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Vineyard tales
Australian winery Tyrell's has rung in the changes for the new year with a new look for its Individual Vineyard range. The wines have been repackaged to create impact and recount the story of each vineyard. The range includes the Shee Oak...
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Bacardi Breezer 8 x 275ml Price promotion £7.49 Gondol
Bacardi Breezer 8 x 275ml Price promotion £7.48 Gondola end Asda Bacardi Breezer Variety Pack 15 bottles Price promotion £15.49 Floor stack Safeway Cadbury's Chocolate Mousse 100g ...
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UK office for Budvar
Leading Czech lager Budweiser Budvar is setting up a UK office. Budweiser Budvar UK has been based on the company's successful German subsidiary which accounts for 37% of the brand's exports. Its remit will be to increase distribution for the brand...
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Xanadu UK expansion boosted by Normans brands
Australian wine company Xanadu plans an aggressive expansion in the UK. The company was selling 70,000 cases a year in this country, but this will shoot up to 250,000 by the middle of this year following the integration of the key Normans brands...
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Pernod Ricard claims a seamless switch for Seagram wine and
Pernod Ricard was up and running with its newly acquired Seagram brands within four days of the joint acquisition with Diageo winning approval. The US Federal Trade Commission cleared the deal on December 20 and the drinks giant said it was able...
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Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £11.99 Floor sStack
Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £12.49 Floor stack Tesco Cadbury's Chocolate Mousse 4 x 55g Price promotion 79p Gondola end Safeway Cadbury's Dairy Milk 200g 50% ...
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Coors places faith in Carling's top team
US brewer Coors, the surprise victor in the bidding battle for Carling Brewers, is giving its total commitment to the current management and plans to retain the Carling name for the business. Coors senior vice president Rob Klugman told The Grocer:...
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Rosé sparkles for Codorníu
Spanish sparkling wine company Codorníu is in the pink with a new rosé cava. The wine made its debut in the run-up to Christmas with a listing in Morrisons where sales were above expectations, according to Codorníu's new managing director Bill...
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Pernod Ricard promises front line improvements for retailers
UK retailers are hoping for major improvements now Diageo and Pernod Ricard have received the green light to take over the Seagram spirits and wine business. Sainsbury's wine director, Allan Cheesman, said: "I would like to see a new focus on wine...
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Fells picks up four Aussie wines
Wine shipper John E Fells is moving into the UK's Australian wine market with four new agency deals. It has become the UK distributor for Bleasdale Vineyards, Red Earth and Temple Bruer from South Australia and Delatite from Victoria. Fells...
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Mark Spowart
Asda beer buyer Beer sales in the multiples have remained healthy in 2001 and Asda's beer offering has dominated the marketplace with a focus on providing value for the leading and growing brands. Key brands in mainstream and premium lagers have...
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Carling 24-pack at £9.99 is lunacy'
Sainsbury's move to slash the price of Carling has brought howls of outrage from the wholesale sector. Sainsbury shocked the trade with national advertising for a 24 pack of Carling 440ml cans at £9.99 (down from £12.99). This is a pack exclusive...
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N'Ice and easy
Guinness UDV is planning to make Smirnoff Ice a key part of this year's New Year's Eve parties in London through sponsorship of the capital's transport system. The brand will provide free transport on the buses and Underground. The deal features...
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Designer water bottles may hold fountain of youth for Welsh
Mary Carmichael Welsh water company Ty Nant is bringing out its first PET bottles in a bid to reach a younger, trendier audience. The brand is best known for the distinctive cobalt blue wine-shaped bottles designed for formal eating occasions....
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Interbrew co-operation wins it a reduced fine
Close co-operation with EU anti-trust authorities in their crackdown on beer cartels has worked in Interbrew's favour and reduced the fine for its anti-competitive practices in Belgium from 10% of its turnover to just 46.5m euros (£30m). The...
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Santa with a rosey nosey
Batemans has introduced a bit of fun to the Christmas beer fixture by adding a Santa Claus hat to its seasonal Rosey Nosey Ale. The ale comes in a gift pack complete with a deck of cards and retails at £2.49. Sainsbury, Safeway, Booths, Unwins and...
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Interbrew circles over SAB
Interbrew's determination to be one of the key players in the global beer market was revealed this week when it admitted looking into the potential of taking over South African Breweries. But the City is sceptical it would be able to pull the...
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Posh 'n' Becks in another Somerfield
Regular readers of this page will know that Posh and Becks are big fans of the Somerfield store in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. So a picture of them in one of the multiple's stores should not be too surprising. But wait a minute. This is the...
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RECALL FOR
RED SQUARE Halewood International has recalled part of its production of one litre bottles of Red Square vodka following the discovery of glass particles in some bottles. A spokesman said this was isolated to a small number of bottles which were...
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Famous Grouse gets to the bottom of the matter in a party t
The Famous Grouse bird gets into the spirit of the office party in a new TV ad for the blended whisky. The latest addition to the campaign shows the bird taking part in a popular office party prank. The grouse is seen on top of the photocopier...