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VK enters alcohol-free category with VK Blue 0.0%

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VK is entering the alcohol-free market for the first time with the launch of ‘VK Blue 0.0%’. The launch comes following shifting market dynamics and consumer behaviours, which have seen low and no-alcohol products become the fastest-growing category in the on-trade sector in the last…

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