The group, whose portfolio includes Pepsi, 7 UP, Tango, J20 juice and water brand Pennine Spring, encouraged investors by reporting improving growth trends in the early weeks of its second half which started in Pre-tax profits in the six months to 13 April rose to £17.2 million from £15.2 million a year earlier But Britvic said it had out-performed its rivals with volumes up 5.9% to 232 million litres in the period of the Drench water brand and a strong performance from Fruit Shoot saw revenues from still drinks up

fact is that anyone who practices aseptic cold filling in the non-alcoholic beverage industry is set up “While the PET bottle is normally used for classical non-alcoholic beverages, up to now it has been mainly Is it ahead, keeping up or falling behind? Huppman believes that up to now the dairy industry has not jumped on the bandwagon of aseptic cold filling Up to now, these types of plastic bottle have been considerably more expensive than cartons.”

value dairy products business and demonstrates the strong performance of the business over the last 12 months

can use modern engineering to tackle this problem and give children in developing countries a decent start

Danone Waters has announced a comprehensive 2008 marketing activity planned to support the start of its We strongly recommend that retailers stock up with Wimbledon branded Evian during June and July to maximise

Recently set-up Iceni Waters, based in the UK, has recruited Shaun the Sheep to promote the benefits

The UK market for functional foods barely grew in 2007 in stark contrast to previous years, and the popularity New product development often fails to learn from existing product successes and failures but this is starting omega-3 enriched spreads (eg Dairy Crest’s St Ivel Advance) and bread products (eg Kingsmill’s Head Start

reckon that by 2010 worldwide more than 30% of all aseptic carton packs will be small size packages up Compare this with the situation in 2002, when single serve carton packs made up a scant 20% of the total Product developments that do not add up to profits are no innovation at all,” claims SIG’s Viardot. Deliberately offering and consciously choosing ecologically friendly packaging solutions is a start.

The new lift label is UV-resistant, scratch-proof and stands up to caustic solutions. * Corporate data* Capsnap was set up in 1999 as a joint venture between the American packaging

Any product or product line launched within the past 18 months can be entered into the 2009 awards.

Darrin Foster, Oogie's Chief Operating Officer and Iowa native added, "I grew up shopping at Hy-Vee,

Relaunched in the UK in 2005, Peroni is the fastest-growing top 10 premium lager, with sales up by over