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All-natural ‘healthy’ blueberry fruit cola

12-Sep-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Top shelf: One of your five-a-day, good for kids and made with natural flavours, what more could you want from a soft drink?

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Energy drinks associated with ‘drugs and binge drinking’

21-Jul-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Energy drinks are associated with behaviours such as binge drinking and drug use and should be banned for sale to under 16-year-olds, according to a new report.

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Survey: Soft options outdo coffee

05-Jul-2016 By James Wallin

Soft drink consumption during eating-out occasions saw a significant spike in the first quarter of 2016 — just as the debate over the sugar tax peaked.

JD Wetherspoon ups prices as soft drink sales rise

07-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross

After serving its final Sunday roast yesterday, JD Wetherspoon has upped prices on it Breakfast Club menu.

Coca Cola Enterprises reveals £2.1bn growth opportunity for soft drinks

25-Jun-2013 By Jessica Mason

Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) has revealed an opportunity to grow the soft drinks category by a further £2.1bn over the next five years, according to a recent study.

Clipper Teas founder looks to heat up hot drinks market with FruitBroo

30-Apr-2013 By Robyn Black

The founder of posh tea brand Clipper Teas, Mike Brehme, has launched a new range of hot drinks that he hopes will create a new category.

Expensive soft drinks fall but category boosted by carbonates, juice drinks and energy drinks, according to Britvic

03-Apr-2013 By Robyn Black

Cash-strapped consumers are rejecting mineral water, fruit juices and bottles of cola in pubs and clubs, according to the annual Britvic Soft Drinks Review out yesterday evening.

Smirnoff set to launch coffee-flavoured vodka

26-Mar-2013

Coffee-flavoured Smirnoff will be hitting shelves next month, as brand owner Diageo looks to match the success of the flavoured vodka segment in the US, where it accounts for 18% of the total vodka category.

Monster Energy denies responsibility for death of 14-year-old US girl

24-Oct-2012 By Robyn Black

The maker of energy drink Monster Energy is being sued by the family of a teenage girl who drank two cans before she died last December.

Soft-drink sales fizz in on-trade

23-Mar-2011 By Robyn Black

Soft drinks put in a resilient performance last year in the on-trade, outgrowing ale, lager and stout with value up 1% to £2.8bn, according to the...

Cask Marque launches online training

04-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit

A new online training scheme covering legal do's and don'ts for pub staff has been launched by beer quality assessor Cask Marque.

High caffeine soft drinks forced to carry extra warning

28-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore

Soft drinks with a high caffeine content will be expected to carry a warning that they are not suitable for children, pregnant women, or people...

Caffeine soft drinks must carry warning

28-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney

High caffeine soft drinks must carry a health warning and not be promoted to children under-16, under a new code of practice. The British Soft...

'Beer cheaper than soft drinks in half of UK's pubs'

07-Feb-2010

Pubs are charging up to 60p more for a soft drink than a pint of beer, a Sunday Mirror survey reveals. A pint of standard bitter is cheaper than an...

Comment: Poorly prepared pubs still fail to cater for non-drinkers

29-Apr-2009

Finishing the London Marathon on Sunday put an end to months of temperance, and what a relief - pubs are no fun at all for someone off the booze.The...

Tea & coffee focus: Revitalise your range

21-Oct-2008

Drury Tea & CoffeeCafetières are popular way of serving coffee, but staff can add differing amounts, which means that the strength of the coffee...

Tea & Coffee focus: Tea to fill a sales gap

21-Oct-2008

Afternoon tea may seem a concept more suited to twee hotels of the type and vintage patronised by Miss Marple and Bertie Wooster - although never at...

MP furore over Cocaine

10-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey jessica.harvey@william-reed.co.uk

EDM condemns new stimulant soft drink The UK launch of the controversially named high-caffeine drink Cut Cocaine, revealed exclusively by the Morning...

MP calls for Cocaine soft drink ban

08-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney

Keith Vaz has lashed out over the controversial arrival of a soft drink called Cocaine in the UK for glamorising drug taking and called for it to be banned.

Cut Cocaine outlines online distribution plans

08-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey

Ocke Cokey managing director Garry Shepherd speaks exclusively to Morning Advertiser's Jessica Harvey about the impending UK launch of its...

Cocaine set to hit UK drinks trade

03-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey jessica.harvey@william-reed.co.uk

Cocaine, a controversial US energy drink, containing 350% more caffeine than Red Bull, is preparing its UK launch. Speaking exclusively to the...

Cocaine set to hit UK drinks trade

03-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey

Cocaine, a controversial US energy drink, containing 350% more caffeine than Red Bull, is preparing its UK launch. Speaking exclusively to the...

Family pubs: the soft option

14-Mar-2007

The smoking ban is set to have a significant impact on pubs as family venues, with four out of 10 adults more likely to take their children into...

Budweiser BE runs out of energy

31-Jul-2006 By Rosie Davenport

Anheuser-Busch is axing its Budweiser BE beer and energy drink off-shoot after failing to recreate the same buzz with UK consumers as it achieved in...

A-B to launch 'energy' beer in the UK

01-Jul-2005

Anheuser-Busch (A-B) has unveiled its new "energy" beer - despite telling The Publican in February that it had no plans to bring it into the UK.Be is...

SFI adds four-week induction

02-Dec-2004

Slug & Lettuce operator SFI Group has launched a four-week induction programme for all new general managers as part of its recovery plan....

Sweeter profits for soft-drink category

25-Mar-2004

The rise of pub dining, drinkers seeking healthier alternatives and a scorching summer helped the on-trade's soft-drink sales grow 11% last year. The...

Red alert over energy drinks health worries

18-Jul-2001

Deaths give rise to worries about energy drink safetyConcerns about the health effects of energy drinks have been raised after at least three deaths...

Britvic launches new energy drink

23-Oct-2000

A new energy drink, specially formulated to mix with dark spirits, has been launched exclusively to the on-trade by Britvic Soft Drinks.Carbon...

Power-packed launch

05-Apr-1999

SmithKline Beecham (SKB) has launched Solstis, an energy drink, under the Lucozade brand name. According to SKB, over the last five years the...