All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 375
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Bacardi-Martini's position of total dominance of the premium
Bacardi Breezer has led the market since the late 1990s following the fall from grace of the Bass brand Hooch, but the brand's apparently endless growth curve appears to have reached a peak. Pre-Christmas ACNielsen tracked a 6% decline in Bacardi...
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The industry has entered a dangerous new era of the categor
Sainsbury used the description for its cheap Carling deal in December but other retailers say this was overdramatisation and that the tactics used by the major players were just part of normal trading. Nevertheless, the cash and carries and...
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London md for Codorníu
Spanish wine producer Codorníu has appointed Bill Breen as md of its London office. Breen commented: "Codorníu has a strong portfolio of premium, sparkling and table wines and I look forward to contributing to their development in the UK and...
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The winners and losers in the wine market in this critical e
The brand showing the best performance was Jacob's Creek from Pernod Ricard which had the top sales and increased its value growth by 20%. The best-seller was also given a big helping hand by the general consumer swing to premium wine. Marketing...
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Grants boosts US portfolio
Grants of St James's is introducing a new range of upmarket wines from California as part of a plan to develop a prestigious premium wine portfolio from the Americas. It plans to introduce four Ravenswood wines retailing between £6.99 and £11 at...
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JS warms to a cheeky partner for Rude Boy
Sainsbury is adding some fun to its wine shelves with three unconventional launches. It has created Rude Girl Shiraz to partner its Rude Boy Chardonnay, and Babe, a wine strictly for the girls. Rude Boy was a limited edition launch last year...
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Heineken has moved into the Russian market with a $400m deal
Bravo makes Botchkarev, one of Russia's most popular premium beer brands. It also has the local licence to sell Lowenbrau. Heineken has been exporting its flagship brand to Russia for over a decade and the Bravo acquisition will enable it to...
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Tesco adds Zest to Batemans' growth
Batemans' rapid growth in the off-trade will be given a boost this year by an exclusive 36-week listing in Tesco for a new beer. The listing is its prize for winning the big brewer category in the multiple's spring Beer Challenge. The new brew,...
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It's the great alcohol cover-up for Scottish Safeways
Scottish Courage is turning an eyesore into an opportunity with the introduction of customised covers for beer aisles in 41 Scottish Safeway superstores. They are used at times when the store is open but it is illegal to sell alcohol. This applies...
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Carling's sale signals the start of big shake-up for British
A fundamental restructure of the British brewing industry gets underway this month following the government's green light for Interbrew's sale of Carling Brewers to Coors. The sector is still led by a UK company, Scottish and Newcastle, with 28% of...
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Kendall leads Coors Brewers
Peter Kendall has been named chief executive officer at Coors Brewers. He takes over from Gerry Fowden who has been made chief operating officer at Interbrew, Belgium (The Grocer, February 2). The move follows Coors' acquisition of Carling Brewers...
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Capespan closes UK Vinfruco
Capespan is closing its Vinfruco wine operation in the UK and linking with Vinoceros to sell its wines. From April, the South African company's wines, including Arniston Bay and Oak Village, will be distributed by Vinoceros. Its commercial manager...
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Chilean Pinot Noir goes wild
Chilean winery Viña Errazuriz has released a Pinot Noir style to partner its Wild Ferment Chardonnay which was launched in 1995. Wild Ferment Pinot Noir 2000 is the result of three years experimenting which involved leaving the wine to ferment...
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Iles to improve Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles offering
Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles has appointed Rob Iles as business unit director. Iles was previously a senior business manager at Hibernia Foods. He has 10 years' experience in the fmcg sector. Having started his career with the Whitbread Beer...
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Archers' berry is designed to bear fruit for its pps range
Guinness UDV is adding a Raspberry variant to its Archers Aqua portfolio, bringing the premium packaged spirit range to five. GUDV believes it has a hit on its hands as its consumer trials indicate that 64% of its key female drinkers would buy the...
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Concha y Toro pledges quality from Argentina
Concha y Toro is hoping to counteract the image problems dogging Argentinian wines with the launch of a new collection of competitively priced, single varietals. The Chilean company has created a range of 10 wines at Trivento, its wholly owned ...
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Sir; How badly the off-licence trade serves the bitter beer
One retailer said he thought people liked bitter warm, while another pointed out there was a bitter in the cooler "there it is, John Smith's at the back." John Smiths! oh dear! And there is never ever any local product either beer or cider,...
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Guinness UDV rings the changes for Bell's with a revamped sh
Tim Palmer Guinness UDV is unveiling a new look for the leading Scotch blend Bell's following a £1m research project. Both the bottle shape and the labels have been changed and the new look will be on shelves from the beginning of March....
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Nectoux leads new Chivas team
Pernod Ricard has made Georges Nectoux chairman and CEO of Chivas Brothers, its Scotch Whisky business. Chivas Brothers is one of three UK divisions formed following Pernod Ricard's acquisition of Seagram's wine and spirits business last year....
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The grain from Spain
Riso Gallo, Italy's brand leader in rice, has added Bomba Paella Rice to its range of Italian risottos. The newcomer is made up of bomba, the finest variety of Spanish paella rice, and is currently being distributed through selected Waitrose and...