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Clive Cooper takes on Buitekant’s Netto role
Hard discount retailer Netto Foodstores has appointed Clive Cooper as trading director to replace John Buitekant who left the company in the autumn.Cooper takes up the role next week, with overall buying responsibility for Netto’s beers and...
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Czech favourites bound for the UK
Grayrose Trading is poised to launch two Czech beers on to the UK market.Zubr and Holba are two of the Czech Republic’s most popular beers, according to the newly-formed company.There are six different products under the Zubr and Holba...
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Fosters acquires Southcorp stake
Fosters may be planning a bid for Australia’s largest wine group, Southcorp, after it unexpectedly brought 19% of the company this week.The full purchase would create one of the world’s biggest wine groups, combining the Beringer Blass...
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Bejam founder retires from Majestic
Majestic Wine chairman John Apthorp is to retire in August, after an influential career in the food and drinks industry.Apthorp, 69, brought the freezer centre concept to Britain when he founded Bejam in 1968, which 20 years later was taken...
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award for exports
Shetland-based Blackwood Distillers has been named Best New Exporter and Scottish Exporter of the Year at the Food from Britain Export Awards ceremony. Blackwood Distillers has been exporting Jago’s Vodka Cream Liqueur, Blackwood’s Nordic Vodka...
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Coors raises prices for trade
Coors Brewers is increasing the trade price of its brands by 2.5% in an effort to cover rising production costs.The hike on brands, including Carling and Grolsch, will apply from February 6. Coors insisted there would be no exceptions.EDLP...
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Rosé on priority list
French food and drink promotions body Sopexa is aiming to make rosé wine one of its priorities in 2005.The decision comes as figures released by the body show that the number of consumers of rosé wines in the UK rocketed by 60% in the last two...
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InBev buys Russian brewer
Belgian brewer InBev has announced its plans to cash in on the Russian beer market by striking a E259m (£183m) deal to take over the country’s second leading brewer, Sun Interbrew. InBev, the maker of Stella Artois, has said it will buy out...
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Carling launches its lighter C2 beer
Coors Brewers, the manufacturer of Carling, Grolsch and Coors Fine Light Beer, has announced it is launching a new 2% ABV Carling called C2.The beer, which is a naturally-brewed 2% lager, will initially be launched into the on-trade at the...
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S&N takes joint control of United Breweries
Scottish & Newcastle, the drinks group that sells Foster’s and Kronenbourg lager in Europe, announced it has agreed a $171m (£88m) deal to give it joint control in the largest brewer in India.S&N is to take up to a 37.5% stake in United...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesSolidarnosc vodkaFrom: Naughty BoySolidarnosc Vodka is made from a Polish recipe by a distillery with more than 100 years of experience. The recipe has...
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Can interbrew stand firm on stella?
from Mike Teague, sales director, Bavaria UKSir; I have read with interest the reports of Interbrew’s intention to raise the price of Stella Artois by above the level of inflation in 2005 (‘Brewer hits back’, The Grocer, December 4,...
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Pledge from La Baume
Languedoc brand La Baume is promising the latest releases in its £6.99 Selection range combine the best of French and New World techniques.Waitrose is the first UK stockist of the two wines – La Baume Selection White 2002 which is a blend of...
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KWV sacks winemakers
The reputation of South African wine has suffered a blow after one of the country’s top producers was found to have added illegal flavourings to its Sauvignon Blanc.KWV has sacked two of its winemakers after an investigation by the country’s...
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Brewers blast big booze cuts
Brewers have accused Sainsbury of destabilising the beer market after slashing prices to as low as 33p a bottle to increase festive footfall – one of the cheapest deals available on leading brands.The supermarket ran a five-day promotion ending...
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Hungary targets exports at UK
Hungary is poised to begin supplying fresh produce to Britain, according to the country’s UK-based Food and Wine Bureau.The bureau, a promotional organisation that operates through Hungary’s Ministry of Agriculture, took a UK delegation to the...
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W&DB to buy Burtonwood brewery
Wolverhampton & Dudley, the UK’s biggest regional brewer, has said it is buying Burtonwood brewery for £119m, following its annual results announcement last week.W&DB, the maker of Marston’s Pedigree beer, posted a 6.3% rise in annual...
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Binge drinkers turning to wine
Suppliers have drafted a social responsibility code for marketing and selling wine in response to a growing trend among binge drinkers to consume wine The guidelines have been produced by the Wine Trade Action Group, which has 33 members who...
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Palestinian brew targets the UK
The world’s only Palestinian beer is coming to the UK after winning a wholesale listing.Taybeh Beer is a 5.2% abv hoppy lager brewed in a village near Ramallah. It is produced for the UK market under licence in Belgium because it cannot be...
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Vodka looks to become Britain’s favourite
Vodka is increasing in popularity in Britain and is close to overtaking whisky consumption, according to the latest report by Datamonitor.The report found that on average each Briton consumers a litre of vodka every 12 months, which is just...