UK-based drinks manufacturer and distributor Global Brands has reported a 16% increase in its annual sales for the year ending 30 September 2017. The company's turnover was £42m for the financial year. Gross profit went up to ...
Tags: drinks, alcoholic drink
Soft drink giant Coca-Cola is planning to launch an alcoholic beverage in Japan this year. The company plans to develop its own version of Chu-Hi, a Japanese alcopop. Chu-Hi are canned beverages that feature flavoured sparkling water ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Soft drink, Alcoholic Drink
UK-based Brothers Cider has developed a recyclable and re-sealable drinks carton to serve the festivals and outdoor events market. The new 1l combifit carton, which will be made available across Tesco stores in September 2016, is designed ...
Tags: Brothers Cider, recyclable and re-sealable drinks carton, Tesco stores
According to new research released by Euromonitor International, global alcoholic drinks volumes registered a decline of 0.7% in 2015, entering negative territory for the first time in more than a decade. This translated into a loss of ...
Tags: Alcoholic Drinks, Alcoholic
OpSec Security has started negotiations to acquire the security business of API Holographics, which primarily serves the UK market. API Group plans to complete the divestment process by April, after consulting with the employees, ...
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During 2014, the UK government announced that it was cutting beer duty by £0.01 per pint for the second consecutive year as part of its budget released in March 2014. This move was taking in an effort to boost a previously declining ...
Tags: Beer Sales Volume, Beer
President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has commissioned Kasapreko's new beverage bottling plant in a bid to meet demands in domestic and international beverage markets. Alcoholic drinks producer Kasapreko's new facility is valued at ...
One of Australia’s major brewery and beverages groups, Lion has launched a large scale marketing campaign to win over customers with nutrition facts about beer. Featuring statements such as “your favourite beers are on average ...
Linx Printing Technologies has expanded its portfolio of laser coders with the introduction of a new CO2 steered beam model. The Linx SLHP (Scribing Laser High Performance) produces superior quality codes at some of the fastest speeds ...
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With the implementation of high profile sugar and soft drinks taxation in France in 2012, in Mexico in 2014 and Berkeley, California in January of this year, the global debate concerning the purpose and efficacy of excise tax proposals on ...
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Canadean expects global consumption of cider to grow around 5% annually to reach over three billion litres in 2020. Although the UK will remain the world's largest cider market, it will lose considerable consumption share to the US, ...
Tags: consumption of cider, Food
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is contemplating plans to develop new food labeling laws to give consumers more accurate and easy-to-understand information about the products' place of origin. This ...
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Plans for labelling the calorie content of alcoholic beverages should be tabled by the European Commission at the latest in 2016, according to members of the European Parliament. The resolution calls for a new EU Alcohol Strategy focusing ...
Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have lent support to include labels with calorie values on all alcoholic drinks. Justifying their demand, public health experts said that such labels were important for consumers to make informed ...
Tags: alcoholic drinks, drinks
Antalis has partnered with AirPack Systems to provide inflatable packaging to speed up the packaging process and reducing damages and returns AirPack bags are distributed flat, which the company says saves up to 90% on storage space, ...