All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 362
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Young's grows stouthearted
Young's hopes to double sales of its Double Chocolate Stout over the festive period with promotional activities in three major multiples. Its key bottled brand is Sainsbury's Beer of the Month for December, and features on a recipe card for...
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Tasting panel: Garnet Point Chardonnay Semillon
From Gallo. An addition to the Garnet Point range. launched two years ago, it has become one of the fastest growing wine brands on the market. Price £4.99 Abv: 13% TARGET CONSUMER Liz Ross Martyn, 25, is marketing manager at JCDecaux. She lives...
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Brewers: Guinness to close Harlow
The Guinness brewery site in Park Royal, London, has been chosen as the new home for the sales and marketing operations of Guinness UDV Great Britain. The decision means that UDV's UK headquarters in Harlow, Essex, will close by April 2002, and ...
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The Grocer Guide to alcoholic drinks (an advertising supplem
The multiples have singlehandedly brought the UK wine business within reach of the mass market and now they are reaping the rewards. Sales are growing by 6% (volume) and 8% (value) as consumers grow in confidence and experiment with new styles,...
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The Grocer Guide to alcoholic drinks (an advertising supplem
UDV UK Ltd Templefields House River Way Harlow Essex CM20 2EA Tel: 01279 626801 Fax: 01279 633115 Customer inquiries: 01279 633330 It's party time in Tennessee In Lynchburg USA, home of Jack Daniel's, the biggest event in ...
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The Grocer Guide to alcoholic drinks (an advertising supplem
Constant reappraisal of the beer fixture and the way shoppers approach it is helping the brewers to keep their heads above water in a tough trading climate. The optimists believe they can sell the same amount of beer to consumers this winter as...
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The Grocer Guide to alcoholic drinks (an advertising supplem
Cider has been fighting its way out of a period of under investment which was in danger of leaving it behind the rest of the long drinks market. The two leading companies Bulmers and Matthew Clark have been locked in a battle to build share...
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1664's fatal distraction
Scottish Courage Brands is turning the heat up on its premium competitors with the latest execution of a series of ads for Kronenbourg 1664. The new ad, which breaks this week, shows a Latin beauty attracting much male attention as she sits at a...
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UBS unveils value spirits
United Buying Services has produced a value range of spirits for independents which will be sold through major wholesalers. It has created Reshnoff vodka, Andre Philippe Napoleon French brandy and Highland Cairn blended Scotch whisky. These are...
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Vodka PPSs a vital USP'
Nisa-Today's is offering its members the chance to capitalise on the rapid growth of the premium packaged spirits sector by introducing its own versions. These are based on Nisa's Kommisar vodka brand and have a competitive rsp of 89p. There are...
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Limited edition for skol
A new limited edition packaging of Skol lager cans has been produced by Carlsberg-Tetley. This is in the run up to the brand's flagship sponsorship, the Skol World Darts Championships in December. The deal is now in its fourth year and this is the...
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Duckstein cross first of its kind'
Holsten is hoping to repeat the success it has had in Germany with a new style of beer called Duckstein following its UK launch. The brewer claims it is a cross between an ale and a lager. Holsten UK marketing director Andrew Edge said:...
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Tasting panel: Banrock Station Sparkling Shiraz
from BRL Hardy TARGET CONSUMER The Grocer's marketing editor Karen Dempsey tackles this cherry-ish offering I am a big fan of red wine and fizz but not normally in the same glass. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this...
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Off the wall
Californian winemaker Fetzer has redesigned the packaging of its premium varietal wines. In an effort to make them stand out from the wall of wine on supermarket shelves they now feature a divided front label. Each wine in the range features an...
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Packing Twelve Days into one
Oxfordshire brewer Hook Norton has introduced gift packs for its Christmas beer, Twelve Days. The company first produced the winter warmer six years ago and it now makes a regular appearance between November and January. The pack retails at £6.95...
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Beer goes down a treat in c-stores
Convenience stores are playing an increasingly key role in the UK beer market and have increased sales by 21% in the last year. Their growing importance has been highlighted in a market report by Interbrew which showed they were performing ahead of...
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Nisa-Today's revamps Stryke
Nisa-Today's has revamped its two top own label beers. Stryke Lager, a 3% abv brew which has been on the market for 10 years and its premium counterpart Stryke 5 (5% abv) have been repackaged to complement the rest of the range, Extra, Superstrength...
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Stones gets richer in JS
A limited release of a Special Reserve' Stone's Ginger Wine is being tested in selected Sainsbury's outlets. The Special Reserve has a richer ginger flavour and a higher abv of 18%. A Matthew Clark spokesman said the parent brand has a 53% value...
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Success of French Revolution
The best French wine launch in the UK this year is French Revolution, a red and white pair from Paul Boutinot Agencies. It won the top prize at the French Wine Awards for Excellence. This is the inaugural competition run by French wine trade body...
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Speckled Hen flies in packs of three
Greene King is putting more emphasis on multipacks for its best selling Old Speckled Hen and IPA brands. Old Speckled Hen will be available in three bottle boxes for the rest of the year. IPA will be available in 12 packs all year round and a 24...