All articles by James Beeson – Page 5
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NewsSuntory Beverage & Food to invest £25m in Coleford factory improvements
The investment follows a major sustainability project announced last year to electrify the Coleford factory
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NewsMolson Coors to shutter Sharp’s Brewery and cut up to 200 jobs
Molson Coors acquired Sharp’s Brewery in 2011 and has invested over £20m in the site over the past 15 years
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NewsDiageo boss Dave Lewis slams ‘very poor’ off-trade customer service
Diageo has grown its field sales team in its domestic market, but significant improvements in customer service were still needed, Lewis said
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NewsMid-strength wine brand 6Percent seals grocery debut
The brand’s wines have undergone a revamp to coincide with listing on the online-only grocer
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NewsCanned Wine Group appoints co-founder as CEO
Franks founded Canned Wine Group alongside Simon Rollings in 2019
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NewsThatchers leapfrogs Strongbow to become UK’s top cider brand
Thatchers said product innovation had been key to its success in recent years
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NewsBrewDog workers to demonstrate at being ‘left in the dark’ over sale process
BrewDog’s sale was the result of ’years of catastrophic mismanagement’, claimed Unite
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NewsSuntory Global Spirits to merge Bowmore and Laphroaig teams on Islay
Suntory’s move comes with the scotch whisky category suffering from a global downturn in sales
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NewsHendrick’s adds Another Hendrick’s orange blossom & cacao gin
The gin was inspired by Hendrick’s Master Distiller Lesley Gracie’s love for chocolate and flowers
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NewsCruzcampo gets ‘crisp and refreshing’ Sevilla Orange line extension
Heineken UK research showed two-thirds of shoppers were open to trying flavoured beer
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NewsRTD challenger Arrowtown calls out AI copycat posts from rival
Arrowtown shared screenshots of a professional shoot it commissioned to support a rebrand in 2024, alongside near-identical imagery featuring Gullies products
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NewsPerfectTed looks beyond Japan to meet global matcha demand
Spiralling demand meant PerfectTed was no longer able to meet its sourcing needs from Japan alone, its founders said
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NewsDiageo to onboard latest Learning for Life cohort at Guinness Open Gate Brewery
This year around 1,100 students will participate in Learning for Life
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InterviewsBrewgooder: inside the ‘Ben & Jerry’s of beer’
Brewgooder’s founders James Hughes and Alan Mahon on pandemic pivots, their Gaza support collaboration and going beyond craft
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NewsPeroni aims to ‘broaden the shoulders of beer’ with 0.0% abv fruity duo
Fruit beer was ‘a major opportunity for UK retailers’, with sales having increased by £3.1m year on year, Peroni owner Asahi UK said, citing NIQ data
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NewsSuntory Global Spirits appoints new international president based in London
The new hire was previously head of SGS’ ready-to-drink division in the US
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NewsPernod Ricard sales slide on US and China woes
A 28% fall in sales in China and a 15% decline in the US were responsible for the majority of Pernod Ricard’s woes
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Comment & OpinionCarling Black Label: Can posh new lager help revive ailing beer brand?
Carling Black Label has gone posh, as the brand looks to make up ground lost to continental rivals
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NewsCarlsberg to be brewed by cannabis pioneer Tilray in the US
Carlsberg currently has a limited production footprint in North America, and the US accounts for only a small proportion of its total sales
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NewsUnion Coffee adds Half Caff blend for more mindful coffee drinkers
Over a quarter of UK consumers (26%) have increased their consumption of decaffeinated coffee in the past year, according to new research