All articles by James Beeson
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NewsJust 30% of younger consumers drink beer, SIBA report reveals
Half of all respondents said they drank beer, but this dropped to 30% among the youngest drinking-age cohort
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NewsKiefer Sutherland’s Red Bank whisky to get UK launch
The tipple will be distributed by Mangrove Global
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NewsCanned wine brand Most Wanted is UK’s biggest single serve
It has grown sales by 86% in the last two years
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat’s next for BrewDog as CEO James Watt steps back?
Watt’s BrewDog has transformed British beer. But what awaits the brewer after his decision to quit as CEO?
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NewsNescafé adds paper refill pack for Gold Blend
The 150g paper refill packs have rolled exclusively into Tesco stores
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NewsBrewDog’s James Watt steps down as CEO
Watt said he had decided to step down to ‘concentrate on his other projects and interests’
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NewsLipton Teas & Infusions to offload troubled Kenyan tea plants
Lipton pledged to reinvest the funds into further transforming the region
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NewsPepsi goes blue with limited edition cola launch
Pepsi Electric joins Pepsi Max Cherry, Lime and Mango in the brand’s flavoured portfolio
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Comment and OpinionHeineken’s pub investment isn’t a counter-cultural move
The cash injection will boost the brewer’s brands and could help it win favour with the next generation of drinkers
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NewsPG Tips enlists Top Boy’s Ashley Walters for £12m ‘Rock Solid’ push
The spot was directed by Steve McQueen and features music from Ezra Collective
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NewsTropicana Brands Group to extend Naked and Tropicana into carbonates
The private equity-owned TBG has unveiled Tropicana Sparkling and Naked Natural Energy
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NewsBuxton Brewery ‘looking at all options’ to ward off administration threat
The Derbyshire brewer blamed low consumer confidence and post-Covid difficulties for its plight
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NewsDeath at Lucozade factory ‘compounding’ Suntory supply chain issues
A lengthy gap in availability of most Lucozade SKUs was expected, SBF GB&I confirmed
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NewsBadwater Tequila ditches hard seltzer for RTD cocktails
A year after launching, Badwater has been reimagined as an RTD cocktail brand
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NewsPerfectTed and ‘hardest geezer’ Russ Cook launch Strawberry Daiquiri energy drink
Profts from the drink’s sale will go to charity
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NewsCocktail brand Bar Buoy extends into cans with new RTD quartet
The 10% abv cans sit alongside the Devon producer’s existing ready-to-serve bottled cocktails
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NewsGreene King to invest £40m in new brewery site
The move was ‘in line with the company’s strategic driver of optimising its assets’, it said
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NewsBeam Suntory rebrands as Suntory Global Spirits
It comes a decade after Beam Inc’s acquisition by Suntory Holdings
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NewsWellness brands bite back over ‘rip-off’ claims in new report
According to the report, published by Which?, ‘you can get the same benefits elsewhere for less’