Surrey Food News (United Kingdom)

Were you one of the lucky winners of our KLIX and Nescafé Valentine’s promotion?

Countries like China and Japan have a long history of tea drinking, in fact, with tea bushes native to China, tea has been a staple there since the fifth century.

The Mars Volunteer Programme (MVP) is an exciting and worthwhile initiative which gives Mars Associates the chance to really make a difference in the community, both locally and nationally.

A taste test in London finds the best vegetarian products for 2009, whilst a Festival in Bristol proves that an ethical, healthy, more environmentally friendly lifestyle can be more than just fun

Northampton, 8th May 2009: Farrington Oils is launching a new product at London’s Real Food Festival (8th–10th May) - Mayonnaise.

78% of employees are prepared to help their employers save money by being more energy efficient.

Employers who want their teams to be really efficient and productive should encourage their employees to take a break.

The star prize is a weekend break for two in the chocolate capital of the world, Bruges.

The price of a cup of tea is likely to get more expensive. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics show the price of tea has already increased by 2.5% in February this year.

Did you know that coffee is one of the most traded products in the world after oil?

Basingstoke, UK, April 14th, 2009: Mars Drinks has launched a new revitalisation and modernisation project to improve conditions for over 1,700 farms based at the Kandara Farmers Cooperative in Kenya.

Northampton, 15th March 2009: Farrington Oils has launched another fantastic dressing to its existing range of MELLOW YELLOW® cold pressed rapeseed oil products.

Northampton 3rd March 2009, The University of Northampton is taking the health of its students seriously by switching to ‘MELLOW YELLOW’ cold pressed rapeseed oil for its catering needs.

Basingstoke, UK, February 23, 2009: Mars Drinks today unveils a complete brand refresh for FLAVIA®, its innovative leading brand of hot drinks for the workplace.

Mars Drinks expands agreement to deliver drink solutions throughout UK hotels

A new report by independent thinktank the New Economics Foundation (Nef), states the British are ‘among least happy in Europe’.

Well if it doesn’t, it should do! We believe that your hot drinks vending solution should provide you with trusted brands, consistently high quality drinks and a truly great selection, which will leave you spoilt for choice.

With the Daily Mail billing 19th January as the gloomiest day in history you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone was feeling blue.

KLIX® and PG tips kicked 2009 off to an energetic start to help with New Year resolutions to get fit and healthy.

Mars Drinks organised a charity fund raising day at J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB) headquarters.

Christmas cards may be filling up your desk, but the Mars Drinks team wanted to add a little something extra to your stocking this December.

Mars Drinks is not just a drinks vending company, it’s a people company and what better time is there to show just how much you value your colleagues than at Christmas?

What makes the perfect tea break? Is it that five minutes quiet time that it takes to re-charge your batteries or is it a breath of fresh air to focus your mind and stretch your legs?

Why choose Mars Drinks for your drink vending needs?

On the eighth day of Christmas we told you that our drinks vending machines wouldn’t let you down and so on the ninth day we want to reassure you that our team won’t let you down either.

No one needs to spend Christmas without their hot drinks vending system. At Mars Drinks we want you to enjoy your Christmas cup of tea how you like it and when you want it. And that means reliable drinks machines that won’t let you down.

KLIX 7+ makes your choice of drinks vending menu easy

We design our drink vending machines with your business needs in mind.

Rewarding yourself throughout the working day is important to remaining motivated and in the lead up to Christmas a little self indulgence is a must.

Daniel Vennard responds to ethical issues article inThe Times

Tea and coffee are a fantastic pick me up throughout the working day, but sometimes you need a refreshing cold drink to keep you alert and feeling at the top of your game.

Choice and flexibility is as important to us as it is to you and our contract options are no exception.

Two great brands under one roof – Mars Drinks is a one stop shop for all your drinks vending needs.

Basingstoke, UK, December 2, 2008: Mars Drinks has just won a five year contract to provide its KLIX® drinks vending machines and FLAVIA® drink stations to O2’s regional and local offices throughout the UK.

It’s December already and, in order to help your festive period run as smoothly as possible, we wanted to reassure you that Mars Drinks will still be offering the same high level of customer service and technical support.

A nice frothy cappuccino is just the ticket on these cold Christmas days.

We thought we would help you celebrate the festive season with a Christmas Carol

What could be better than sitting down with a hot drink and a TWIX?

Letter published in Marketing Week November 20, 2008

Calculate how much energy your hot drinks machine uses and see how much energy you could save by switching.

Stephanie Robinson tells us about life at Mars Drinks

Donald Russell has appointed Screen Pages to design, build and host its new e-commerce website.

This week’s energy efficiency ideas from the Department for Environment Food and Rural affairs group Envirowise, will be warmly welcomed by the vending industry, especially here at Mars Drinks.

“Brew as you are told!” is the headline in the Daily Mail today. Citing Envirowise – which is funded by the Department for Environment Food and Rural affairs – the Mail quotes:

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Let’s face it, we’ve all done it – we’re there in a coffee shop waiting to order, then raised our eyes to heaven when the person in front of us asks the barista for a ‘double decaf skinny mochaccino with extra froth’.

According to research carried out by Allegra Strategies, most of us now think it is important to order Fairtrade coffee wherever we are.

Mars Drinks launches Rainforest Alliance Certified™ coffee

It’s always great to be recognised for a job well done, and that’s why we were over the moon when Nationwide presented us with a PRIDE award last month.

Last month we at Mars Drinks were excited to announce our successful drink machine installation at Premier Foods. This month we can follow that story with yet another Premier Foods drinks vending success story.