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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Jessica Whittaker, marketing executive, SHS Drinks
Jessica works on brand projects for WKD, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year
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NewsBeavertown Brewery launches eight-strong Ghost hard seltzer range
Called ‘Ghost’, the range comprises four different strengths and flavours to ’suit every taste and occasion’, said Beavertown
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NewsFood trade attachés to be sent to ‘key markets’ including the US and India
The emissaries would help drive export growth and build “mutually supportive relationships with trading partners”, DIT said
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NewsHofmeister mascot George the Bear returns as brand launches £600k funding round
It had ‘spotted a clear gap in the market to catapult a Bavarian beer to the same level of success seen by its counterparts from other European countries’, Hofmeister said
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Category ReportEnd of the party? Wine category report 2021
Wine sales have remained high despite the return of the on-trade. Supply chain problems and alcohol duty changes pose a threat
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Category ReportUpsetting the applecart: beer and cider category report 2021
Cider sales have gone flat over the past year, despite a boozy summer for lager and ales. Why are the fruit drinks out of favour?
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Category ReportRipping up the whisky rulebook: spirits category report 2021
Whisky distillers are driving growth by abandoning outdated notions, while gin’s long boom could be finally coming to a halt
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NewsTonic wine Buckfast hits the buffers as Covid dampens demand
Newly filed accounts for Buckfast distributor J Chandler & Co show sales reversed by 10.8% in the year to 31 March 2021
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Comment & OpinionCamden Town gives us fresh Hells over gifting
“Hello bad gift giver.” It’s an ominous opening to an unusual Christmas advert
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NewsChampagne sales rocket by a third as in-person gatherings return
Brits bought the equivalent of an extra 2.3 million litres
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NewsCity snapshot: Rémy Cointreau upgrades guidance as sales surge past pre-pandemic levels
French spirits player Rémy Cointreau has upgraded its full year guidance after first half revenues jumped 52% driven by the global recovery from Covid. Plus results from Paypoint, Mitchells & Butlers and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsOnline wine merchant seeks £150k to back mission to ‘eradicate wine snobbery’
UK online wine merchant Smashed Grapes has launched a £150k fundraising drive
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Comment & OpinionAsda’s in-store pub shows it is thinking ahead as the craft beer boom slumps
The ‘pub’ in Asda’s Milton Keynes store could help inject some excitement and differentiation back into the craft beer category
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NewsCraft brewery Anspach & Hobday raises £440k to boost London Black
London-based craft brewery Anspach & Hobday has raised £440k to upgrade its brewery to boost production of its London Black rival to Guinness.
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NewsErdinger Alkoholfrei to back Move Against Cancer’s ‘5K Your Way’ initiative in 2022
The initiative encourages those living with and beyond cancer to ‘derive the benefits of exercise’ at designated Parkrun events
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NewsCity Snapshot: Naked Wines shares sink as it warns of lower sales as customers return to bars and restaurants
Online wine retailer Naked Wines has warned sales for the year will be lower than forecast as consumers returned to bars and restaurants and drank less at home. Plus, Finsbury Food Group and Eagle Eye both issue trading statements ahead of AGMs.
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NewsDiageo rolls out ambitious growth plans to capture a bigger share of drinks market
Shares in the group soared 3% higher when markets in London opened this morning as investors reacted to the news, with the stock hitting record highs of 3,935p
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NewsHeineken to move into wine and spirits with €4bn southern African play
The Dutch brewer has unveiled plans to form a €4bn African drinks giant with the takeover of Distell and Namibia Breweries
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NewsGordon’s rolls out 85% recycled glass gin bottles with new design
The redesigned bottles would help the brand appeal to ‘even more consumers’, said Gordon’s
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NewsPortman Group rules against Fok Hing Gin for ‘offensive’ brand name
This was the first time a product’s name had been considered in terms of ‘offensive language’, said the watchdog