Many of my more unusual blogs over recent months have concentrated on different health and wellbeing claims put forward by researchers from around the world. From preventing skin cancer to tackling dementia the range of benefits that may or may not be attributable to tea coffee and chocolate has been quite surprising. This ‘unusual’ blog [...]
AT LAST SOMETHING OTHER THAN MP’S EXPENSES IN THE TELEGRAPH!
May 26th, 2009After days and days of the Daily Telegraph running details of MPs expenses, just recently I spotted yet more positive details on the virtues of tea drinking. I have always enjoyed at least two cups of tea during the first hour or so of the working day, English Breakfast Tea of course, fresh from my [...]
MARS AND RAINFOREST ALLIANCE WORKING TOGETHER
May 21st, 2009Mars Incorporated are the first global chocolate production company to commit to supporting sustainable cocoa farming with the target of sourcing all their cocoa requirements on a sustainable basis by 2020. As noted in a previous blog Galaxy chocolate sold in the UK from 2010 will feature Rainforest Alliance endorsed cocoa, with a phased transfer [...]
READING THE TEA LEAVES PRICES ARE ON THE WAY UP!
May 19th, 2009So it’s not just MP’s expenses or the future of the Speaker of the House of Commons dominating the news today, also with a considerable amount of media attention is a dramatic increase in tea prices. Unilever who produce Britain’s favourite tea, PG Tips, are indicating that their prices may have to increase by as [...]
GORDON BROWN….TEA OR COFFEE ?
May 15th, 2009During Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday when almost all comments revolved around the ongoing MP’s expenses row David Cameron rather cuttingly suggested that the Prime Minister would need an independent commission to decide whether to have tea or coffee in the morning. Now the PM does appear rather hesitant on some of the big issues [...]
GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES
May 14th, 2009They say good things come in small packages! And that could not be more true than with the Flavia Coffee Machines and drink sachets.
Not only is the Flavia Creation 400 one of the smallest machines on the market, the Flavia Filterpacks are small packages full of great tasting Real Leaf Tea and Freshground Coffee not [...]
DOES YOUR VENDING MACHINE HAVE AN OPTION FOR A BENTLEY CONVERTIBLE?
May 12th, 2009It’s a strange thing this blogging lark as almost anything in the media with a Vending or Drinks Machine content tends to be looked at or listened to not just out of commercial interest but also as future potential blog copy!
An unusual article in the Daily Mail online recently featured a hotel in Miami with [...]
HOT DRINK FACTS
May 7th, 2009Hot facts about Hot drinks!
Did you know that according to the British Coffee Association and UK Tea Council, that the following amount of hot drinks, are drunk in and out of the home in the UK each day!
165,000,000 cups of Tea
70,000,000 cups of Coffee
2,000,000 cups of Hot Chocolate
Considering how many hot drinks we all consume, [...]
CADBURY DAIRY MILK PLANS TO GO FAIRTRADE
May 5th, 2009It was announced recently by the Fairtrade Foundation and Cadbury, that they plan to achieve Fairtrade certification for the nation’s favourite chocolate bar “Cadbury Dairy Milk” for both the British and Irish markets by the end of summer 2009.
So it will not be long before customers will see the Fairtrade logo on packs of Cadbury [...]
