All Hot beverages articles – Page 46
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NewsBewley’s sets sights on freshening up the British coffee market
Irish brand Bewley's has revamped its fresh coffee range and set its sights on expanding into the UK. The company, which claims to be the leading fresh coffee brand in Ireland, is hoping to make the category more accessible to consumers....
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Gist hired to cut Starbucks logistics costs
Starbucks has hired Gist to drastically overhaul its supply chain operations. Rather than visit each of Starbuck's 720 coffee shops, suppliers will deliver into one of six Gist facilities from 8 August. This will allow the number of...
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Oscar Woolley, Suki Tea
Oscar Woolley, co-founder of Suki Tea, on flea markets, Belleville Rendez-vous and spiders
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Clipper to cut into ground coffee trade
Clipper is launching a range of Fairtrade roasted ground coffee this autumn.The company already sells four instant coffees as well as its wider everyday, flavoured and green tea ranges and will launch five ground coffees in a range of...
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NewsNew-look Rombouts rolls into Sainsbury’s
Rombouts is rolling out its revamped coffee range to Sainsbury's next month. The brand has been relaunched by the Rombouts family, who bought back its distribution rights from Premier Foods in 2009. "The product had been...
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NewsHip tea brand brings out flavas to impress the kids
Trendy tea brand Charbrew hopes to woo younger consumers back to the tea aisle with funky flavours such as Strawberry & Cream. From July, 300 Sainsbury's stores will carry its Tropical Rooibos and Strawberry & Cream teas
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Ben Styche, retail controller at Cafédirect
Ben Styche, retail controller at Cafédirect, on life as a tea boy and making a difference to growers’ communities
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Analysis & Features
Are you being self-served?
Unmanned coffee machines generate up to £40k in sales a year, which is why Costa – and retailers – want a bigger slurp of the action. Virginia Matthews reports
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Only Natural extends range of herbal teas
Only Natural Products, the company behind Dr Stuart's, is expanding its herbal tea portfolio with a new range of stronger-flavoured blends. The organic Higher Living range, available now, consists of eight herbal infusions.
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Illy iced coffee set to keep ‘cold hot’ drink category on the boil
The market for 'cold hot drinks' - one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors in soft drinks - is set to receive a further boost with the launch of an iced range from premium coffee producer Illy. Issimo, which made its debut in the US and...
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NewsTwinings freshens up its Earl Grey offering
Twinings is giving its 180-year-old classic Earl Grey tea a modern twist by launching two new blends. New Twinings Earl Grey contains bergamot to enhance its citrus taste, while Sunshine Grey has a lemon flavour and is designed to be...
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NewsMakro begins talks to cut up to 135 jobs
Makro has become the second wholesaler in as many weeks to announce redundancy plans. The cash & carry wholesaler told staff last week that up to 135 jobs could be affected in HR, admin and four in-store coffee shops.
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DCS welcomes Smith Coats as head of sales
Personal care wholesaler DCS Central has appointed Bill Smith Coats as head of sales. Smith Coats was head of impulse sales and Tesco business unit manager at Typhoo. Previous to this, he worked at SHS Sales & Marketing as a national...
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Douwe Egberts makes debut in refill packs
Douwe Egberts is following the lead of other major coffee brands with the launch of refill packs. Two variants of its Instants Pure range Pure Gold and Pure Indulgence will be in Asda and Morrisons nationwide in refill packs from this...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Nescafé to Robinsons
Already Britain’s biggest coffee brand, Nescafé increased its share of the instant coffee market last year, notching up a healthy 3.5% increase in value...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Kenco to Comfort
Owner Kraft Foods says the growth of Kenco is down to the Starbucks generation having an appetite for premium coffee, and is now pushing Millicano...
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Comment & Opinion
Children of the revolution
Grocer Towers is often the scene of fearsome debate, as our newshounds compare leads, dissect the strategies of the companies we write about and, most commonly, row about whose turn it is to make the tea.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Aldi’s own-label angel takes a swing at the champ
Thankfully we live in a more tolerant age than when folk hid in kitchens making chugging noises and frothing at the mouth like a possessed Frenchman to convince guests they weren't serving instant coffee.
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NewsCoffee Nation to take Costa into self-serve
Coffee Nation, which operates self-service coffee machines in c-stores and forecourts, has been acquired by Costa Coffee owner Whitbread for £59.5m. Whitbread said it would use Coffee Nation as a vehicle to launch Costa Express Costa...
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Analysis & FeaturesFairtrade: A fairer share for all
Bananas, Dairy Milk and even condoms (in Waitrose from this week). It’s official – Fairtrade’s gone mainstream. But how much are farmers benefiting? Ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight, Beth Phillips visited a cocoa co-operative in Ghana and Sarah Butler met coffee farmers in Uganda to find out