Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) brand Blossom Hill has launched a digital competition this Summer, celebrating the International Friendship Day.
Consumers can enter the Unfiltered Friendships competition by sharing their best unfiltered friendship moments via Instagram, encouraging friends to showcase their friendships as restrictions continue to ease. The competition will be live throughout July, ahead of the International Friendship Day on 30 July.
The brand will select 50 winners each week and these winners will each receive a gift box containing a polaroid camera, a can of Blossom Hill Rhubarb Gin Fizz (ABV 8.5%) and a bottle of White Zinfandel (ABV 8.5%).
Entrants will also be in with a chance to win the top prize at the end of the month, the Ultimate Unfiltered Friendships Experience for the winner and their friends. The prize includes a best friend’s night in and a weekend getaway trip including an Inspire Gift Card for hotel staycation; a three-course meal cooked by a professional chef, a cocktail making class and a beauty tech bundle containing an Apple iMac 24in, a Sonos Move Speaker, a GHD Original Styler and a GHD Air Hairdryer on offer, a £3000 shopping voucher and a £500 restaurant voucher.
One of the biggest brands in the market, Blossom Hill will celebrate 30 years in the UK wine category in 2022.
“As Blossom Hill approaches a milestone next year, we wanted to ensure consumers remain loyal to the brand whilst creating excitement ahead of the 30 year milestone,” Ben Blake, head of marketing EMEA at TWE, said.
“A competition led campaign encouraging shoppers to choose Blossom Hill through an increased presence across Instagram, will enable us to continue to recruit new and younger shoppers into the wine category during the busy summer period.”
Each week consumers can share their unfiltered moments on Instagram, tagging @BlossomHill, using the hashtags #UnfilteredFriendships and #TogetherLetsBlossom and tagging a friend to encourage them to do the same.
CÎROC, the largest Super-Premium Vodka range in impulse, and the third largest Super-Premium Vodka brand in the total off-trade , has unveiled a brand-new flavour: CÎROC Colada RTD. A sparkling mixed drink, with CÎROC Vodka, pineapple and coconut flavours mixed with lemonade, is now available in a 250ml ready-to-drink can.
With "tropical" the second most popular flavour profile in Super-Premium Vodka, CÎROC will offer shoppers convenient luxury in an accessible format this summer with this latest launch.
“Our new CÎROC Colada ready-to-drink can offers a sophisticated blend of sweet, juicy pineapple taste upfront with a classic, creamy coconut and tropical finish. Conveniently served up in a beautiful, ready-to-drink can, the fourth variant in the CÎROC RTD portfolio." said Pippa Lewis, Senior Brand Manager.
“We are delighted to launch CÎROC Colada just in time for the spring and summer seasons, a period where consumers look to connect and enjoy meaningful moments together. Whether shoppers are on the go, at a picnic, or gathering with friends, CÎROC Colada is the perfect addition to fridges, helping retailers tap into these occasions and drive sales.”
CÎROC Coconut Vodka
Launching alongside the new Colada RTD can, CÎROC is also bringing back CÎROC Coconut flavoured vodka, made with 5x distilled vodka from fine French grapes and natural flavourings. CÎROC Coconut provides a taste of the tropics and can be used to create a classic Pina Colada or sophisticated martini cocktails, so there is a serve for all occasions.
CÎROC Colada is available across grocery, convenience and wholesale now, with CÎROC Coconut 70cl (37.5 per cent ABV) rolling out alongside it.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced the arrival of Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola Cherry in GB – the first-ever flavoured innovation in the iconic Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola Ready To Drink (RTD) range.
Rolling out nationwide from April, the new variant gives the classic Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola blend a fruity cherry twist, offering a fresh and exciting taste that brings together two of the world’s most iconic brands in an entirely new way.
Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola Cherry Ready To Drink (RTD) will be available in 330ml plain and price-marked single cans. The packaging features a bold purple stripe around the collar and a clear "Cherry" label beneath, making it instantly recognisable on shelf when positioned alongside Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola Original Taste and Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.
This launch builds on the range's impressive performance since its debut in March 2023, with Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola Original Taste quickly becoming the best-selling ready-to-drink SKU in Great Britain and successfully premiumising what the category has to offer.
Combined, the original full sugar and zero sugar variants have collectively achieved over £55 million in value sales to date, and the range recently won the “Pre-Mixed Spirit” category at the 2025 Product of the Year Awards – the UK’s largest consumer-voted accolade for product innovation.
To amplify the launch, wholesalers and convenience retailers can transform their depots and stores with vibrant POS kits. These include bollard covers, aisle fins and shelf strips, along with digital assets on My.CCEP.com to drive excitement both in-store and online.
“This is such an exciting moment for the brand, for the category, and for us and our customers, and we’re confident the sweet cherry twist will be a massive hit with shoppers,” said Elaine Maher, Associate Director, Alcohol Ready-to-Drink at CCEP GB.
“With the ready-to-drink category now worth £554m in Great Britain, this launch is about more than just giving fans something fresh – it’s a brilliant opportunity to bring flavoured cola lovers into the category for the first time, with Coca-Cola & Coca-Cola Zero Cherry alone clocking up nearly £107m in sales to date. By drawing on insights from our soft drinks range, we’re helping our ready-to-drink line-up reach its full potential and continuing to drive growth in the category.
“We’re expecting huge demand both in-store and online and can’t wait to see this incredible new flavour fly off the shelves.”
Lost Sheep Coffee has extended its RTD Canned Coffee range with a new speciality-grade Iced Caramel Latte that is made by coffee roasters and is 100% traceable to origin.
Joining the brand’s award-winning RTD Iced Latte and Iced Mocha, The New! Lost Sheep Iced Caramel Latte (with tasting notes of milk and butterscotch) is crafted with the brand’s award-winning Get To The Hopper coffee, a carefully sourced blend of the finest Colombian and Brazilian Arabica coffee beans, which are hand roasted and fully traceable all the way back to their origin.
The new Iced Coffee also appeals to growing demand for lighter options, as it’s made with silky skimmed milk and is less than 80 calories a can.
“We are excited about the new addition to our Iced Coffee line up, which is completely unique in the RTD coffee market right now," said Stuart Wilson, Founder of Lost Sheep Coffee.
“What sets us apart is the fact we are speciality coffee roasters, with 12 years of experience behind us. We’re bringing a speciality coffee experience to a new generation of coffee lovers with a convenient product that is unrivalled in terms of quality and traceability.
“Many mainstream RTD Coffee brands use commercial quality coffee (with most using instant) which isn’t hitting the mark for the new, quality-led consumer who expects coffee shop quality.
“Our cans use speciality grade coffee beans, which are traceable from origin and freshly ground and brewed into our cans. They are the only RTD coffee cans on the market to offer 100 per cent Coffee traceability from origin to can. There is simply no other brand that can match us in terms of Coffee quality and traceability.
“We’re cost comparative to the mainstream brands too, bringing speciality coffee to consumers who may not have had access to it before. It’s a game changer.”
New Lost Sheep Iced Caramel Latte Cans are available from Cotswold Fayre, Chapple and Jenkins and Lansdell Soft Drinks from March 2025 with more stockists to follow. RRP £2.30 for a 250ml can.
Fish4Ever, a small yet influential tin-to-table voice within sustainable, responsible fishing is proud after many years of polite jockeying to finally add Cornish Sardines to its new look range for 2025.
Probably best known for its award-winning, 100 percent pole-and-line tuna, which was once described by Greenpeace as “the best tuna in the world for sustainable and equitable sourcing”, Fish4Ever has also secured a distinguished +20-year reputation selling Scottish mackerel and sprats.
“As a UK protected, designated origin hero, Cornish sardines are a ‘local shores’ success story we’ve been seeking to champion for many years at Fish4Ever, albeit it was imperative we worked with a like-minded, home-grown cannery in keeping with our ‘socially positive’ priorities,” said founder Charles Redfern. “Sardines are not only insanely moreish but a nutritionally-ripped, lean protein superfood jam-packed with omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, B12, calcium, selenium and phosphorus.”
The arrival of Cornish sardines to the Fish4Ever platter couldn’t have been better timed with the burgeoning reputation of its meticulously prepared canned fish as a cult larder essential, which first grew at pace during Covid amongst health-conscious individuals.
Fish4Ever is also unveiling a vibrant new livery and extended range that’s a playful nod to cult Portuguese conservas, but with an informal British storytelling twist, celebrating Fish4Ever’s unrivalled reputation as the only tinned fish business in the UK that enjoys B-Corp status. The new packaging even supports modern QR codes so that inquisitive fish nerds can trace their catch back to the actual small boat that caught it.
NB Should one prefer Mediterranean sardines, Fish4Ever also has an array of stunning offers using only organic land ingredients:
Sardines in organic olive oil & lemon
Sardines in organic sunflower oil
Sardines in organic Piri Piri sauce
Sardines in organic tomato sauce
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Kombucha-cha-cha' promoting the refreshing taste of Lipton Kombucha.
A first for the brand in the UK, Lipton is entering the kombucha space with the launch of its bold and refreshing Lipton Kombucha range. The innovation is poised to shake up the market and tap into its immense potential, promising a delicious burst of flavour and variety for new drinkers to the category and existing kombucha enthusiasts. The new Lipton Kombucha, available now, is a combination of great tasting flavours, including Strawberry Mint, Raspberry and Mango Passionfruit.
Lipton, the UK’s number one Ice Tea brand, is looking to tap into the kombucha segment opportunity further. The launch, from the already well-known and well-loved Lipton brand, looks to bring a wide variety of customers into the space and bring kombucha to the mainstream with new, delicious tasting Lipton Kombucha flavours.
The Kombucha market has been growing rapidly at 39 per cent since Covid and is now valued at an impressive £33 million, showing the growth opportunity this represents for retailers. As experts in tea, Lipton has blended kombucha with natural fruit flavours, the brand’s famous Lipton tea and tiny bubbles to make a great new drink for customers, which is low in sugar, low in calories and made with naturally fermented tea.
“We know how popular the kombucha trend is and believe Lipton has created a product that can introduce even more people to the category and its benefits," said Ben Parker, VP Sales Off-Trade, Carlsberg Britvic. "As a brand, we are in a good position to grow an exciting category and we’re really looking forward to shoppers being able to try the flavours and for retailers to reap the current untapped rewards of stocking it.”
Lipton Kombucha is available in 250ml single cans and multipacks of four, meeting demand for those on-the-go moments as well as for at-home enjoyment.
The launch will be supported by the new campaign "Kombucha-cha-cha", dramatizing how Lipton Kombucha makes you feel alive with tea that’s bursting with life, delivered with great taste and flavour. As well as this, there will be out-of-home advertising, PR, social media, disruptive marketing in-stores and sampling.