Giles Andreae an advertising campaign for the soft drink Vimto. Purple Ronnie was sold in April 2007 to Coolabi, the small UK company which manages the Hammer House of Horror brand, for £3.3m. Since then the company have tried to break the US market by adapting the designs and language to suit. Giles Andreae Giles Andreae (born 16 March 1966) is a British artist, poet and greeting card writer, creator of the "Purple Ronnie" and "Edward Monkton" series. As a child Andreae went to Eton College where he was best friends with David Cameron. He then went on to Oxford University (Worcester
Vimto Drinks, a division of Nichols plc. Nichols moved out of manufacturing in 2003 when it closed its final production site in Golborne. Vimto is also manufactured under licence in Saudi Arabia in Dammam City, Yemen and The Gambia. A "Sunday Times" article claims that it is considered to be the most popular drink during the holy month of Ramadan in some Arab countries. The drink was also made under licence in the United Kingdom by A.G. Barr in 1996. In 2014 the recipe of Vimto Fizzy was changed to include Acesulfame K and Sucralose. Ellis Wilkinson Mineral Water facilitated the