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NewsSpirits debate puts pressure on Pernod Ricard shares
Pernod Ricard’s share price has faced further pressure after a downgrade to its sales outlook, with investors waiting to see if spirits’ woes are structural
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NewsGlobal Brands targets Gen Z with ‘no-nonsense’ Quadz RTD cocktail brand
Each 200ml bottle of Quadz contains the equivalent of four shots of vodka
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NewsJam Shed introduces premium tier led by ‘indulgent’ Dark Jam wine
The new tipple has landed in 373 Asda stores nationwide
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NewsTilray eyes $1bn-plus valuation for newly acquired BrewDog brand
Tilray paid an initial £33m to acquire the global IP and UK assets for BrewDog out of administration last month
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NewsIndependent brewers hesitant to embrace cans despite EPR hit on glass
The proportion of beer packaged into cans by SIBA members has fallen from 13% in 2021 to 11% last year
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NewsMadrí joins growing fruit beer trend with lemon-flavoured variant
Excepcional Limón joins Madrí’s flagship namesake lager and 0.0% abv counterpart, launched last year
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NewsEl Jimador joins burgeoning RTD segment with margarita duo
The 6.5% abv pair would tap growing demand for canned bar-quality cocktails, El Jimador said
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NewsAccolade Wines sales slid £40m before Pernod Ricard wine merger, filings show
Company directors blamed the cost of living crisis and UK alcohol duty reforms for the showing
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NewsFunkin Cocktails adds RTD spritz trio for earlier drinking occasions
Rising demand for lighter, more sessionable drinks was behind the NPD, Funkin said.
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NewsWales risks delaying DRS rollout after administrator rejected
The Senedd has dissolved ahead of elections on 7 May, meaning no DMO can be appointed until after the next government takes office.
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NewsFierce Beer lands Sainsbury’s listing to launch Fierce for Good Foundation
The foundation will be governed by an internal steering committee comprised of employees from across the business.
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NewsEfes becomes latest world lager to shift production to UK
Efes remained ‘an authentic Mediterranean lager, true to its original recipe’, supplier Sunrise Beverages insisted
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NewsRémy Cointreau launches transformation plan under new CEO
Rémy is seeking to become less tethered to macroeconomic cycles for growth
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NewsPernod Ricard rolls out top Irish RTD brand West Coast Cooler in the UK
West Coast Cooler first launched in Ireland in 1984 and is now the best-selling RTD in the market
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NewsModelo Especial to get renewed UK push from Budweiser Brewing Group
Budweiser Brewing Group is to roll out an above-the-line campaign for Modelo across TV, digital and OOH from this month
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NewsMount Gay enters spiced segment with Bajan Spiced NPD
The UK is the fastest-growing rum-based spirit market in Europe, according to Grand View Horrizon research
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NewsDrinks brands pull sponsorship of Wireless Festival over Kanye West booking
It follows a series of antisemitic remarks made by West in recent years
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NewsRosé defies broader wine malaise as blush sales boom
Year-on-year sales increases over the 12 weeks to the end of December matched those seen in the peak of summer
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NewsRow at booze bottler supplier Encirc escalates as further strike action announced
Staff argue redundancies pose a health and safety risk
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NewsCornish distiller Tarquin’s seeks £1m to fuel US growth
The brand has turned to the crowd for the first time