All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 313
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Call for action on kidnap ‘stunt’
Campaigners for responsible drinking have slammed a promotion offering consumers the opportunity to win their own kidnap.Alcohol Concern accused the Russian Vodka House of performing a publicity-seeking “stunt” after it set up a website...
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UK partner for Lion Nathan
Australian wine giant Lion Nathan has joined forces with distributor Bibendum in a bid to ramp up its UK presence. Pressure on margins and a desire to increase distribution has prompted the companies to form the Lion Nathan Wine Group (UK), a...
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Penderyn takes Wales into a new era
The Welsh Whisky Company has unveiled details of the first single malt to be made in Wales for over a century.
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End of a London empire
Tesco’s takeover of Adminstore would mark the end of one of the leading c-store chains in and around London.MD Jitu Patel started out in 1979 when he began to build a chain of seven stores trading as Crispins Food and Wine and joined...
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Can moves on Cobra
Curry-friendly lager Cobra is hoping to charm a new set of drinkers with a move into cans.Two can sizes, 500ml and 330ml, will join the existing range of glass bottles as the company attempts to give Cobra a mainstream positioning rather than...
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for sex read 6X
Somerset brewer Wadworth is pumping £1m into marketing its 6X ale. The beer will be the focus of a new campaign where taglines use the brand’s name instead of ‘sex’. One poster shows a near empty pint with the line ‘6X starved’ while another has a...
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Producers’ NoFibs pledge on imports
A new trade organisation for imported beer producers and distributors is to call itself NoFibs (National Organisation For Imported Beers), which will also become the logo for its campaigning activities.Budweiser Budvar, Heineken and Tiger Beer...
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Bacardi’s Platform hits buffers
Watchdogs have set the tone for 2005 after ruling that an advertisement for Bacardi rum, showing a party in full swing, was “socially irresponsible.”The reprimand, by the Advertising Standards Authority, comes as the industry gears up for the...
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Carlsberg bids for Holsten
Two of the best known brands in lager could soon join forces if Carlsberg’s bid to buy Holsten succeeds.The £740m deal would give Carlsberg control of Holsten as well as a clutch of speciality German beer brands. The Danish brewer said that if...
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Carlsberg bids for Holsten
Danish brewer Carlsberg has made an all-share offer to buy the maker of German beer brand Holsten.Carlsberg said the 523m euros deal would make it the largest brewer in the north of Germany.Carlsberg said the enterprise value of...
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Heineken closes BBAG deal
Dutch brewer Heineken has closed its public offer to buy the remaining shares in German brewers Brau-Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft (BBAG) and Brau Union AG (BUAG).Heineken said it now owns 98.73% of BBAG and 98.70% of BUAG. The remaining...
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Hawes replaces Page as Mentzendorff MD
Andrew Hawes is to become MD of wine importer and distributor Mentzendorff. He will replace Bill Page who is due to hand over his executive responsibilities on March 1 when he becomes chairman.Hawes is currently deputy MD, a job he took after a...
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Glisten buys F Fravigar
Confectionery group Glisten has bought sweets manufacturer F Fravigar for £6.5m.F Fravigar makes products ranging from wine gums to toffee and fudge in Skegness.In the year to December 31 2002 it reported pre-tax profit of £1.19m and sales...
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Bacardi developing rum premix
Bacardi-Martini is developing a new premixed cocktail to extend its flagship rum into new territory, The Grocer has learned.A dedicated innovation team is working on the top secret concept, which is not set to be officially unveiled until...
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Alfred Jones swells by purchasing Loggins
Alfred Jones has boosted its estate to 82 stores after scooping up fellow Spar member Jacques Loggins.Alfred Jones, already Spar’s largest independent operator, is ranked 20 in The Grocer’s Top 50 private grocery chains.The 13-store...
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C-T faces strike action
Carlsberg-Tetley has vowed that supplies of Tetley’s bitter will not be hit after staff at its Leeds brewery voted in favour of a week-long strike.As The Grocer went to press, the brewer was meeting union leaders in a bid to avert action after...
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Going Sloe for the young
Diageo is hoping to recruit younger consumers into the gin sector with the relaunch of Gordon’s Sloe Gin.The makeover is intended to propel it from niche product to “the new drink for 2004”. The liquid will not change, but the packaging has...
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Night out with the girls
Halewood International is aiming to put some new year sparkle into Lambrini perry with an on-pack promotion across three million bottles.Aimed at recruiting more female fans, the campaign, which breaks next month, will offer perry drinkers of...
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Proud addition to Indian beer sector
Lovers of Indian beer are about to get another choice in the growing repertoire of brews from the subcontinent.Adi Adi, pronounced ‘ah dee ah dee’, is brewed and bottled in Bangalore and is going into wholesalers, cash and carries and London...
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Majestic sales flow
Majestic Wine said that it is continuing to attract new customers, with a 10.3% increase in purchases from customers on its mailing list. Total sales for the six months ended September 29 were up 21.8% to £69.1m. Pre-tax profit was £4.1m...