number of new packaging design possibilities.
Building up a market position through direct contact with the
consumer and cashing in on the growing low carbohydrate fad,
ingredients firm Arla Food Ingredients will see its low-cal,
low-carb tagatose sweetener emblazoned on the...
Heineken, keen to increase its presence in the all-important
Russian market, is said to be considering a huge investment to
develop facilities in the Sverdlovsk region.
Ultra Premium Brands (UPB), the developer of leading energy drinks
brand Red Devil, has been bought out by its management, who are
hoping to develop it as the number two energy drinks business in
the world.
British drinkers are among the biggest spenders on alcohol in
Europe (£1,272 per person per year - almost twice as much as the
Germans), not least because of the high duty rates there. But new
research from Datamonitor shows that...
Swedish probiotics firm BioGaia has developed a screw cap for use
on PET bottles, which releases ingredients such as its probiotic
bacteria or vitamins into the beverage,writes Dominique
Patton.
Sunny Delight, the much-maligned soft drink from Procter &
Gamble, is to be sold to a US-based private equity group as part of
P&G's decision to focus on its snacks and coffee units.
Coca-Cola Japan is to launch a drink flavoured with fragrances
thought to activate the fat-burning process in a new joint venture
with cosmetics firm Shiseido.
Convincing US consumers to buy bottled, purified tap water at a
premium price may be relatively easy for a company as adept at
marketing as Coca-Cola, but doing the same with the rather more
savvy European bottled water drinker appears...
In order to ensure sustained improvement, packaging giant Krones
yesterday proposed the conversion of non-voting preference shares
into Krones ordinary shares. The company believes that the
liquidity of the Krones stock will be enormously...
Served straight from the barrel in the mosaic clad bars of Madrid,
Spain's favourite apertif is good for the heart, say scientists,
investigating the potential health benefits of sherry.
A new Euromonitor report on the global soft drinks industry reveals
that emerging markets show strong growth in the sector, while
developed markets are faced with the challenge of market maturity.
An energy drink marketed to boost mental performance has been
allowed to continue with its claims, after investigation of the
scientific evidence to back up the advertising statements,
writes Dominique Patton.
Burgeoning Irish food ingredients group carves deeper into the US
market announcing it will buy into fast growing 'lifestyle'
beverages through the acquisition of two US companies, Oregon Chai
and Extreme Foods.
The Coca-Cola recall has highlighted the urgent need for
manufacturers to install efficient systems to achieve complete
traceability. Consumers, and the law, will settle for nothing less,
writes Anthony Fletcher.
Asian Pacific Breweries (APB), Heineken's Asian based partner
company, is set to launch a new beverage which combines the
qualities of beer and champagne. Touché is brewed with champagne
yeast which gives it an enhanced flavour,...
Success for French liqueur brand Marie Brizard in the UK
supermarket sector will not come about though growing the category
as a whole but rather through a simple focus on the brand itself,
Blavod Drinks managing director Richard...
Beer giant Anheuser-Busch is looking into a low carb version of its
world famous Bud beer. Following the success of its low-carb beer
Michelob, the transformation of its best selling beer may be an
indication of the staying power...
Danone, the French food group, has bought a stake in the Mexican
water container company Arcos Iris. The group has not stipulated
how much it has paid for the business but has indicated that it now
has the majority stake,writes Danny...
Britain's drinks industry has warned that an increase in beer duty
and the ongoing threat of tax stamps designed to cut down on duty
evasion, both announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown yesterday, will
simply increase the cost...
The EU commission has approved Carlsberg's takeover of the German
brewer Holsten-Brauerei. The approval places the company one step
closer to the profitable German market writes Danny Vincent.
Dispensing systems manufacturer, Rieke Dispensing, has developed a
new venting system for vending machines that dispenses that reduces
the risk of ill hygiene.
Drinks manufacturers and retailers in the UK have pledged to do
more to tackle alcohol misuse – a problem which costs the UK £20
billion a year and which brand owners and retailers have been
accused of exacerbating in the past, writes...
Per capita consumption of juice in eastern Europe is a healthy 13
litres, well ahead of that in other emerging markets, but there is
still some way to go before consumption levels reach those in
western Europe. But with a number of...
The National Audit Office (NAO) claims that care should be taken
before the government implements tax stamps on spirits. While the
introduction could be the most effective way of reducing spirit
fraud - the industry begrudges the...
A British brewer has been criticised by the UK's advertising
watchdog for making a series of claims about the health benefits of
beer including suggestions that it could protect against heart
disease.
InterContinental Hotel's is to dispose of its juice drinks company
Britvic. Pepsi who owns a minority stake in the company has vetoed
the disposal in the past - but this time observers estimate that
the company could be sold...
A warm glow from a regular pint at the pub might not be the only
benefit to the health as a small study finds moderate beer
consumption could help prevent osteoporosis through the
bioavailability of silicon rooted in the beverage.
There has been much speculation over beverage companies' plans in
launching a drink based on a calorie concept - but it has been
Pepsi that has been able to act the fastest and secure the first of
its kind on the market.
Miller Brewing is to package beer in innovative new containers,
which the company claims are designed to fit conveniently into home
refrigerators. The firm is the first to apply the Fridge Pack, a
popular consumer package in other...
British consumers are now drinking more bottled water than ever
before, attracted by the healthy image of the product. And it is
this image which is likely to protect natural mineral waters such
as Evian or Vittel from the impact...
A tight focus on core wine and spirit brands helped French luxury
goods group LVMH combat the persistent effects of adverse currency
exchange rates in 2003.
This week the new product releases in the region focus on the
confectionery sector, with a series of launches in Poland, Czech
Republic and Hungary which reflect the growing popularity of
chocolate.
The biggest South American and European brewing groups have today
announced a merger which will catapult them into the number one
position in the global brewing rankings and further quicken the
pace of industry consolidation.
Beer giant Carlsberg plans to reduce debt before completing further
acquisitions. The company has said that after the debt is better
managed investment in the Balkans and in China may be on the cards.
A bitter row has broken out in the UK over new EU regulations
regarding the recycling of packaging. Local authorities believe
that industry should pay for the necessary upgrade of facilities,
while packaging companies believe that...
Bottled water, new age beverages and energy drinks are driving
growth in the global soft drinks market, but carbonates are losing
their appeal, according to a new report from market analysts
Datamonitor.
US federal investigators are investigating Coca-Cola's dealings
with Japanese company Takasago International in connection with
allegations of channel stuffing. It is alleged that the beverage
giant overstated financial results...
Belgium based brewers Interbrew, and Carlton and United Breweries
(CUB), have signed a distribution agreement which enables CUB to
import, distribute and market Interbrew's global specialty brands -
Leffe and Hoegaarden.
