All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 278
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Constellation promotes Mills to European level
Constellation Europe has reshuffled its management team in a drive to streamline the business.Gaymer Cider Company MD John Mills moves to the new role of senior vice president for European sales, where he will take responsibility for wine...
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De Bortoli gives wine a bit of sparkle
Aussie wine producer De Bortoli is expanding its portfolio with a new sparkling wine to cash in on the growing popularity of the drink in the UK.Rococo is the company’s first sparkling wine from the Yarra Valley to be released in the UK....
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Bell's turns up premium value of blended Scotch
Diageo is relaunching its premium Bell’s whisky, Bell’s Special Reserve, in a bid to encourage drinkers of blended Scotch to trade up. The blended Scotch category is perceived as cheaper and more old-fashioned than the booming malt whisky...
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Beer duty fraudsters hit cash & carry sales
Cash & carries have revealed that sales of leading beer brands were down by up to 90% in the run up to Christmas - because of duty fraud.Carling and Foster's were the brands most affected by retailers buying cheap beer from duty fraudsters,...
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Stella and Baileys: subdued approach to festive price party
Discounting may have been the buzz word this credit-crunch Christmas, but traditional footfall drivers Stella Artois and Baileys held their prices over the 2008 party season. Although on promotion, the cost of these, and the other two key...
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Coors eyes women drinkers with Project Eve
Drinks giant Coors is set to target women drinkers in 2009 after the brewer of Carling set up a group dubbed Project Eve to increase awareness of its brands among female consumers.
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Guinness puts its name to premium meat range
The iconic Guinness name and signature taste is set to grace a wide range of meat products for the first time after Diageo signed a co-branding agreement with sausage specialist Debbie & Andrew's, The Grocer can reveal.The two manufacturers...
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Codorníu mixes the old and the new in The Spanish Quarter
Spanish wine company Grupo Codorníu is launching a new brand in the UK to capitalise on strong growth in Spanish wine.
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St Helier adds peach to flavoured ciders
The growing flavoured cider market has a peachy new offering from St Helier. The new 5% abv Peach Pear cider was developed following better-than-expected sales for the brand's other fruit-flavoured pear ciders, launched last year....
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World News 13/12/08
l USA: Anheuser-Busch InBev has announced the loss of 1,400 jobs in its beer division, just weeks after InBev completed its purchase of American business Anheuser-Busch. The job losses amount to 6% of the company's US workforce, and are mostly...
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Victory hailed as Government cedes on booze and fags
Wholesalers, independents and supermarket chains got an early Christmas present from Business Secretary Peter Mandelson this week as the Government appeared to back away from controversial proposals governing alcohol and tobacco sales. But...
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Oz Buddha beer gets lucky in Asda contest
A beer in a novel Buddha-shaped bottle has emerged victorious in this year's Asda Beer Competition.Lucky Beer, which is brewed in Australia, will now be listed in Asda stores nationwide, the first time it has ever been available in a UK...
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Advertising: Gordon's gin gets into festive spirit
With the festive season upon us, consumers are thinking about stocking up the liquor cabinet. Traditionally it's a time for spirits manufacturers to increase advertising spend and push their brands as Christmas tipples. Last year, the market spent...
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Acid Test: Triibe Lactose-free Celtic liqueur
It's like Baileys for vegans - but will anyone else go for the lactose-free liquer?
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Rémy Martin radio debut
Maxxium is turning the spotlight on Rémy Martin this Christmas, including a spot of radio advertising - a first for the cognac brand.Kicking off this week, the radio campaign on Classic FM will be supported by print advertising and a direct...
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Key drinks brand prices resilient
Festive discounts in the drinks aisles were at a record high this week but the traditional footfall drivers such as Stella and Baileys are so far holding their own.Early indications are that prices on these, and the other two key brands...
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Beer-style smoothie: the men's soft drink that's not for softies
A beer-style smoothie that aims to get men drinking healthy soft drinks is set to hit supermarket shelves next year. Newly created soft drinks company The Juice Brewery is declaring its new Hoppers range to be the first “soft brews” – an...
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NewsPub gloom over duty hike as VAT cut sets retailers scrambling
As retailers rush to adjust prices following the pre-Budget reduction in VAT, pub operators have reacted with dismay to a simultaneous duty hike on alcohol.
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Owner slaps £200m price tag on Cobra beer
Cobra, the Indian-themed beer popular in UK curry houses, has been put up for sale by its owner with a price tag of £200m.