NEWS | Industry Updates ry Britvic appoints sustainability director


Britvic has announced the formation of a new role within the GB business and appointed Trystan Farnwort


rth as director of sustainability. Having


previously held the role of GB commercial director for convenience & impulse, he has over 15 years’ experience working for the soft The


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Trystan will be responsible for providing senior leadership in this area. His strong commercial background demonstrates Britvic’s desire to align its sustainability agenda closer to its customers’ ambitions.


Trystan will report directly to GB managing director, Paul Graham, and will continue to hold a role on the GB executive team – working collaboratively with brand and commercial teams to maximise the role’s impact.


Paul commented: “Trystan has played a crucial role leading strong commercial results and customer relationships. His focus will be to bring together the various components of sustainability, creating a truly actionable plan.” Trystan added: “Britvic’s reputation for leading o our recent partnership work with the trade to prep


led on health, and I want us to be an equally valuable partner in delivering sustainable packaging solutions.


“We’ve made big steps – last year we removed 600 tonnes of plastic packaging through light- weighting, and 100 per cent of our cans, PET bottles and glass are recyclable in the UK.We are also proud founding members of the UK Plastics Pact and we will work closely with other members to support its goals.Our sustainable packaging strategy will continue to see us reduce packaging usage overall, use recycled materials and explore new technologies to make step-changes.We will do so whilst enhancing our customer and shopper proposition – it must


Trystan’s former responsibilities will be managed by Rachel Phillips who joins Bri all go hand in hand for everyone to win.”


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commercial director, working across convenience, impulse, foodservice and licensed. Rachel has held a number of commercial roles with multinational consumer goods companies, including Mars, Reckitt Benckiser and more recently she held the position of chief operating offfficer at Gü .


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Pot Noodle launches revision-powered vendingmachine for UK students


Pot Noodle launched what it referred to as a which aimed to encourage students to study free food and even a year’s worth of tuition fees.


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The Pot Noodle machine toured a number of sites including the University of Manchester, University of Salford and NottinghamTrent last month.


The machine has a front facing screen loaded with certified exam board questions which not only tests students but also hands out revision tips. Answering the questions gives students the chance to win free food from the machine but there was also a special prize for one student. A hidden golden ticket was up for grabs to pay a year’s worth of tuition fees for the lucky winner.


Lena Porchmouth, brand manager at Pot Noodle, said: “As exam season begins, there’s no better time for us to keep bellies full and brains ticking than with the world’s first revision powered vending machine.


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“Not only are we hoping to help students’ power through exam season, but we’re hoping the internships on offffer will help catapult them to the job of their dreams too.”


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