Refreshment focuses on the water dispenser/cooler, office coffee service and vending sectors, while also taking an in-depth look into products for vending from bottled water and drinks, to snacks and confectionery. It also focuses on hydration, health and wellness, new technologies and environmental and social responsibility issues.
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Why sustainable packaging is becoming a performance challenge – and how testing can close the risk gap
Steve Davis, global director of product management at Industrial Physics, explores why testing has become essential to reducing risk and enabling manufacturers to innovate with confidence.
How vending can make greener choices easier
Vending machines have historically offered limited product information for customers, with purchase choices based on what can be seen behind the glass.
Start-up spotlight: Early Bees Coffee
In this instalment of Start-up spotlight, we speak to Early Bees Coffee – a nature-inspired, bee-themed speciality coffee brand based in London. The company's co-founder, Tarik Gunturk, tell us more.
Celebrating innovation: GoodBrew's gut-friendly RTD coffee
GoodBrew co-founder Dee Schroeder shares the detail behind their flavoured RTD cold brew packed with gut-friendly prebiotic fibre and immune boosting vitamins.
Celebrating innovation: Cartisan coffee carts
Co-founder of NSP Cases, Rob Sampson, shares the vision of transforming how coffee is served in today’s evolving retail and hospitality landscape.
Celebrating innovation: Days' coffee capsule win
co-founders Youssef and Rawad offers a compelling glimpse into what happens when innovation, design and attention to taste come together in a single pod.
Interview: Nektium’s Elena García on the future of functional coffee
Refreshment spoke with Elena García, scientific product and communication manager at Nektium, about the company's Rhodiolife ingredient, the opportunities for adaptogens in coffee and where the functional coffee category is headed next.
Bioaugmentation: Unlocking clean water goals
In this article, Canadian-based company Bionetix International highlights the significant potential of bioaugmentation to help governments and businesses alike achieve their water quality goals.
Emerging contaminants and solutions: How filtration is adapting to new water challenges
For this feature, Refreshment asked a number of experts in the water filtration sector to share their insights on the most prevalent ECs in our water today, and the technologies and solutions that could help to manage them.
Beyond thirst: Key takeaways from the UK Soft Drinks Conference 2026
The 26th annual UK Soft Drinks Conference took place on 12 May 2026 in London. From circular economy efforts to premium functional beverage opportunities, we delve into the highlights.
AI, automation and sustainability take centre stage at Venditalia 2026
Automation, frictionless retail and sustainability emerged as defining themes at Venditalia 2026, as the vending and unattended retail sectors gathered in Rimini, Italy, to showcase the technologies shaping the future of consumer convenience.
Interview: Connect Vending’s Elyas Coutts on the rise of healthy workplace vending in the UK
Connect Vending's CEO, Elyas Coutts, discusses how employee expectations are shifting, which healthier categories are performing best and how technologies such as micro-markets and smart fridges are reshaping workplace refreshments.
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