All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 397

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    Every wine at Booths

    2000-02-12T00:00:00Z

    The biggest internet wine operation yet, featuring almost all the wines available in the UK, is set to go online in September. Everywine.co.uk is the brainchild of Chris Dee, IT and marketing director of northern supermarket chain Booths. He hopes...

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    Winning way at off licence

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    David Hitchens, manager of the Unwins in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire won best off licence in the UK at this year's Off Licence of Year Awards organised by Off Licence News, sister publication to The Grocer, and sponsored by Carlsberg. The best...

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    Inside Back Cover Briefs

    2000-01-29T00:00:00Z

    The manager of the new Co-op in Enfield, North London is Siobhan Rooney. The store will be open early December. Chris Temperley, an ex Allied Domecq man, has joined the importers of Poland's biggest selling beer, EB Specjal Pils, as sales director....

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    Unwins buys Fuller's Wine Merchants

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Off license chain Unwins has bought all 61 of Fuller's award winning Wine Merchants stores from the London based brewery. The deal gives Unwins an increased presence in the south east and a greater clout against the two other major operators ­...

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    TARGET CONSUMER

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Oonagh Wade, 33, is senior commissioning editor at an educational publishing company in Oxford. The 1920s kitsch oriental image on the bottle looks a bit tacky and the Dame of Shanghai sounds like the name of a prostitute. However, the wine...

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    TARGET CONSUMER

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Damian Dowdican, 23, networking consultant, Crawley, West Sussex I'm not usually one to drink alcopops but when I had the opportunity to try this drink after all the exposure it has had recently, I thought I'd give it a go. I got the...

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    TARGET CONSUMER

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The Grocer's marketing editor Karen Dempsey tackles this cherry-ish offering I am a big fan of red wine and fizz but not normally in the same glass. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this lambrusco-esque concoction. What I...

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    TARGET CONSUMER

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Zoe Holmes, 27, a history teacher living in Brighton, West Sussex I was dubious about tasting wine from Cyprus as it is not a well known wine region. However, I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised, but the appearance of the bottles was not...

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    Newcastle drops the ale'

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Courage is dropping the ale' from Newcastle Brown Ale in an attempt to make the brand more accessible to lager drinkers. Scottish Courage marketing director Brian Sharp said: "Research shows ale drinkers and brand loyalists know very well...

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    Timely ads for Riso Gallo

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Italian rice brand Riso Gallo is to target time pressed risotto lovers in an ad campaign for its new Risotto Pronto range. The campaign aims to promote the timesaving properties of the new range which takes 12 minutes to prepare. The advertising...

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    Mexican coup

    2000-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Charles Wells has won a major distribution coup for Corona Extra. It has gained access for the brand in 1,500 First Quench outlets where it will be the only Mexican beer on sale. The Bedford brewer has built distribution by 50% in the last 12...

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    Hardy fury at £2.49 Stamp

    2000-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Deep price cutting by Safeway on the Stamp wine range prior to Christmas forced BRL Hardy to hold back supplies. A spokesman for Hardy said the multiple brought the price of the Stamp Chardonnay Semillon down to £2.49 in some stores. "We had not...