News
6/5/2008 Illy coffee now available from Drinkmaster
If you crave the taste of real coffee at work, you can now enjoy premium Illy espresso thanks to Drinkmaster. Choose from two modern, stylish espresso machines - the compact Illy Cube, or the 'retro-futuristic' Illy Francis Francis X2.
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Click here to find out about the Illy X2..>
11/2/2008 Water in the Workplace
The Water@Work hydration initiative is growing. In order to provide customers with a great value option we have sourced a fantastic new plumbed-in watercooler. The Alto is sleek and stylish, and will give chilled, filtered water from the mains supply. For just £4.99 a week users will have unlimited water for staff, visitors and customers. Installation is free, and the rental price includes a free filter change every 12 months. The Alto will be available in April. Anyone wanting an Alto needs to get in touch as we are allocating them prior to install (fill in your details here to tell us you would like an Alto installed).
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9/1/2008 Win a Fantastic BBQ
Order any Ainsley™ Harriott soups and you will be entered into a sizzling prize draw to win a choice of our favourite Weber® barbecues (the winner can choose charcoal or gas) with accessories worth £325 and an autographed Ainsley Harriott barbecue book. The lucky winner will be drawn in April.
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26/11/2007 Ainsley™ Harriott Soup
You have a special treat in store when order your soups from us this winter. Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott has created a range of tasty soups just for you! Available in Drinkpacs and Sealcup, these new soups are perfect for a winter pick-me-up when you fancy something tasty. Every soup is free from artificial colours and preservatives. We have been lucky enough to taste-test all the range (it's a tough job but someone has to do it). Be sure to ask about Ainsley's soups when you next order.
The above photo shows Ainsley signing copies of his books to be used as competition prizes.
Ainsley Harriott soups are available in four varieties: Chicken Soup, Mushroom Soup, Tomato Soup and Vegetable Soup.
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Click here for an exclusive web offer on Ainsley's new soups..>
20/9/2007 Upcoming exhibitions
Ever wanted to put a face to the name of the person you speak to at Drinkmaster? Pop along to one of our upcoming exhibitions and talk to us in person. We will be exhibiting at the following shows in the near future:
Coach and Bus Live 2007 - The NEC Birminghan
10th and 11th October 2007
The Betting Show 2007 - The NEC Birmingham
17th and 18th October 2007
The Mechanex Show Sandown - Sandown Racecourse
20th and 21st November 2007
4/4/2007 New - Cafe style drinks in a Drinkpac!
Drinkmaster has teamed up with Nestlé to provide a complete range of premium, frothy, café style drinks in Drinkpacs. In addition to frothy Cappuccino, we now provide latte and mocha coffees and Aero bubbly hot chocolate. These drinks are so frothy you need to leave room in your cup for the froth!
To celebrate the launch of this premium range of Drinkpacs, anybody who orders 1 tray or more of any frothy product, will get a free variety tray of the complete range.
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22/2/2007 Drinkmaster a hit at the Mechanex Show 2007
Drinkmaster's products were a huge hit at the recent Mechanex Exhibition for the automotive industry. Garage owners loved our drinks for keeping their customers happy at the front of shop, and their staff refreshed in the workshop.
4/10/2006 Fairtrade Hot Chocolate completes the Fairtrade range
With the addition of our really chocolatey Fairtrade Hot Chocolate to the range, we are now able to offer ethically traded coffee, tea and chocolate to our customers. We can also supply a range of Fairtrade cold drinks and Fairtrade and healthy snacks.
Place an order for Fairtrade Hot Chocolate..>
Find out about our Fairtrade vending machines..>
10/6/2006 Drinkmaster a hit at the Outdoor Life Show!
Did you see Walter?
The Outdoor Life Show in Taunton over the May Bank Holiday weekend provided a great opportunity for us to get Drinkpacs on display. Were you there? Did you see Walter Drinkpac?
In spite of the weather keeping visitor numbers down, we were kept really busy with people wanting to try Drinkpacs – and almost everyone who tasted one bought some. It was great to watch people get a Drinkpac in their hands and realise just how fabulous they are for using outside. We sold out of soup by Sunday lunchtime, and had to take advance orders!
See more about Drinkpacs in the great outdoors..>
1/4/2006 New - Exceliso vending machine
Exceliso is the newest in our range of special drink vending machines – exclusive to Drinkmaster. Exceliso provides a high volume of hot drinks, without taking up too much room. It is a slim, easy to use, robust machine that is designed to fit on ordinary shelving.
Take a closer look at Exceliso..>
26/1/2006 New - Healthy and Fairtrade vending with Oscar
We can now provide an ethical and healthy version of our Oscar vending machine. You get Fairtrade tea and coffee, healthy snacks (cereal bars, fruit and nuts), chilled smoothies and fruit juices, all from a single, slim-line machine.
Take a look at our healthy and Fairtrade Oscar..>
21/12/2005 New Lamb Cam Pages
We have added a couple of new features to Lamb Cam this month... First up is the new We Can See Ewe page. Now, instead of you looking at us, we get to look at you! Send us photos of yourselves using Drinkpacs in unusual places and we will showcase them on this page. You can now also sign-up for Lamb Cam Alerts, so you never have to miss an event on Lamb Cam again! Whenever something interesting is happening, or about to happen on camera, we will send you an email to let you know.
23/11/2005 Lorrie is Sales Superstar!
Congratulations to Lorrie Hole for winning £250 of travel vouchers in the Drinkmaster 'Sales Superstar' award for July – September 2005. Lorrie beat the rest of the sales team, introducing many new customers to the delights of Drinkpacs! Lorrie puts her sales skills down to common sense, listening and understanding what customers need.
Lorrie is pictured receiving her prize from Managing Director Paul Vickers and Sales Manager Louise Jenkin.
7/11/2005 PG Tips Tea
The nation's favourite is now available in Drinkpacs.
PG Tips is currently celebrating its 75th birthday in conjunction with the new Wallace and Gromit film - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which is now showing in cinemas nation-wide.
15/8/2005 Download our Summer Newsletter
The Drinkmaster Summer Newsletter 2005 has been published and is available for download. Alternatively, contact us and we will send you a printed version in the post.
13/6/2005 Two new coffees from Nescafé
As from today, two new Drinkpacs are available. Drinkmaster is now packing the nations favourite decaffeinated coffee - Nescafé Gold Blend Decaffeinated; and Nescafé Alta Rica - a blend of 100% premium arabica beans from South America. Fill in the contact form if you would like to try a free sample of these two coffees.
1/5/2005 Drinkmaster & William Hill a Winning Combo
Congratulations to Donna Davenport – Shop Manager for William Hill in Northandon who has won a TV / DVD from Drinkmaster.
Donna won the TV in a competition organised by Drinkmaster, where the William Hill shop in the region which excelled at a number of criteria – including percentage increase of drinks sales and customer service focus was rewarded. The shop manager won a TV, and staff were awarded with vouchers. Paul Vickers, Managing Director for Drinkmaster said "We try to encourage our customers to keep their customers happy, by making sure drinks are available and drink areas are kept tidy. It’s the simple things that mean a lot. By encouraging shop managers and all their staff to keep customers happy, we know we can help increase revenues at betting shops. Congratulations to Donna and her team for winning the prize."
21/4/2005 Tony Bullimore Takes 2nd Place
Tony Bullimore, who has been enjoying Drinkmaster's drinks as he sails round-the-world as part of the Oryx Quest 2005, has finished the race in second place. Tony and the crew (which includes the brother of one of our members of staff) have done a fantastic job battling fickle winds to set a great time for the boat (75 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes and 48 seconds) and even break leg records during the race. Well done to Tony, Simon and the rest of the crew.
Hear what Tony had to say about Drinkmaster..>
1/3/2005 Red Nose Knorrs Day - Tomato Soup
It's red, it's soup and it will help change lives with Comic Relief. In March, all the profit we make on Tomato Soup will be sent to Comic Relief Red Nose Day 2005.
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18/2/2005 Drinkmaster moves to Fairtrade Sugar
Drinkmaster sugar sticks now contain Fairtrade sugar, and will be re-packaged to bear the Fairtrade logo. Customers can now choose from a complete range of Fairtrade products.
5/2/2005 Drinkmaster sponsors Tony Bullimore
Track the progress of Team Bullimore in the Oryx Quest 2005, the round-the-world sailing race for the world's fastest maxi multihulls that started in Doha on the 5th February 2005. Team Bullimore will be drinking Drinkpacs all the way around the world… More..>
10/1/2005 Paddy Power choose Drinkmaster
Paddy Power, Ireland's biggest bookmaker has decided to install drink systems from Drinkmaster in mainland UK shops. In addition to installing drink systems in 6 of its’ shops, Paddy Power has also taken up Drinkmaster’s service for confectionery and canned drinks at 22 shops.
Ian Price of Paddy Power says the deal is simple: 'We like to keep our customers happy, and more importantly, keep them inside our shops. If we can offer them a coffee and a packet of crisps then they are less likely to leave.' He added,'The Drinkmaster service appealed to us because they don't mess around with long contracts or overcharge for their machines. They deliver drinks and snacks when we want where we want, so we don't have to waste time thinking about something that our staff shouldn't be spending too much time on.'
1/12/2004 Madras Vegetable Mild Curry Soup
The latest addition to our Drinkpac range is Madras Vegetable Mild Curry Soup - a warming blend of vegetables with more than a hint of madras curry powder.
Special offers on Madras Vegetable..>
22/11/2004 Instant Hot Chocolate with a Heart!
At last - a Fairtrade Instant Hot Chocolate drink full of natural ingredients, made from the best quality Fairtrade cocoa beans.
The Day Chocolate Company - pioneer in the Fairtrade industry and manufacturer of the Divine range of chocolate products, has teamed up with Drinkmaster to produce a Fairtrade instant hot chocolate drink.
The new drink recipe was created within strict guidelines, in order to earn its place in the Divine Chocolate range. It contains the maximum Fairtrade product volume and no artificial flavourings.
Paul Vickers, Managing Director of Cornwall-based Drinkmaster said, 'It's great that we are working with The Day Chocolate Company. We were looking for a quality drink that was unequivocally Fairtrade, and wanted to work with a company that is driven by Fairtrade standards, and is full of ideas for getting Fairtrade in front of more people.'
8/11/2004 You deserve an Oscar...
One Stop Confectionery and Refreshment
Oscar is unique - there is no other machine in Europe that can do what Oscar can...
Oscar vends hot drinks, chilled cans and confectionery providing the full range of vending products in tip-top condition. All from one slim-line machine.
Designed to look stylish and take up little space, Oscar is the perfect answer for customer-friendly businesses, giving staff and customers a one-stop-shop for all their refreshment. Oscar can be operated by coins, tokens or as a free vend.
Learn about Oscar..>