All Hot beverages articles – Page 44
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NewsJimmy's coffee extends reach into Budgens
Iced coffee brand Jimmy’s is expanding its listings with a rollout to 150 Budgens stores.
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NewsTeaJay gets 'listing' in Emmerdale's café
New tea brand TeaJay is set to appear on TV soap Emmerdale.
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NewsEmmi launches new vanilla chilled coffee
Emmi is set to follow Starbucks by introducing a vanilla variant to its Caffè Latte range of chilled RTD coffees.
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NewsClipper Teas dips into caddies for Christmas
Clipper Teas will be selling its Everyday tea in caddy boxes in December.
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NewsFinlay loses Red Label tea contract after 108 years
Sainsbury’s is to end its tea supply contract with Finlay Beverages after more than 100 years in a move that will see rivals Spicers and Ringtons take over the supply of the much-loved Red Label brand.
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Analysis & Features
Commodities: Droughts could mean 2012 is a precarious year for tea
Supplies of tea from Kenya, Sri Lanka and India have fluctuated – but prices have been kept down by a fortunate balancing act. Robert Miles reports
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NewsTyphoo’s eco-refill packs to cut waste...and lower prices
Typhoo is rolling out new ec0-friendly packaging to reduce waste and help it undercut its competitors’ prices by 20%. In a move hailed by Typhoo as “the biggest innovation in tea since the introduction of round teabags”, Typhoo Eco…
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NewsHang on a Moment: Greggs goes all posh
Greggs is trialling a new coffee shop-style format in Newcastle called Greggs Moment. The concept has a darker colour scheme and a new coffee cup logo. Greggs has also developed a new range of food for the café. It will push hard on breakfast,…
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NewsHeinz learns messing with a classic brand can leave a bitter aftertaste
Does the public furore aroused by Heinz and Twinings mean brands will always generate bad PR when they reformulate, asks Vince Bamford
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: David Brooks, sales director, Food Brands Group
David Brooks, sales director at Food Brands Group, on Percol coffee, Yeovil Town and The Price Is Right
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NewsLu Lin and LPV brew up the cubic teabag
We've had round, square and pyramid now the cube-shaped teabag is here. Fifteen years after Unilever claimed a market first with PG Tips Pyramid, tea importer LPV International is introducing a cube-shaped teabag under the Chinese Lu Lin...
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NewsNescafé makes new commitment to Colombian coffee farmers
Nescafé UK has made a pledge to Colombian coffee growers to plant four million new trees and build 48 coffee plant nurseries in the country.
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Marcus Swift, United Coffee
Marcus Swift, commercial director at United Coffee, on the Royal Navy, window seats and his love of Madonna
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News
Twinings old Earl Grey back on sale (sort of)
Twinings has started selling its classic Earl Grey tea again - but not through the supermarkets. The 300-year-old business has faced a consumer backlash since it revamped its Earl Grey tea in April by adding extra bergamot and citrus to…
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NewsCampaign Trail: Ben Fogle’s typhoo tie-up
TV presenter Ben Fogle is spearheading a £3.5m campaign to support a new recipe and look for Typhoo tea. A new blend has also been created to deliver a "fuller flavour", but Typhoo claimed that unlike Twinings' Earl Grey revamp (see story above) ...
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Analysis & Features
Rise of the machine
A shiny Heath Robinson-style tea packing machine reflects the growing success of Only Natural Products as it gets ready to ramp up production further still. Tara Craig reports
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NewsTetley takes Tea Folk into baked aisle with sultana scones
Tetley tea is stepping outside the tea aisle for the first time with the launch of a range of fruit scones. A four-pack of Tetley Tea Folk sultana scones (rsp: £1.29), baked under licence by Haywood & Padgett, will launch into Asda…
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NewsLondon Tea bags its first Asda listing
Organic and Fairtrade tea brand The London Tea Company is launching into Asda next week. Green Tea Tropical, Peppermint & Spearmint, White Tea and Elderflower, Raspberry Chilli, and Intense Chai will be available in 200 Asda stores...
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News‘Grown by women’ coffee line launched
Cafédirect co-founder Equal Exchange is launching a range of eight Fairtrade and organic coffees sourced from women farmers. The range, which carries a flash saying "coffee grown by women", launches next month in dark, medium, decaf,...
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NewsAngry Earl Grey drinkers demand return of Twinings' old blend
Furious tea drinkers have slammed Twinings for changing the taste of its Earl Grey and are demanding the company reinstate the old version. Twinings has been attacked by consumers after revamping its Earl Grey in April this year by adding...