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Refreshment Systems
In Brief…
appoints Paul Shaw
Britvic Ireland’s Ballygowan
Paul Shaw has been appointed Sales
bottled water brand invests
Director at Refreshment Direct, the largest
€1.2m in a marketing
independent beverage specialist in the
campaign named Be Part of
North of England.
It, helping to raise money for
Mr. Shaw brings to the Bradford based
the Marie Keating breast
company thirty years experience in the
cancer charity.
vending industry. He began his career
training as a caterer (alongside fellow
Britvic Ireland records a
student Gary Rhodes!) and then took up a
‘significant’ rise in on-trade
job with Compass Group, then GKN Vending
market share for Q1 2010,
Services. Latterly he was General Manager
despite a volume decline of
of the Vending Division of Aramark, a business that he took from making a loss to delivering substantial
4% in Britvic’s own brands.
profit. When that business was sold to Bunzl, he joined Coffee Point to work alongside Charles Trace. In the UK, Claymore Dairies
Mr. Shaw’s brief is to expand Refreshment System’s geographical base on the bedrock of the company’s completes its management
exceptional customer base in the north of England. buyout of the business from
“I’ve joined a company with very solid foundations that is financially secure. It has an exceptional client Arla Foods and North Milk
portfolio, an extremely experienced and loyal workforce and, above all, ambition,” Mr. Shaw said. Co–operative.
“Everything we need is in place for us to develop and grow the business, which I think of as ‘a sleeping
Red Bull wins its trademark
giant’. That’s the challenge that inspired me to join RSL.
infringement court battle
“I think it’s to our advantage that we’re owned and managed by a family that knows the vending industry
with Swedish drinks firm SM
inside out and is not afraid to invest to give the company a genuine chance of achieving its potential.”
Group; it is to stop selling its
energy drink Red Bat.
Coca-Cola Enterprises appoints
McVitie’s lowest ever sat
Coca-Cola Company launches
its first global marketing
Dave McNulty
fat biscuits on TV
campaign for Sprite,
encompassing television
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) has appointed Dave McNulty McVitie’s has returned to TV screens
adverts and online music and
as Trading Director On-Premise. His appointment follows the nationwide to drive consumer awareness
digital film mixing tools.
recent merger of the Licensed and Cold channel teams at of the further 50% reduction in
In the UK, Hansen Natural
CCE to create a new On-Premise channel sales function. saturated fat that came into effect
Corporation launches
Dave joined CCE in January 2008 as Head of Energy. across United Biscuits’ McVitie’s
Monster Energy Shot in a
During his short tenure with CCE he has successfully Digestives, HobNobs and Rich Tea
90ml bottle, and a new
introduced the Monster brand into the portfolio, managed standard biscuits last December.
500ml fruit juice-based
last year’s Relentless Shots launch and overs een the The £1.3m TV advertising campaign
variant called Monster Khaos.
continued development of the Relentless brand. runs for six weeks and will
Before joining CCE, Dave spent 15 years at Kraft Foods communicate the reformulation to
Coca-Cola Great Britain
and prior to that, United Biscuits in a number of key consumers in a period when healthier
launches an integrated
commercial positions gaining extensive experience across eating is high on the agenda.
marketing campaign for
Multiple Retail, IC and ‘Away from Home’ channels, both
Powerade, promoting its
nationally and internationally.
sponsorship of various
Ian Deste, Vice President of Sales & Customer
football and rugby events in
Development at CCE comments: “We’re delighted to be
Abbeychart gets higher
the coming months.
welcoming Dave into the role of Trading Director On-
ISO certificate for
GlaxoSmithKline announces a
Premise. It’s an important new position within the Sales &
3% increase in FY 2009
Customer Development team which we believe Dave will
vending components turnover to £851m for its
further develop and drive forward throughout 2010 and
nutritional healthcare
beyond. Our decision to merge the Licensed and Cold Abbeychart has been granted the new
division, with Horlicks
channel teams will enable CCE to maximize the significant ISO 9001:2008 quality management
achieving 17% growth on
synergies which result from servicing similar customer system certification for the supply
2008 sales.
groups with similar operating models and product and and manufacture of components to
packaging ranges, in particular in the On Trade with an the vending, soft drink, water,
Soft drink heavyweights
increasing number of outlets offering food. The new On- refrigeration and allied industries. It
including Coca-Cola Company
Premise Channel will retain current Licensed and Cold sub- is one of the first companies to earn
and PepsiCo join Michelle
sector focused teams, to ensure our customers will continue the right to display this higher
Obama’s campaign against
to enjoy the highest levels of customer service from our specification BM TRADA certificate
obesity by putting calorie
account management teams. I would like to wish Dave every after having similarly led with its
information on the front of
success in his new role and I very much look forward to original ISO 9001 for quality
packaging, fountains and
working with him.” component supply.
vending machines.
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