Alcoholic Beverage

Capri Sun success alerts US brands to ‘untapped’ pouch potential

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Capri Sun success alerts US brands to ‘untapped’ pouch potential

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Capri Sun’s runaway success in North America for Kraft Foods is alerting other beverage brands to the potential stand-up pouches offer, while machine line speeds are increasing all the time.

The Polish Craft Beer cans

Polish Craft Beer moves from glass to aluminium cans

By Jenny EAGLE

Polish brand Piwo na Miodzie Gryczanymi claims to have broken out of the traditionally glass specialty beer market in Poland, switching to aluminium cans made by Ball Packaging Europe.

Ball's Magic Straw Can

On-the-go pop-up straw makes its debut

By Jenny EAGLE

Ball Packaging Europe has launched a Magic Straw Can targeting children and young adults, who have a preference for on-the-go consumption or consumer sweeter drinks outdoors.

Heineken agrees $612m sale of Finnish business Hartwall

Heineken agrees $612m sale of Finnish business Hartwall

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Heineken has agreed to sell its Finnish 'multi-beverage' business Hartwall to Danish Royal Unibrew for €470m and the two brewers will extend a licensing agreement allowing the latter to brew the Dutch firm's eponymous flag brand under license.

'Healthy' alcohol-based beverages tipped as top trend in 2013-2014

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'Healthy' alcohol-based beverages tipped as top trend in 2013-2014

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Healthy Beverage Expo experts claim that 2013-2014 will see healthy alcoholic drinks emerge, including wines instilled with goji berries and ginseng, and lower calorie and more organic options.

Diageo hopes for UK frozen cocktail frenzy with Parrot Bay

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Diageo hopes for UK frozen cocktail frenzy with Parrot Bay

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Diageo is set to introduce a new sub-category within RTD cocktails in the UK, by launching its Parrot Bay frozen alcoholic drinks in April following ‘explosive’ US growth.

Popcorn, spirits and Les Mis: an Oscar-winning combination

Film tipples

Popcorn, spirits and Les Mis: an Oscar-winning combination

By RJ Whitehead

With the film awards season now in full flow, an Australian market research company has identified that cinemagoers are more likely to have a tipple than those who stay in and watch the television.

Diageo tells FTC: ‘Help us cross US alcohol facts finish line’

Diageo tells FTC: ‘Help us cross US alcohol facts finish line’

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Diageo tells BeverageDaily.com it welcomes a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommendation that high-alcohol malt beverage brand Four Loko carry 'serving fact' information on some cans, but urges regulators to allow the wider alcoholic drinks...

The Beverage Universe in Pictures: November 2012

The Beverage Universe in Pictures: November 2012

By Ben Bouckley

Relive November's beverage thrills and spills in this exclusive BeverageDaily.com gallery, from the FDA's response to the Senatorial assault on energy drinks to Chr. Hansen seeing red in Asia.

Hot New Beverage Concepts for 2013: Episode One

Hot New Beverage Concepts for 2013: Episode One

By Ben Bouckley

The CEO of beverage development and innovation company MyDrink Beverages tells BeverageDaily.com why his firm's new non-alcoholic beverage concepts for 2013 could take the market by storm...

Kiwis drinking more cider, but less beer

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Kiwis drinking more cider, but less beer

By Ankush Chibber

Cider is the rising star of New Zealand’s alcoholic beverages market even as consumption of beer in the country is showing a steady decline, said a top official from Lion, the Australasian food and beverage major.

Top brands favor bag-in-box dispensing savings – Xylem

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Top brands favor bag-in-box dispensing savings – Xylem

By Ben Bouckley

Peter Wright from beverage dispensing expert Xylem tells Ben Bouckley at Brau Beviale why leading wine and beer brand owners such as Diageo increasingly favor on premise bag-in-box dispensing.

Somersby Cider in its UK incarnation, launched in mid July

Carlsberg slakes US cider thirst with Somersby first

By Ben Bouckley

Crown Imports will launch Carlsberg’s Somersby Hard Apple Cider into test markets across the US, as major players scramble to plug the gap left by a slump in mainstream beer sales.