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WebinarsDelivering DRS in 2027: What you need to know with one year to go
In a little over a year’s time the UK’s first ever deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers will go live across the UK. The Welsh Government’s recent decision to appoint Exchange for Change as its scheme operator marks the latest key milestone on the journey towards DRS’s launch across the four home nations in October 2027.
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NewsBrown-Forman to assume distribution for Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola RTDs
It comes a little shy of four years after the product was relaunched in the UK as a co-branded RTD
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NewsCoca-Cola HBC upgrades forecast after bumper World Cup
Coca-Cola and CCEP also both reported strong first halves to the year
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NewsInnovations win strong first half for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
The Coke bottler increased its market share thanks to ‘exciting activations’ for the Fifa World Cup and a raft of innovation in its fastest-growing categories
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NewsCoca-Cola World Cup marketing effort scores bigger-than-expected rewards
Coca-Cola has smashed market expectations in its second quarter thanks to a marketing blitz ahead of the recent World Cup, where Powerade sponsored the contriversial hydration break in every match.
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NewsWaitrose rolls out co-branded Heineken and Coca-Cola bays for World Cup
The move comes amid a broader shift in how retailers are thinking about, ranging and merchandising drinks in store
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NewsSupermarket bosses in appeal to ‘save’ Wales deposit return scheme
Figures including Tesco UK CEO Ashwin Prasad and Sainsbury’s chief Simon Roberts have joined drinks leaders from companies including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in a letter to Welsh first minister Rhun ap Iorwerth
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NewsCoca-Cola brings in restructuring experts at Costa after abandoned sale
Coca-Cola abandoned plans to sell the coffee chain in January, after bids for the business failed to meet Costa’s £2bn price mark
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NewsMorrisons and Coca-Cola execs lead panelists confirmed for D&I In Grocery 2026
GroceryAid has announced the first speakers for its annual diversity and inclusion conference, with senior leaders from Morrisons and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners set to address 1,300 grocery executives in October.
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NewsInnocent adds creamy smoothie trio to tap ‘little treat’ culture
The smoothies contain blended fruits and coconut milk to create a ‘luxurious texture’
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NewsCoca-Cola Hellenic enjoys bumper start to year
An early Easter and four extra selling days pushed the bottler to 9.6% volume growth
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NewsCCEP trialling fully electric HGV to deliver to convenience and wholesale
CCEP is working with its logistics partner Maritime on the trial, which commenced in January
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Grace Wood, field sales degree apprentice, Coca-Cola
‘I’ve always had big ambitions and loved pushing myself to try new things, which has definitely shaped where I am now’
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NewsCosta Coffee and McVitie’s team up for co-branded Jaffa Cake iced coffee RTD
Costa Coffee relaunched its RTD range last summer after sales slid by a quarter in 2024
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Category ReportDairy braces for sugar tax as most fizzy drinks duck new limit
You might have a sense of déjà vu right now. Soft drinks brands are mulling a similar dilemma to 2018: change their recipes or pay more sugar tax
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Category ReportNostalgia and fruit mix flavours drive drinks NPD
Life tastes good. Same great taste. Just for the taste of it. Taste the thunder… Soft drinks ad slogans have long centred on the ‘T’ word
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Category ReportRetailers reset soft drinks aisles
Soft drinks fixtures are undergoing something of a reset as retailers adapt to the huge changes that are transforming the category
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NewsCoca-Cola lifts earnings forecast after beating first quarter estimates
Revenues rose 10% organically to $12.5bn, ahead of the expected 7.1% increase forecast by analysts
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NewsCoca-Cola Europacific Partners reaffirms guidance after bumper Q1
An early Easter and six extra days in the quarter propelled revenues up 9.4% when adjusted for currency exchange, with volumes beating expectations to rise 8.5% in the quarter to 3 April 2026
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ProfilesCoca-Cola’s Elaine Maher on Forest Gump, The Verve and occasion-led buying
‘Building alcohol ready-to-drinks inside a big company has been a ride and watching it take off is the most satisfying part’