All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 262
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Carling’s sales slump is ‘a price worth paying’
Molson Coors has defended a sharp sales decline on Carling as a "price worth paying" for refusing to pursue low or no margin volume on its brands, The Grocer can reveal. In the past year, Carling has slipped from being the UK's...
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NewsAcid Test: England’s Pride
The timing of delivery was impeccable. With hot weather and England versus Mexico on the TV, it was just the ticket.
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AB InBev merger fuels good times for brands
The merger of Anheuser-Busch and InBev has helped deliver two of the biggest successes in the alcohol category, with Budweiser and Stella Artois 4% reporting massive sales growth over the past year, according to The Grocer's Britain's 100 Biggest...
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Hundreds of Threshers returned to landlords
As many as 1,000 former Threshers stores could be returned to landlords without a new tenant.KPMG, the administrator of First Quench Retailing, said it only expects to sell about 400 of the 1,400 Threshers, Wine Rack, The Local and...
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Focus On Scotland: Four to watch
BrewDog launched its 32% abv Tactical Nuclear Penguin in November. The unusual name comes from the fact that the beer is stored in an ice cream factory for 21 days at 'penguin temperatures'.
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Focus On Scotland: Scotch gains more global fans
Scotch whisky contributes £99 to the UK trade balance every second, and saw a 3% hike by value in 2009 boosting its overall worth to £3.13bn, according to recently released figures from the Scotch Whisky Association.
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Booths drinks to Cup with regional cases
Booths' online wine arm has kicked off its World Cup celebrations with the launch of limited-edition cases of wine.The six-bottle cases (rsp: £59.99) feature wines from three different areas of the world the Americas, Europe and a Rest...
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Tesco delivers £8.8m duty blow on promos
Tesco has called on brewers to foot the bill for the cost of all duty hikes for beers on promotion in the 16 weeks following the government's 22 June emergency budget.
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Asda to give standard own label a makeover
Asda has announced plans to overhaul its standard own-label range angering suppliers who claim they're being asked to fund new recipes and packaging without being consulted.The first categories, including beer, spirits, beverages,...
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Argentina’s Quilmes is set for World Cup
Quilmes beer has won national listings with Tesco its first major foray into the multiples.The 4.9% abv Argen-tinian lager will be in 412 Tescos nationwide (rsp: £3.29 for 970ml). Importer Morgenrot said it expected the beer, which has...
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Asda’s Old World wines ahead of rival retailers
Old World wines are "fighting back" in Asda, where sales are beating those of the retailer's rivals.In the past four weeks, like-for-like sales of French wine at Asda have grown 47% ahead of those at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons,...
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NewsAcid Test: Sailor Jerry
The label design certainly appeals thanks to the hula girl! It looks too stylish to hide away in a cupboard.
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Tesco sells Stella Artois for 6ppl below its cost
The day after Sir Terry Leahy announced his support for a ban on below-cost alcohol, Tesco was the consumer's best bet for cut-rate booze with four of the five cheapest supermarket beer deals, research for The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsBass and Boddingtons put up for sale by AB InBev
AB InBev has put the historic ale brand Bass up for sale, according to press reports.
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Own-label triumphs for Tesco and M&S
Own-label wines starred at this year's International Wine Challenge, the event's organisers said.Tesco and Marks & Spencer were joint winners, each with 62 own-label wines picking up IWC awards and M&S claiming five gold medals....
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Sainsbury’s sets out to regain the edge in wine
Sainsbury's has revamped its wine aisle as a riposte to other retailers "parking their tanks on its lawn".From the end of June, all Sainsbury's wine aisles will be split into Our Cellar, New Arrivals, Case Deals and Everyday Favourites ...
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Carling home kegs to pull ‘perfect pint’
Molson Coors is launching a new Home Draught beer system to "bring the perfect pint to living rooms" ahead of this summer's World Cup backed by an £8m marketing spend.The 10-pint kegs, launched under the Carling, Coors Light and Grolsch...
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Aussie wine revival plan to flag up regional cues
Australian producers have used this week's London International Wine Fair to launch a number of initiatives aimed at reviving the fortunes of winemakers Down Under.Some of the country's biggest winemakers are introducing new styles and...
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Asda whisky fixture to get a First Drinks facelift
Asda is working with new category adviser First Drinks to overhaul its "massively undertrading" malt whisky fixture, The Grocer can reveal. The new layout is now being introduced across 180 Asda stores to boost sales in the "massively...
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Global Brands grows again in wine debut
In the month Global Brands announced its swoop for Inspirit Brands, the VK owner has branched out again with the launch of a small wine division.The company will distribute Adoro Wines from South Africa and Marilyn Merlot, a...