All Hot beverages articles
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Analysis & FeaturesAs a sale of Costa brews, why is it an attractive target for a private equity buyer?
A sale of Costa Coffee is on the cards and suitors have been named. Who else might be interested, and what are the growth opportunities?
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NewsWhittard hits £50m as international sales soar
Premium hot drinks firm Whittard of Chelsea has hit £49.8m in revenue after international sales soared by more than a quarter in 2024
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Category ReportThe next gen tea drinker: trends in hot beverages 2025
Tea is outperforming coffee thanks to younger Brits choosing hip brews that offer ‘clean’ caffeine and functional herbal infusions
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Category ReportBlack gold: trends in hot beverages 2025
Coffee bean prices have hit record highs as the result of climate change around the globe. How is that affecting Brits’ thirst for coffee?
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NewsLipton Teas and Infusions appoints Heineken veteran as CEO
The new hire will take charge on 1 October
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NewsKeurig Dr Pepper buys JDE Peet’s to create new coffee giant
The deal will lead to the split of the combined group’s coffee and soft drinks units
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Promotional VideosHow the coffee category is delivering real growth opportunity for retailers
With tastes evolving and demand for café-style experiences at home on the rise, how can retailers and brands work together to keep coffee shoppers engaged and drive category growth?
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NewsLipton Teas & Infusions reports top-and-bottom line growth despite PG Tips woes
The supplier saw turnover increase by 11.5% to £111.7m in the year ended 31 December 2024, according to new results filed at Companies House
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NewsNespresso opens immersive coffee boutique in Edinburgh
The experiential retail concept will feature a ’Coffee as an Art’ bar where visitors can sample new flavours
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NewsThe Sidemen iced coffee brand Sides Coffee to get retail launch
New flavours, including a protein variant, will be added to the lineup in 2026
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NewsEx-Twinings buyer launches new-to-market Albion Tea brand
Its lineup of teas – which come in recyclable tinplate caddies and eco-friendly refill pouches – have rolled out DTC
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NewsCaffè Nero rolls out health-focused snacking range
The café chain has partnered with brands including The Protein Ball Co, Deliciously Ella and Proper Snacks
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Analysis & FeaturesMatcha mania: how big can the trend get?
Once the preserve of samurai rituals, vivid green tea matcha is being hailed as the ‘new coffee’. But as demand soars global supply is struggling to keep up
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NewsYorkshire Tea expands speciality tea offer with Cherry Bakewell Brew
The tea is blended with natural flavourings and free from nuts and gluten
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NewsCosta Coffee revamps RTD range to reverse sales freefall
Costa Coffee sales have suffered amid growing competition in the RTD coffee fixture
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NewsLavazza warns EDR will be ‘very tough’ for coffee producers
The Italian coffee giant’s chairman Guiseppe Lavazza said the European Deforestation Regulation would lead to tight supply and price hikes
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Grind wins SME Brand of the Year
In 2011, Grind founder and CEO David Abrahamovitch turned his father’s mobile phone store in Shoreditch into a coffee shop
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NewsSupreme brews up record underlying profits thanks to Typhoo and Clearly Drinks deals
Supreme has posted record profits thanks to a buy-and-build strategy that has diversified the vaping, batteries and lighting group into the drinks market
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NewsNescafé surpasses 2025 regenerative agriculture goal
Wider adoption of regenerative practices was helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Nescafé said
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NewsPact Coffee responds to growing decaf trend with speciality-grade pods
The pods are the only speciality-grade decaf coffee listed by Waitrose