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News, Events & Recipes
Welcome to the Radnor Hills blog! Here you will find updates on our news and events but also on new recipes using our Heartsease Farm products.
The Price Digest: Fruit Juice, Sept 2024
We’re back with another look at prices across the juice industry, thanks to the latest intel from our friends at The Juice Market. Let’s start with the good news: this quarter, lemon, raspberry and white grape juice production is looking strong. However, we’re also seeing some issues with the supply of both orange and apple
The Value of Added Value
Here at Radnor, we’re big fans of using on-pack promotions to drive sales and boost brand loyalty. William Watkins, our founder, talks through the reasons he believes that adding value can have such an impact on sales. Let’s start with the flavoured water market, what is your strategy for keeping sales high? The flavoured water
The Scoop: LACA and new Chairâs plans for the future
In September 2022 it was announced that all primary age school children in Wales would be eligible for free school meals. The Universal Primary Free School Meals (UPFSM) programme is a response to the rising cost of living and the goal of ensuring that no child goes hungry in school. Other wider benefits include promoting
Great Taste Award for Heartsease Farm
Radnor Hills and Ardagh help keep elite golfers refreshed sustainably.
Radnor Hills and Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) are producing bespoke canned drinks to help keep golfers hydrated at some of golfâs leading professional events this year. Radnor and AMP, a leading global supplier of recyclable, sustainable metal beverage cans and ends to brand owners, have teamed up to produce co-branded infinitely recyclable cans of spring
A Great Week At The Royal Welsh Show, 22 to 25 July
A big thanks to everyone who made it to our Heartsease Stand at The Royal Welsh Show last week! As ever, it was wonderful to catch up over refreshing drinks from our range. We have secured the five-year tender to be the Official Water Partner of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS), which means we’re
LACA: Levelling Up School Food
Our team has just returned from a fantastic few days at the LACA Main Event, where the spotlight was on the critical mission of levelling up school meals and disparity in funding across the UK. LACA is campaigning for UK nations to âLevel it upâ to ensure all children get the healthy and nutritious meals
Simon Knight Joins as Managing Director
Last month, we shared the news that Radnor Hills has appointed Simon Knight as our new Managing Director, with founder, William Watkins, moving into a new role as CEO. The appointment comes following two years of working together on a consultancy basis. Originally recommended to us by the Welsh Government, he has over 30 years of experience in the FMCG industry, with
William Watkins’ Priorities as President of BSDA
More exciting news from our leadership team: our founder and CEO, William Watkins, was elected as the new president of the British Soft Drinks Association(BSDA) last month. The BSDA is a trade body that represents most of the UKâs soft drinks manufacturers, as well as their franchisors, importers, and suppliers. It encourages policymakers to consider
The Soft Stuff: Alcohol-Free Innovations
Young people are drinking less. A survey for YouGov showed that 44% of 18 to 24- year-olds say they occasionally or regularly choose low-alcohol or alcohol-free drinks, up from 31% in 2022. Thereâs no hard-and-fast rule as to why weâre seeing this change, but researchers reckon thereâs a mixture of factors at play, from people