All Soft drinks articles
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NewsInnocent drops Rainforest Alliance bananas from UK smoothies
Innocent Drinks has quietly removed Rainforest Alliance-certified bananas from its UK smoothie range, ending a partnership that lasted at least 20 years, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsTrip valued at $300m as it secures $40m for US push
Drinks brand Trip has raised $40m (£30.5m) in its latest fundraising to support its rapid growth in the US market
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Soft drinks
Our judges couldn’t get enough of the ‘unique, bright and eco-friendly’ cans and enjoyed the ‘subtly flavoured iced tea with a distinct citrus hit’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Fizzy & sparkling drinks
With ‘a bold and fun can design with clear messaging for both parents and kids who may buy it’, the drink has a ‘great, fruity flavour’, said judges
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NewsLA Brewery secures investment to turn around fortunes
LA Brewery has raised almost £1m from shareholders to put the lossmaking kombucha brand’s operating model on a more sustainable footing
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NewsRussell Davies appointed as Deposit Return Scheme supremo
Davies brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across senior logistics and supply roles
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NewsStrong GB volumes boost Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Volume growth in Great Britain helped propel bottling group Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) to a ’solid’ third quarter despite weaker category demand globally
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NewsRadnor Hills doubles down on Tetra Pak with £5m investment
The move will also create 20 new jobs at the Welsh business
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NewsFix8 extends beyond kombucha with water kefir trio
Ambient cans and chilled bottles in Peach & Mango, Raspberry Lemonade and Grapefruit & Elderflower are to hit Waitrose stores later this month
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NewsEPR charges are ‘blunt tool’ that ignore circularity, finds report
Figures from Greyparrot show huge disparity between the sortability and sell-on value of different types of plastic material
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NewsCarlsberg bolstered by Britvic deal as beer volume slide continues
Organic volumes grew by 0.4% at Carlsberg last year, but have fallen in every quarter so far in 2025
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NewsWelsh government facing Internal Market Act threat to DRS plans
Sources say Defra is alarmed at the prospect of the October 2027 rollout of DRS facing chaos if Wales presses ahead with its plan to include glass
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Comment & OpinionWould new health taxes in the budget be such a sin?
Talk of expanding health taxes doesn’t seem quite as crazy when one considers the daunting prospect of raising £3bn to fund the NHS
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Guide ToThe Grocer Guide To Soft Drinks
Although still resilient overall, there is increasing shift in the soft drinks category towards products with a purpose – be it health, energy or wellbeing.
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NewsThree in four shoppers find functional drinks confusing, survey finds
Functional drinks growth is up 34% year on year, to £178m
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NewsFood poverty report calls for a ‘junk food’ tax to subsidise healthy diets
The proposal comes in a report today by the Food Foundation, which finds one in seven households with children are struggling to afford food
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NewsCoca-Cola reverses volume decline in Q3, beats revenue expectations
The Coca-Cola Company beat market expectations to deliver 6% organic revenue growth in Q3, as volumes flipped back into positive growth
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Category ReportA new dawn for gut health: trends in functional foods 2025
As the message goes mainstream, brands are scrabbling to play up their gut health credentials. Which ones are cutting through?
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NewsRadnor Fruits teams up with Disney for Lilo & Stitch drinks
The drinks contain 50% Radnor Hills spring water, 50% fruit juice and no added sugar