This winter, Red Bull is broadening its no sugar offer with the global launch of Red Bull Zero, delivering Zero sugar and Zero calories, with the popular flavour of Red Bull Original Energy Drink, the leading single serve soft drink in the market.
Health is now a key concern for shoppers, with 75 per cent considering health when they choose a soft drink [Appinio, July 2024], however, taste continues to be the number 1 driver of purchase [Kantar, July 2023] highlighting the need for a sufficient offering of great tasting no sugar and zero alternatives alongside full sugar soft drinks.
Red Bull Sugarfree caters to this need, providing a no sugar offering but with a distinct flavour that has built up a loyal shopper base. Red Bull Zero aims to fill a gap in the current line-up, for a liquid closer to the taste of Original Red Bull Energy Drink. It meets demand by delivering the same energy boost and taste, but without the sugar, targeting incremental category occasions.
With health such a key consideration for soft drink consumers, Red Bull said it is important to cater to this need within the Energy category. Offering more no sugar options is key to building incrementality for the category with more users, consuming energy drinks more often, and across more occasions. Red Bull has been key to driving this growth, with a portfolio that offers choice, growing shoppers and frequency of its no sugar products year on year and Red Bull Zero aims to drive this further.
The new can also compliments the Red Bull Energy Drink line-up, featuring the brands’ two most distinctive and recognisable assets – the core blue and silver rhombus design and the bull brand logo, along with a ‘New Taste’ flash.
Available in 250ml plain (RRP: £1.65) and £1.60 PMC cans, 355ml can (RRP: £2.10), 473ml can (RRP: £2.60), 4 x 250ml (RRP:£5.40) and 8 x 250ml (RRP: £9.50) can multipack.
Vapes Bars has announced the launch of Angel Salts, a premium nicotine salt range designed to set a new benchmark in flavour, quality, and regulatory compliance.
Tailored for today’s discerning vaper, Angel Salts showcase the brand's commitment to delivering pure quality and innovation. These salts are also at the heart of Angel’s exciting new product line-up, including the much-anticipated Angel 1200 and Angel 20000, which promise to redefine vaping convenience and performance.
“The Angel collection, including Angel Salts, is future-proof for 2025 and beyond, designed to meet tomorrow’s compliance standards while delivering superior quality and innovation,” said a spokesperson for Vapes Bars.
The Angel Salts range is available in flavours including Pink Lemonade, Fizzy Cherry Ice, Watermelon Ice, Snow Mint, Prime Lemon, Mango Magic, Berry Burst, Lemon Breeze, Banana Split, and Grape Ice.
The Angel 2400 4-in-1 device combines four 2ml tanks into one versatile, rechargeable device, offering the flexibility of four flavours, significant cost savings for consumers, and reduces waste, making it an eco-friendly alternative to traditional disposable vapes.
Leading confectionery wholesaler Hancocks has launched a new brand, showcasing the best of pick and mix.
Pick n Mix Station is a new range of bulk bags containing different mixes of customers' favourite pick and mix treats, offering great value for retailers and their customers.
The range is retailed at £9.99 for a 1 kg bulk bag filled with pick and mix based on different themes, including a selection of fizzy, gummy, jelly, chocolate and foam sweets.
The bags are perfect for parties and special occasions, creating sweetie jars at home and topping up pick and mix stands in stores.
The Pick n Mix Station Space Bag is a mix of white chocolate stars, peach rings, stars and space-shaped gummy sweets.
The Blue Mix Bag contains a variety of blue-coloured tongue painters, raspberry liquorice slices, blue raspberry slices and bubblegum mushrooms, whereas the Red Mix Bag contains fizzy watermelon slices, giant strawberries, gummy teeth and strawberry kisses.
Chocolate lovers will enjoy the Choco Mix Bag which includes a mix of milk, white and strawberry chocolate flavour candy with candy topping.
The Scary Mix is perfect for young sweet lovers and theme parties, packed full of spooktacular sour fruit flavour jelly sweets, including skulls, worms, teeth and fangs.
Other mixes include the Fizzy Mix filled with fruit and cola flavour sour sweets, the Bottle Mix including popular bottle-shaped sweets and the Jelly Mix packed with fruity jelly and foam sweets.
“We’re very excited to reveal our new Pick n Mix Station brand to our retail customers,” Kathryn Hague, head of Marketing at Hancocks, said.
“The brand was created to fulfil a value proposition that celebrates our vast range of bulk confectionery.
“The 1 kg value pick and mix bulk bags are perfect for topping up pick-and-mix stations, adding sweets to party snack tables, or filling jars and tins with irresistible treats.
“With bulk bags trending on Tiktok, retailers can also sell these treats by the bag.
“Stocking up on the Pick n Mix Station bags will give retailers an opportunity to offer customers their favourite pick and mix treats at a low price point.”
Confectionery distributor World of Sweets has revealed the latest novelty product from America’s leading sour candy brand Warheads.
The new offering is part of their plans to bring more of America’s much-loved sour flavours to UK customers.
New to the Warheads range are the Sour Popping Candy packs, available in Sour Watermelon, Sour Green Apple and Sour Raspberry.
Warheads Sour Popping Candy offers a crackling, popping sensation with a sour twist, aimed at younger customers seeking exciting new novelty products with tasty, trending flavours.
Each single flavour display contains 12 pouches, all packaged in an eye-catching design to pop out on shelves among other tasty treats.
Warheads have also launched a three pack - with all flavours included in each pouch.
Each three pack box available to retailers contains 20 pouches, and World of Sweets said the eye-catching display makes them perfect to be stacked on shelves among other tasty treats.
They can be merchandised alongside other Warheads branded lines, or as a part of a wider novelty collection.
The small pouches come at pocket-money friendly prices, making them a great impulse purchase.
“We are super excited to be bringing to market the brand new Warhead Sour Popping Candy pouches,” Louisa Jones, senior brand manager at World of Sweets said.
“Each pouch packs a serious punch, and sour candy lovers are sure to love the exciting, tasty flavours.
“Warheads have been a best-selling brand for us. Our customers have experienced a real boost in sales for both American confectionery and sour flavours, so this product is sure to be a hit with confectionery lovers.
“We’re always looking for ways to support our customers and fill those gaps in the market - and budget-friendly American confectionery lines are definitely needed.”
Warheads also offer a range of products in the top selling theatre box format.
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Smirnoff announces new global partnership with Troye Sivan
Leading vodka brand Smirnoff has announced the appointment of Grammy-nominated global star Troye Sivan as its new Chief Vibes OFFicer (CVO), marking the start of a new multi-year partnership with the Australian singer-songwriter.
One of the most celebrated artists in popular culture today, Sivan has just completed the much anticipated ‘Sweat’ tour alongside friend, artist and frequent collaborator Charli XCX, and is about to embark on the Australia and New Zealand leg of his global solo tour, following the release of his hit 2023 album, ‘Something to Give Each Other’.
Amidst this busy schedule, Sivan will now step into his tongue-in-cheek CVO role as global ‘curator of immaculate vibes’ for Smirnoff – showcasing the Go OFF spirit to fans all around the world. The campaign is a call to arms to ditch to-do lists and dive into some fun - getting together, going out and going OFF. As the next stage of the brand’s wider WE DO WE campaign, it aims to create a more connected, open and exhilarating world.
“We are so excited to partner with Troye - as someone who radiates joy and shares our ‘WE DO WE’ spirit he is the ultimate vibe shifter for his fans all around the world,” Stephanie Jacoby, SVP Global Vodkas at Diageo, said.
“We knew from the moment we first spoke to Troye and his team that this was going to be something truly special – we share a passion for fun, for bringing people together and for not taking ourselves too seriously.
“I am delighted to welcome our new Chief Vibes OFFicer to the team, Troye is the perfect fit, and we can’t wait to collaborate over the coming months together – exciting things to come!”
The partnership launched this week across socials, after a series of teaser drops, with a video showing Sivan taking part in a tongue-in-cheek press conference, announcing his new CVO position to interviewers and sharing his mission, for people to Go OFF.
In true Smirnoff style, a collective of global creatives was brought together to craft the latest Go OFF work and bring a pop-world spin to the vibrant Smirnoff brand world.
Sivan said: “For me, Smirnoff has always been omnipresent – whether it’s at house parties, backstage at shows, or nights out with friends. I see the brand all around the world, and whenever I do, it feels like something I want to be part of. "Go OFF” is all about getting people together and being ourselves, something I’ve really embraced in this part of my life and something I’m excited to continue to do with this partnership.”
The launch will be followed by Smirnoff’s sponsorship of Sivan’s Australia and New Zealand tour where he will share the Go OFF vibes with fans at exclusive after parties in both Sydney and Melbourne.
The global partnership will show up across social, OOH, digital, in-store and through event activations in over 20 countries including the UK, Brazil, Australia and India over the coming months and forms part of Diageo's wider focus on embedding their brands at the heart of key cultural moments for consumers - from music and fashion to sports, food and more.
Seabrook Crisps has unveiled a new price marked pack for the popular Fire Eaters.
Part of Seabrook’s Loaded sharing range, Fire Eaters Smokehouse Cayenne and Trinidad Scorpion Chilli flavours are now available in a 65g bag with a price mark of £1.25.
“Shoppers rely on Seabrook to deliver flavour and great value by the bagful and our retailers look to us to drive snack sales – which is exactly what we have done with our Fire Eater price marked packs,” Claire Hooper, marketing director for Calbee UK, owner of Seabrook, commented.
“Spicy notes are a key trend, especially from brands that consumers know and love, which is why our Smokehouse Cayenne and Trinidad Scorpion Chilli flavours are already a huge hit. Combine the popularity of these flavours with a price mark and we know that taste buds and tills will sing!”