METRO DRINKS BLOG

Folkington's and Food Miles

2010-10-06T15:35:00.003+01:00

How far has your juice just travelled?

Did you know that North East Spain is the closest place to the UK that you can grow (commercially) oranges and tomatoes? And even the bulk of the world's apple juices come from other continents such as the USA and Asia. So that means that rather than ship fruit juices thousands of miles back to the UK, Folkington's Juices travel just 850 miles, 90% of which is by train and ferry rather than by road. So that helps keep Folkington's Food Miles to a minimum.

Folkington's Juices

2010-10-06T13:07:00.002+01:00

We launched on 30th September a fantastic new range of gourmet fruit juices - Folkington's. But these are juices with a difference. Instead of making them from commodity traded fruits each is squeezed or pressed from selected late-harvested fruit varieties grown in three regions of N E Spain - Valencia, Catalonia and Navara. You can find out more on the new Folkington's website and the new e-brochure.

Welcome Greece

2010-06-04T09:19:00.000+01:00

Welcome to Garabinas of Greece - our new distributor of Latitude iced tea and Herbert's iced coffee.

Herbert's relaunched!!

2010-03-23T15:34:00.003Z

At last, the Herbert's makeover is complete and we think the product is now a good deal better, brighter and more fun, while preserving the provenance of its African Fairtrade ingredients. Click HERE to find out more and let us know by EMAIL if you'd like more information.

Marie Curie Cancer Care Daffodil Campaign

2010-03-09T18:23:00.001Z

Marie Curie Cancer Care has been Metro Drink's charity since 2002. Every March they run their Daffodil campaign, their most important fund rasing event of the year. If you want to know more you can watch the YouTube launch with HUGH GRANT talking to a number of key people - just click HERE

Where have they all gone?

2010-03-03T13:38:00.004Z

Iced coffees that is... Last year British consumers could buy a Cafe Met (Arla), a Kenco Cappio Ice (Kraft) or a Nescafe Ice (Nestle) - but they've since all been withdrawn from the market. Leaving HERBERT'S as the sole survivor! With its unique FAIRTRADE credentials, its no wonder that Herbert's is now the only ambient iced coffee range on sale in the UK.

Dozens of Qu4ttro

2010-03-02T17:39:00.001Z

From March our best selling range, QU4TTRO STAGIONI, will be sold in packs of 12 instead of 24. This will save 30 Tonnes of cardboard every year; nice for our planet :)
Watch and Listen to the Quattro Stagioni

Herbert's makeover

2010-02-11T10:13:00.014Z

Keep an eye on Herbert's Fairtrade iced coffee in April. This fabulous summer drink will be relaunched in striking new packaging.

Click HERE if you'd like more information

Go to Herbert's web site

Welcome Sweden!

2010-02-10T22:37:00.007Z

We are delighted to welcome our first new export distributor for 2010 - Estebans of Sweden. Owned by husband and wife team Catharina and Jonas, Estebans has a blue chip customer base in Sweden's Horeca sector. We look forward to witnessing many smiley Swedish faces as they happily consume our wonderful drinks!