Well done to Mars Drinks for recently donating 17,000 Twix Bars to over 50 local charities. The popular chocolate bars were given to the local charities and community organisations to help raise funds or just to give away as a welcome treat. This was just one of a number of recent initiatives undertaken by the [...]
KRAFT AND CADBURY’S… JUST A BIT OF HISTORY THERE!
September 23rd, 2009Remember the old saying; ‘what goes around comes around’, well with that in mind it’s perhaps not too surprising to see the potentially hostile bid from Kraft Foods for Cadbury’s is based on some interesting ownership history. Back in 1972 Cadbury’s purchased the Kenco coffee business from Trust House group to add to their product [...]
FLAVIA SPOTTING!
September 22nd, 2009I guess what ever type of business you are involved with anything on TV or in the newspapers that relates to it will catch your attention. It’s strange to find yourself looking at what type of paper cup a character is drinking from rather than following the plot! As a Flavia Platinum Distributor for Mars [...]
UK PROBLEMS FOR GAGGIA COFFEE MACHINES
September 15th, 2009No one would argue that you can get a lovely Espresso from a Gaggia coffee machine. However the Daily Mail is reporting the collapse of Gaggia UK and the complete non existence of spares as a result. To quote from the newspaper many people are now finding that their beautifully engineered coffee machine has been [...]
GALAXY HOT CHOCOLATE DRINK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR FLAVIA DRINKS MACHINE
September 14th, 2009Following on from my recent post it is with pleasure I can finally announce that Galaxy Hot Chocolate Drink is now available for Flavia drinks machines. Existing KSV customers using the Flavia system will be sent full details and a sample sachet of Galaxy over the next few weeks. If you can’t wait that long [...]
BISCUIT RISK ASSESSMENT OR NOT!
September 10th, 2009Not too sure what to make of an article in the Daily Telegraph today reporting on the apparent biscuit risks associated with the traditional tea or coffee work break. Research was apparently commissioned from Mindlab International by the Rocky Chocolate Biscuit Bar, (that’s one I have never heard of), although it is possibly a Fox’s [...]
KRAFT LAUNCH HOSTILE BID FOR CADBURY’S
September 7th, 2009Kraft Foods have announced a £10.2 billion bid for Cadbury’s this morning in a not too unexpected move towards the predicted further consolidation in the foods and drinks market. Cadbury’s have immediately rejected the bid approach from the producers of Kenco coffee, whilst the Chairman and chief executive of Kraft talks of growth through consolidation [...]
VALUE BRANDS, A VENDING MACHINE SOLUTION
September 3rd, 2009Much has been made in the media recently of the dramatic increase in “value brand” sales by the major Supermarkets. As many households understandably review their weekly or monthly shop with the current downturn in the economy the move away from recognised brand names to well sourced quality equivalents has really accelerated. Businesses too are [...]
IT’S THE FUTURE OF VENDING MACHINES…SPOILT FOR CHOICE!
September 1st, 2009Interesting news from the USA about a company working on touch screen technology for Vending Machines. This new equipment is being developed in conjunction with Coca Cola and it is claimed has the potential to give up to 200 different drinks selections to the consumer and have a facility for the drink machine operator to [...]
