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News
City snapshot: Coca-Cola European Partners sweetens offer for Coke bottler Amatil
Coca-Cola European Partners has sweetened its offer for Asia-Pacific Coke bottle Coca-Cola Amatil to reflect an improvement in global trading conditions. Plus, Kerry Group reveals plans to buy Spanish biotech firm, Jim McCarthy steps down as Wynnstay chairman and Ultimate Products acquires German kitchen electrical brand Petra.
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Analysis & Features
Marketing: How fmcg brands are taking gaming to another level
The increasingly sophisticated world of online gaming and its ever-growing popularity is giving fmcg brands new advertising opportunities. So how are they getting gamers on board?
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CCEP adds Flat White & Vanilla Latte to Costa RTD range
CCEP is expanding its Costa Coffee RTD range with new Flat White and Vanilla Latte variants
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Square Root to launch £350k crowdfunding drive
It will offer up 7.2% of its equity, giving the business a pre-money valuation of £4.5m
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Virtue Drinks scores investment from Chris Smalling
It’s the sixth investment Smalling has made in the past year, with four in the food and drink space and a focus on sustainable and ethical brands, such as Allplants, This, Livia’s and plant-based dog food start-up The Pack.
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Cider sales dipped ahead of pandemic, financials reveal
Westons and Aspall have posted losses for the last financial year
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CleanCo raises glass to £7m investment as nolo category booms
It takes the total investment secured by the company founded by Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews to £9.1m since it launched in 2019.
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Analysis & Features
Can new GCA tackle supplier fears over confidentiality?
New adjudicator Mark White wants written guarantees from CCOs
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Reports
Four festive drinks trends for Christmas 2020
From decadence to detoxing, we explore drinks trends on both ends of the spectrum as 2020 draws to a close
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Analysis & Features
Top Products Survey 2020: How Food Came Home
We teamed up with Nielsen to review the performance of the leading brands, and own label, in 108 categories, from alcoholic drinks to tobacco, via condoms, bleach, ready meals and, of course, toilet paper
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Freixenet Copestick buys wine merchant Jascots from administration
The on-trade wine supplier called in the administrators at the end of November after months struggling to keep afloat
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Drink brands prepare for Dry January with low & no ranges
Suppliers are investing heavily in the low & no category
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At-home demand for gin helps Chase Distillery offset on-trade collapse
The company, which was snapped up by Diageo in October, experienced “very strong” growth with retail partners
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Beer52 and Virgin Wines explore options as sales rise
A surge in online sales of alcohol during lockdown has attracted investor interest
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Zero-calorie startup Skinny Tonic smashes £1m crowdfund target in 24 hours
The massive overfund will allow the brand, which debuted this year after soft-launching in 2019, to triple production and embark on a massive expansion
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Beer52 explores investment options as lockdown business booms
Craft beer club Beer52 is seeking to tap investors for millions of pounds in funding after lockdown restrictions fuelled soaring demand this year.
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Comment & Opinion
Camden Town Brewery faces identity challenge following full AB InBev integration
AB InBev has done wonders for Camden’s reach. But, as two senior figures take a back seat, the brewer could risk losing its independent character
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Analysis & Features
New Product Awards 2020: the winners
From plant-based pioneers breaking new technological ground, to longstanding fmcg heavyweights tearing up the rulebook with ingenious tweaks to classic staples, picking winners was no small task for our expert judges
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News
AB InBev plans integration of Camden Town Brewery in big shake-up
Founder Jasper Cuppaidge will step back from the business into a consultant role, while CEO Adam Keary will leave in March
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Analysis & Features
The winners of The Grocer Gold Awards 2020
We celebrate the value of the industry’s achievements new and old, and the extraordinary role it has played in response to the pandemic