Bottled water is now the drink of choice for youngsters  
25 Jul 2006
Lunchbox survey reveals move away from fizzy soft drinks ...

Barr Soft Drinks buys UK water brand  
23 May 2006
Strathmore joins IRN-BRU stable ...

Queens’s Award success for food firms  
25 Apr 2006
Bells and Radnor Hills recognised for innovation and exports ...

Boom time for bottled water in 2006  
03 Apr 2006
Healthy eating trends to impact drinks market further ...

Britvic to float on UK stock market  
15 Nov 2005
The company behind the Tango and Robinsons brands has chosen to focus on health to improve its UK market share ...

Cost of fruit juice shoots up  
02 Nov 2005
Adverse weather conditions around the globe are affecting the supply of oranges and apples ...

Selling more green bottles  
25 Jul 2005
Bottlegreen is reaching new heights ...

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Coke lifts lid of innovation centre  
21 Jun 2005
Checkout catches a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the iconic global Coca-Cola brand... ...

View issue (July 2005)

Ribena reworks range  
24 Mar 2005
GlaxoSmithKline has detailed plans to grow its Ribena brand... ...

View issue (April 2005)

Win a player with Coke  
24 Mar 2005
Coca-Cola GB is offering one lucky football fan the chance to win a player... ...

View issue (April 2005)

Hydro Active set to get shoppers moving  
31 Jul 2006
Lucozade is set to launch a new on-pack promotion. From 1 August, the instant win promotion will appear on special packs of Lucozade Hydro Active giving customers free workout music to download and a chance to win an MP3 player. ...

View issue (August 2006)

Highland Spring reports soaring June sales  
05 Jul 2006
Bottled water is in high demand driven by rising tempratures and the search for an alternative to fizzy drinks ...

Sunny D takes lead from parents  
30 Jun 2006
Sunny Delight has turned to UK parents to help rebrand its juice drink as healthier and parent-friendly as part of a new comeback programme. ...

View issue (July 2006)

New apple flavour to join Lucozade range  
21 Jun 2006
GlaxoSmithKline has added an apple variant to its Lucozade Energy range. ...

Countdown to Coke Zero launch  
30 May 2006
Coca-Cola is launching a new coke variant this summer intended to stem the haemorrhaging UK carbonated soft drinks (CSD) market. ...

View issue (June 2006)

Coca-cola mounting summer push  
26 May 2006
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is planning a summer saturation of its brands with new launches, variants and formats. ...

View issue (June 2006)

Buxton spends £2m on summer campaign  
24 May 2006
New campaign for natural mineral water brand ...

SHS adds marketing sparkle to Shloer brand  
08 May 2006
Shloer will benefit from a fivefold increase in marketing investment ...

View issue (May 2006)

Coke kicks off World Cup activity  
24 Apr 2006
Win tickets to World Cup with on-pack promotion ...

Panda Pops break with past  
27 Feb 2006
Children’s soft drink brand Panda has received a multi-million pound makeover in a bid to revitalise a product whose lurid colours have fallen foul in recent of heightened awareness of healthy eating. ...

View issue (March 2006)

Category report: Soft drinks – Grown-up tastes  
24 Mar 2006
The soft drinks market has come of age – and sophisticated drinks for adults are the flavour of the moment. Sheetal Mehta finds out how marketeers in the drinks industry are going to captialise on this trend ...

View issue (April 2006)

Special Report: Top 25 Soft Drinks  
28 Oct 2005
The Checkout /ACNielsen Top 25 Soft Drinks league table reveals the giant strides being made by the leading bottled water and dairy brands. Mike Dennis analyses a soft drinks market now worth more than £5bn at retail sales level ...

View issue (November 2005)

Special Report: Top 25 Soft Drinks – The soft sell  
01 Oct 2004
Special Checkout/AC Nielsen report ...

The price of being green  
01 Jan 2004
The canned drinks market in Germany has been decimated since a deposit scheme was imposed a year ago. Mike Dennis reports that a similar scheme in the UK would have an equally disastrous impact on both retailers and suppliers ...

View issue (January 2004)

Promotion of the month: Diet Coke Win Hollywood Premier VIP trips  
01 Jan 2004
Checkout explores the impact of promotions through market research on awareness. This month: Diet Coke Win Hollywood Premier VIP trips ...

View issue (January 2004)

Brand builders: The juice wars  
24 Aug 2005
Simon Dunn , managing director of Product Chain, on how to get start-up brands on shelves... and off them ...

View issue (September 2005)