Stryyk has secured a £1 million investment from soft drinks company AG Barr, which also owns Funkin Cocktails. Stryyk is a range of zero-proof distilled…
Stryyk has secured a £1 million investment from soft drinks company AG Barr, which also owns Funkin Cocktails. Stryyk is a range of zero-proof distilled…
Funkin has revealed its latest NPD for the convenience channel in the form of a trio of premium cocktail shakers. The range, which is all packaged in iconic Funkin cocktail shakers, includes Skinny Mojito, Passion Fruit Martini and Strawberry Daiquiri. Funkin is investing £500,000 to support the launch, including an outdoor and digital campaign, supported by social media and national sampling activity. The NPD is…
Funkin is gearing up to expand its on-trade cocktail expertise further into the off-trade. The cocktail innovator is launching a trio of premium cocktail mixers to help consumers mix up bar-quality drinks at home with ease. The company said the “trailblazing” product will help grow spirits sales in the off-trade through cocktails. The range, which is packaged in iconic Funkin cocktail shakers, includes Skinny Mojito,…
Soft drinks group AG Barr has snapped up cocktail mixer producer Funkin in a deal worth up to £21 million. The maker of Scottish soft drink Irn Bru will pay an intial £16.5 million to Funkin’s founding shareholders, plus up to a further £4.5 million depending on financial performance targets. Funkin offers a range of syrups, purees and cocktail mixers and has listings across the…
More than 20 million UK viewers regularly tuned into the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, suffering the heartbreak of England’s crushing defeat by Germany and enjoying the drama of Spain’s extra-time win in the final. That year South African wine sales buzzed like a vuvuzela at supermarkets and independents across Britain. The category grew 20{7c69fd72f8e2bab9ee87ef5a2685d86c0107c79a8a610a3574925e3ec9a3ba47} and South Africa overtook France for the first time ever…
Tia Maria has teamed up with Funkin to give consumers an easy way to make its signature Tia Maria Espresso Martini serve. Some 90,000 70cl and 1-litre bottles of Tia Maria will carry Funkin mixer pouches in supermarkets including Tesco, Asda and Morrisons. The First Drinks-owned brand has been promoting the serve at consumer sampling events around the country this year, in a bid to…
