Cocktails in summer sun help sales fizz at AG Barr | Scotland

Cocktail drinking at home, the re-opening of hospitality outlets and consumers picking up fizzy drinks while out in the summer sunshine have helped to lift sales at AG Barr.

The company said yesterday revenue was on course to be 18 per cent up in the 27 weeks to August 1 and was likely to come in about £134 million.

AG Barr owns soft drinks brands such as Irn-Bru, Rubicon and Tizer, as well as Funkin Cocktails.

A trading update last month had indicated that sales were strong, with the performance also lifted by new product launches. The Rubicon Raw energy drink was said to have made a particularly positive start, with further investment in it planned this year.

Funkin benefited from on-trade customers restocking its