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Finnish retail specialist Kesko – with around 2,000 stores in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and Russia – has added dairy products to its Pirkka range of goods.

UK water cooler manufacturer Ebac has outed production plans for its new Direct Dispense POU unit, which it believes is set to revolutionise the POU market.

US filtration products company Pureez has launched a countertop hot and cold POU water cooler that uses ultraviolet (UV) rays to purify water.

Pacific Ozone has launched an ozone dosing system for bottled water filling applications.

Specialist soft drinks company, Metro Drinks is expanding Latitude, its popular iced tea range, into 750ml retail/take-home glass bottles.

The future’s bright for new ethical fruit juice brand Good Natured, as it celebrates a highly successful UK launch of its pure fruit juice range, with listings secured in Tesco, Waitrose, Booths, Fresh and Wild, and Whole Foods Market from the end of February.

Exquisa Fruiss from Exquisa Italia is the first fruit and vegetable shot in Italy.

A&W and Sunkist Floats launched this January in the US in 11.5oz, vintage, soda shop inspired glass bottles with twist-off tops.

Nestlé bring out the beauty with new functional Day & Night drink.

Havoc Distribution recently added a sugar-free variant to its Havoc energy drink brand.

Britvic Soft Drinks has introduced apple blueberry as a new exotic flavour for its J20 range, replacing orange cranberry.

Loud Records are moving into the energy drinks market with new beverage called Loud.