All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 318
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The Saturday Essay
>>What’s taste got to do with it? Mike Teague, sales director, Bavaria UKThe festive period saw the usual battle of the premium lager brands as each one tried to out price the other to become the consumer choice for Christmas....
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The Saturday Essay
>>the budget is very troubling for the trade – Quentin Rappoport, director of the Wine and Spirit AssociationAt first glance the 2004 Budget may seem fairly innocuous but, on closer inspection, it is very troubling for the...
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The Saturday Essay
>>the industry must unite to tackle antisocial drinking…Steve Gannon, Managing Director, Off-Trade, Diageo GBOver the past three years, consumption of spirits, wine and beer has increased by £2.7bn to £30bn in total retail...
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Amstel pulled off shelf
Amstel is being withdrawn from the UK off-trade because owner Heineken wants to concentrate on its main offering.Heineken has concluded its licensing deal with Bulmers to bring Amstel back under its control. But the company has scrapped the...
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Lol Toofan improved
Lol Toofan beer is hoping to raise its profile with a press campaign emphasising its Indian connections. Targeting curry lovers, the lager's recipe has been modified to include basmati rice instead of the lower grade rice previously used. The Far...
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Namaqua's fresh tack
South African wine Namaqua is being backed with a £200,000 marketing campaign over the summer. A new ad for the bag-in-box wine brand will use the tagline Feel like getting fresh?' to carry the message that the wine is packaged and sourced in...
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Brand boosts Old World
Rosie Davenport The Thresher Group is hoping to increase consumers' confidence in Old World wines by introducing an exclusive brand throughout its off-licence chain. The Radcliffe's Regional Classics portfolio comprises 26 wines sourced from...
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Coors bottles up deal for independents
Coors Brewers is to run an exclusive offer for independent retailers on its Grolsch bottled lager this summer.Grolsch will be available in a special four-pack of 300ml bottles price-marked at £3. Coors said the deal is aimed to increase...
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Evolution of the new BWG
Pernod Ricard decided to sell BWG in 2000 to offset some of the $3.15bn cost of acquiring, with Diageo, Seagram's wine and spirits business. At the time, the Irish wholesaler was considered an odd fit in the French group's stable, but it was a...
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SIMON THORPE
CENTRAL WINE BUYER, WAITROSE Thorpe began his career in the wine department of Fortnum and Mason in 1988 and worked there for seven years. He then completed a 15-month tour of the world's vineyards. Returning in 1997, he joined the Waitrose...
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TIM RANSCOMBE
CATEGORY BUYER FOR WINE, SAFEWAY Ranscombe has bought wine for Safeway for more than two years. Before that he worked for Sainsbury for 10 years in roles ranging from logistics to wine buying. He developed his interest in the wine category with...
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STUART PURDIE
trading manager (WINEs), MORRISONS Purdie has worked in the wine industry for 23 years. He managed stores for Peter Dominic for eight years and during its amalgamation with Bottoms Up. He began wine buying and moved to Morrisons as a wine buyer....
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tony mason
TRADING DIRECTOR, MAJESTIC WINE WAREHOUSES Mason has worked in the wine trade since the 1960s, starting with a holiday job at Fortnum and Mason. He was a founder director of Oddbins in the 1960s and then moved to Augustus Barnett. After working...
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Hot Shot goes mini
Halewood International has launched the first pre-packaged energy shot’ drink as it moves to strengthen its grip on the growing shot market.
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S&N review of Bulmers stable
Rosie Davenport Scottish & Newcastle has confirmed that the Bulmers name will live on beyond its £278m sale. However, the future of the cider brands it has bought is looking less certain as the brewer this week launched a review of its new...
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Bud becomes the King of Sport
Budweiser is building on the theme of last winter’s The King of Beers music tie-up with a new strand focusing on sport.The King of Sport drive will be the core element of the beer’s summer activity with stock featuring an on-pack promotion...
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Younger rivals hammer Fusion
Rosie Davenport Holsten has become the second high profile brand to exit the ready-to-drink market by calling time on Fusion, its flavoured lager spin-off. The brewer said it could not match the marketing investments put behind rival brands...
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Revival of the fittest
In May 1996 the directors of Allied Domecq had a tough decision to make. One of its smallest brands Plymouth Gin was struggling to sell more than 3,000 cases a year in the UK and it was time to act. The company faced two choices. It could axe...
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So good, they stay
Carlsberg has confirmed it is keeping its existing advertising slogans for its core range of new TV advertisements. The brewer is currently deciding on the final versions of two new ads for Carlsberg and Carlsberg Export and has confirmed that...
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constellation buy
Constellation Wines has made its first acquisition since being formed earlier this year. It has purchased Irish wine operator Allied Drinks, which previously represented BRL Hardys' and Grants of St James's wine brands in Ireland. Redmond Gavin has...