Coca-cola - Hospitality

Schweppes unveils first European-wide brand ambassador scheme

08-Feb-2024 By Nikkie Thatcher

Soft drink firm Schweppes has launched its new European-wide, brand ambassador programme.

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Coca-Cola shines bright on soft drinks division

29-Nov-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Coca-Cola, once again, pioneers in the soft drinks category with its products bagging first and second place, but there’s a reshuffling of other positions in the list.

Pub tournament brings back the Carling Cup

16-Jun-2022 By Ed Bedington

An inter-pub football tournament has helped to raise more than £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support thanks to Greene King Pub Partners and Carling.

Great British Pub Awards

£10k up for grabs for GBPA category

24-May-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Entrants to the Community Hero category in this year’s Great British Pub Awards are again in with a chance of winning £10,000 to donate to a good cause, courtesy of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Great British Pub Awards

GBPA Best Community finalists spend donation

16-Mar-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

Following being named finalists at last year’s Great British Pub Awards in the Best Community Pub category, we’ve revealed how a number of the pubs spent funding provided to them to support local causes.

Coca-Cola community cash for Great British Pub Awards category

11-Jun-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

Pubs entering the Great British Pub Awards Community Hero category are in with the chance of scooping a £10,000 bonus for a registered charity or good cause of their choice.

UEFA Euro 2020 is ‘biggest pub sales driver since Christmas 2019’

07-Jun-2021 By Stuart Stone

As operators make final tweaks to drink line-ups and prepare pre-match team talks for staff, The Morning Advertiser (MA) discusses tournament tactics with industry experts.

Coca-Cola launches Net Zero pub and bar accreditation scheme

29-Apr-2021 By Stuart Stone

Two new initiatives supported by Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), Net Zero Now and the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) have been launched across the UK on-trade.

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How have GBPA winners used Coca-Cola Community funding?

09-Apr-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

Coca-Cola pledged £165,000 to be shared among the 2020 Great British Pub Awards Pub Heroes winners and can now reveal how the funding has helped businesses prepare for post-lockdown trade.

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Coca-Cola GBPA Pub Hero grants help winners fulfil passion projects

10-Feb-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

After being crowned Pub Heroes in September, The Morning Advertiser revisited a trio of operators who received grants from Coca-Cola’s Community Pub Fund to find out how they had used their five-figure spur.

Coca-Cola launches free stock and advertising support for pubs

03-Aug-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Major soft drinks supplier Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has launched a raft of additional support for pubs in the form of complimentary stock, paid advertising and free menu creation.

Coca-Cola pledges to support pubs in its 'Open Like Never Before' push

30-Jul-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched a new campaign, Open Like Never Before, which focuses on the social changes that have occurred during the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging people to find opportunity in the ‘new normal’.

Coca Cola extends shelf life on bag-in-box drinks

21-Jul-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has sought to reassure publicans it has sent out high-quality products despite changing the labels on some soft drinks deliveries to extend their best before date.

Great British Pub Awards

Coca-Cola pledges £165k for GBPA winners

15-Jul-2020 By Chris Lowe

Coca-Cola has created a special Community Pub Fund of £165,000 to be shared between this year’s 15 Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) Pub Heroes winners as a thank you for supporting communities during the coronavirus pandemic and to help give their businesses...

Coca-Cola pledges pub support in the months ahead

02-Jul-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

The UK’s largest producer of soft drinks for the pub and bar sector Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has outlined its intentions to bolster its UK on-trade support including free stock for outlets, bigger wholesale offers, as well as operational support...

In association with CCEP

(POSTPONED) Join in the Great British Spring Clean

31-Jan-2020 By Coca-Cola European Partners

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has postponed its Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean 2020 campaign.

Coca-Cola brands and flavours you haven't seen

16-Nov-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

From the bizarre to the delicious, over its 130-plus years of existence Coca-Cola has racked up a considerable portfolio of flavours and brands, the majority of which aren’t available in the UK. However, The Morning Advertiser recently had privileged...

New Coca-Cola Plus Coffee could be ripe for UK extension

09-Nov-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

A newly launched coffee variant of Coca-Cola in nine other countries around the world could be rolled out to more, including the UK, soon as the Coca-Cola Company looks to seed it in 50 markets by next year.

MA500

How to get your soft drinks offer right

13-Sep-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

The soft drinks market is worth more than £14bn and operators need to ensure they are tapping into this with a strong offer, the MA500 crowd heard in Sheffield today (13 September).

Costa could be seen ‘absolutely everywhere’, including pubs

31-Aug-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Coca-Cola’s acquisition of Costa from Whitbread could result in the brand being seen "everywhere", including vending machines, hotels, restaurants, pubs and cafés.

Why reducing pub waste makes sense

13-Jun-2018 By Claire Churchard

As consumer awareness and concerns about waste increases, smart hospitality businesses are already looking at how they can do more to reduce their environmental footprint.

Coca-Cola to launch its first alcoholic drink

08-Mar-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Global soft-drinks giant Coca-Cola has created its first-ever alcoholic soft drink, with plans to launch it in Japan.

Coke launches three new products in the UK

28-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola will launch three new drinks in the UK, backed by a multimillion-pound marketing campaign, in a bid to become what it calls a “total beverage company”.

In association with Coca-Cola European Partners

10 years of Coca-Cola's Designated Driver campaign

06-Nov-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Criminal court cases of drink-driving have reduced over the years but pubs still have an important role to play in lowering them further – especially around Christmas. Promoting a designated driver scheme over the festive period is not only responsible,...

Vimto CEO sees purple gold for soft drink's future

01-Sep-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Some see challenges that can not be overcome, while others, such as Marnie Millard, chief executive officer of multinational soft drinks business Nichols, see a chance to grow.

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Soft drinks industry levy: what drinks won't be taxed?

15-May-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

A number of soft drinks are set to fall foul of the sugar levy, increasing their price considerably, but others have been reformulated to attract a lower levy or none at all. Here, we highlight some of the options available to licensees.

How will Coke stay relevant in a craft world?

05-Mar-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

A rise in the number of ‘craft’ soft drinks products on the market – an already roaring trend in beer, cider and spirits – won’t pose an immediate threat to Coca-Cola and is likely to lead to more innovation in the sector.

5 trends to boost soft drinks sales

03-Mar-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

There are five key trends pubs should consider to boost their soft drinks sales and take advantage of the rising number of teetotal consumers in the UK, according to a leading expert.

Coke Zero reveals £4.5m ad campaign

16-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar will be at the centre of a multimillion-pound advertising campaign to emphasise its low-sugar, but Coca-Cola Classic taste, credentials.

Designated Driver

Embrace the soft drink opportunities afforded by Christmas

06-Dec-2016 By Guest Editor, CCEP's Paul Grace

Well it’s been quite a year, with Leicester City winning the Premier League, Trump’s election, the Referendum and the biggest upset of all, Danny Baker being the first out of the jungle.

Designated Driver

Coke boss talks sugar levy and new products

06-Dec-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

From the long-running Designated Driver campaign to the sugar levy proposal, Rob Harris has plenty on his plate as the ‘new boy’ at Coca-Cola European Partners

The Drinks List: Top 100 Brands

Soft drinks rank high in Top 100 Drinks Brands

29-Nov-2016 By Sara Hussein

Eleven soft drinks brands have reached the list of the top 100 beverages operators should stock in their pub.