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Soft Drinks International – February 2011
100 Years Ago
From the Mineral Water
Trade Journal of
February 1911
December: the imports and exports
Once more we have to apologise for the
fact that the belated method of the Board
of Trade and our own publication-necessities
prevented us giving to our readers in
the last issue of The Journal an epitome of
our export and import trade in December.
We cannot say that in either instance the
figures are satisfactory. It may be that the
proprietors of the foreign waters selling in
this country thought it well during the
month to replenish their stock. Be the
cause what it may, the imports of foreign
waters in December 1910 exceeded the
December imports of 1909 by considerably
over 18,000 bottles. And we cannot altogether
as manufacturers shake one another
by the hand over the quantity of our own
beverages which we exported in the same
month. It is true that that quantity was
50 Years Ago
From the Soft Drinks
Trade Journal of
February 1961
Loading bans
Traders concerned with the delivery of
goods in city and town centres are conscious
of the rapidly changing situation
brought about by the growing traffic problem.Widespread
and ill-judged loading bans
can decrease the efficiency of any delivery
service and add substantially to costs.
To avoid or minimise these losses, the
Traders Road Transport Association is
doing much work, for the benefit of operators
of 'C' licensed vehicles, by opposing
unreasonable bans on loading.
The TRTA was successful in stopping
wholesale bans in 223 London shopping
centres and also in securing some modification
of the Road Traffic and Roads
Improvement Bill regarding the powers of
local authorities to impose loading bans.
At the same time, many cities are proposing
the introduction of loading bans.Some
can be justified but others need to be modified
to assist traders who have legitimate
reasons to stop and unload goods for shops
in the street.
By consultation with the authorities, the
TRTA is frequently finding it possible to
halt or modify proposed bans before they
are published.In other cases, representations
have to be made on behalf of traders at
a Public Inquiry.
nearly 18,000 dozen bottles more than in
was in December of 1908. It was, however,
nearly 5,000 dozen bottles less than it was
in December of 1909. Yes, the month was
in these respects in harmony with the
melancholy year.
An incorrigible Yorkshire youth
One of the past Presidents of the Yorkshire
Association, and an ex-director of the
National Union, attended recently to give
evidence in a case of bottle smashing and
the resale of the broken glass.
The accused was only a youth of 17, and
it is a sad thing to relate that he was the
son of respectable parents.
He was also charged with stealing a
quantity of old metal.
The story told at the Bridlington Policecourt,
when the youth, Samuel Stockhill,
appeared to answer the charges, was not a
pleasant one to hear.In the first place, from
the boy's appearance and demeanour, society
will have some trouble with this youth,
unless some moral force changes him.
He broke 16 Codd's bottles, mixed them
with some more broken glass, and then
Sourced by Stewart Farr
In view of the work being performed, the
TRTA strongly urges all 'C' licence operators
to give their active support to its efforts
by becoming members.
National drinks survey
An examination of the total drinks market
is to form the basis of an extensive survey to
be conducted by Market Investigations
Ltd.Four separate sections of the market are
to be surveyed: soft drinks; wines and spirits;
beer, cider and perry; and beverages.
The soft drinks section, which will provide
comparative information on all types
of drinks, will deal separately with fruit
squashes, cola drinks, carbonated drinks,
bottled fruit juices, canned fruit juices and
any other soft drinks.Special attention will
be focused on Britain's changing drinking
habits.
“The objective,” says Mr Stanley Orwell,
Managing Director of Market Investigations
Ltd, “is to provide top managements with a
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sold the lot for sixpence to a marine store
dealer.
He glared at the Bench, and boldly told
them he had not had a fair trial, although
he had pleaded guilty to the charges; he
then sneered and grinned, and shouted out
as the constable was removing him after
the sentence of four weeks' imprisonment
had been pronounced.“Thank you;I hope
the sun will shine on you.”
The £500 dog action
What had become known in Glasgow as
the 'Five Hundred Pounds Dog Action'has
been amicably settled.It was brought by Mr
Robert Dougall, aerated water manufacturer,
of Finlay Drive, Dennistoun, against Mr
Samuel Hackett, bootmaker,of 27, Tylefield
Street, Glasgow.Mr Dougall claimed £500
because an Irish terrior belonging to Mr
Hackett, on August 15th, sprang at him,
and caught him by the calf of the left leg. In
trying to avoid the dog, Mr Dougall stumbled
and broke the right leg. Mr Hackett
denied that the dog was vicious.
However, the matter has, as we say, been
settled – as Lord Guthrie was informed in
the Court of Session – by the payment of
£50 and expenses.
complete analysis of intensifying competition
as an aid in formulating future marketing
and advertising policy.”
The survey will take the form of a continuous
measurement of the entire drinks market,
its development, size and location,
based on 14,000 interviews a year with a
cross-section of the population.
It will aim to measure in the first place
total volume of the market in terms of how
much is drunk and the share of the market
held by different brands and products.it
will then analyse this total volume by such
levels of competition as place of consumption
and purchase, characteristics of consumers,
the company with whom they
drink and times and occasions when they
exercise their choice of drinks.
UK - USA link-up
Further details have been announced concerning
the organisation of a jointly-owned
company to be formed for the manufacture,
sale and development of paper containers
for packaging fruit juices and milk.
The new company, to be known as
Liquid Packaging Ltd, will be jointly owned
by The Metal Box Co Ltd, of London and by
another newly formed company to be jointly
owned by John Waddington Ltd of Leeds
and International Paper Company of New
York.
Liquid Packaging Ltd will handle the distribution
and sale of packaging equipment
for forming and filling Pure-Pak paper containers.Both
the Waddington-International
Company and Metal Box will manufacture
Pure-Pak containers under licences granted
by the Ex-Cell-O Corporation of Detroit,
Michigan, USA. ■