All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 277
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NewsHeineken, Carlsberg to cut costs amid ‘perfect storm’ in beer market
Heineken and Carlsberg have signalled plans to cut costs after Heineken boss Jean-François van Boxmeer warned of a “perfect storm” in the UK beer market.
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Co-op unveils new products and promos for Fairtrade Fortnight
The Co-operative Group is launching a host of new products and promotions to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight, which starts on 23 February. The society is adding two new wines to its Fairtrade offering - a Chilean Fairtrade Rosé and an...
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Fires burn Constellation and Foster's vineyards
The wildfires sweeping across south Australia have destroyed vineyards supplying two of the country's biggest wine producers.Constellation Australia, which makes household brands such as Hardys and Banrock Station, has company-owned and...
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Oz wine industry must rationalise to survive
The Australian wine industry must rationalise to cope with tough market conditions and growing competition from the likes of Chile and South Africa, a leading winemaker has warned.Australian Vintage, which makes Tesco and Sainsbury's...
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NewsMakro delists Carlsberg line in row over £5 deal
Makro and Carlsberg are at loggerheads after the cash & carry giant pulled 275ml bottles of Carlsberg Export from its shelves in protest against heavy discounts on the brand in supermarkets.
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NewsFestive performance paints mixed picture of BWS health
It wasn't the pricing nightmare it can be, but Christmas wasn't a vintage sales period either. Graham Holter separates the flat categories from the fizzing
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Pierhead brings Kross to the UK
Specialist importer Pierhead Purchasing is introducing an unusual Chilean lager to the UK.Kross Pilsner is produced at a 40,000-litre capacity brewery near Santiago, founded by German master brewer Asbjorn Gerlach and Chilean entrepreneur...
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Retail beer sales hold up despite Christmas fears
Surplus supermarket stocks of beer at the end of 2008’s wet summer – and not the worsening economy and duty hikes – were to blame for the dramatic slump in new orders from brewers in the last three months of 2008, according to data supplier...
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Wine market set to defy the recession
The UK wine market will grow over the next five years but at a slower rate, predicts new research.Figures compiled for wine exhibition organiser Vinexpo forecast five-year growth of just over 6%, a marked slowdown from the 12% uplift in UK...
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Carling aims to woo women by flagging up its calorie count
Coors Brewers will be highlighting the calorie count of its Carling 30cl bottles when it relaunches them this summer.The company hopes the packaging – which will state the beer’s 99-calorie count – will tempt more women into supermarket beer...
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NewsAdvertising: Baileys is the Christmas big spender
Despite Diageo’s efforts to extend Baileys’ appeal beyond a Christmas treat, the festive period remains a crucial time for sales
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Project 10 steps up bid to alter attitudes to alcohol
A drinks industry initiative to change social attitudes to alcohol has pledged to deliver a “significant and sustained campaign” over the next five years.
The Project 10 group, which brings together on- and off-trade drinks manufacturers and… -
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Other Movers 24/1/09
John Dunsmore, recently appointed chief executive of Magners maker C&C Group, has been named non-executive director of pub group Fuller Smith & Turner. He was chief executive of Scottish & Newcastle between November 2007 and May 2008
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Swedish vodka with plutonium rod style
A new Swedish super-premium vodka inspired by nuclear engineering design will make its world debut in the UK market.DQ vodka, which is made by the Nordic Spirit Company, comes in litre bottles designed to resemble plutonium rods. It has an...
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InBev displaces S&N as Wembley supplier
InBev UK has pulled off a marketing coup by becoming the official beer supplier to the Wembley Arena in north London.The two-year deal will link InBev brands to performances by leading music artists at the venue, with Beck’s Vier the...
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Blow to UK distributor as Tiger Beer passes to S&N
Scottish & Newcastle has plugged the gap in its portfolio left by the departure of San Miguel to Carlsberg UK last October with an exclusive UK deal for the import, marketing and distribution of Singapore-brewed Tiger beer.The deal with...
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Pilsner Urquell signs up as official beer of Open Championship
Pilsner Urquell will tee off its marketing efforts this summer with a golf campaign after signing a deal to become the official beer of the Open Championship.The Czech lager brand has struck a five-year deal with the Open’s organiser, the...
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Britain now world’s top wine importer as youngsters fuel vodka boom
Britain has become the world’s largest importer of wine, according to new figures from show organiser VinExpo.
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NewsCritical Eye... on the pointlessness of dotox
January detoxes are so 2008. Who can be bothered? Especially when Wetherspoon has cut the prices of a pint of Greene King IPA and a bottle of San Miguel lager to 99p. But if rubbing shoulders with the local alchies isn't your pint of beer,...