Archive of all Britvic articles – Page 18
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Carlsberg’s marketing to be driven by Britton
Carlsberg UK has promoted Darran Britton, brands director for ales and lagers, to the position of marketing director.In a new role, Britton will become a member of Carlsberg UK’s board of directors and will take responsibility for managing a...
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Fellman replaces Povey to boost Carlsberg UK
Senior vice president and chairman of the board of directors of Carlsberg UK, Lars Fellman, has taken over from Colin Povey as chief executive officer of Carlsberg UK.Carlsberg said that since Povey became CEO in 2001, he had made an important...
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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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Carlsberg hit by exchange rates
Danish brewer Carlsberg said adverse currency movements and a lack of sales growth in its Russian markets had dented first half profit.To June 30 operating profit fell 31% to DKK1.25bn from DKK1.8bn. Sales dropped 7% to DKK16.3bn....
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Executive moves at Carlsberg
Carlsberg has appointed Bjørn Sønderskov as managing director of its Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia with effect from April 1.Sønderskov, who is currently a member of the board of Carlsberg Breweries’ German subsidiary Hannen, takes over from...
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Gist goes further for Carlsberg-Tetley
Logistics provider Gist has expanded its contract with Carlsberg-Tetley to deliver to major supermarkets as well as to the brewer’s retail depot network for onward delivery to on-trade customers.The £100m deal over five years will include...
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Carlsberg sells Rent a Cooler Denmark
Carlsberg has sold its office water supply company Rent a Cooler to UK firm Eden Springs for about DK30m.The sale forms part of the Danish brewers strategy to focus on its core business – the production and sale of beer and own soft...
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Carlsberg moves in closer for supremacy in English soccer
Tim Palmer Carlsberg's efforts to be the dominant beer brand in English football were reinforced this week when it signed a multi-million pound deal to become one of the game's big four commercial sponsors. Announcement of the agreement with the...
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Stella and Carlsberg help drinks stack up more winning numbe
Morrisons continues to dominate the fascia chart this week with the same share as last week 29%. Sainsbury and Asda have both moved up the chart from positions three and five to two and three respectively while Safeway and Tesco have dropped....
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Anger at February cut price Carlsberg
Tesco's decision to slash the price of Carlsberg this week brought angry reactions from the trade. It offered a short-term deal on 24-packs of Carlsberg Lager 440ml cans which cut the price from £15.75 to £9.95, the same level as the cutthroat...
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Asda hot on heels of Tesco activity; Carlsberg takes the bra
Soft drinks remains strong this week and holds onto the top position in the category chart. Coca-Cola, Lilt and Robinsons support the category and all appear in the top 10 brands, with multibuy offers particularly prevalent. Alcoholic drinks has...
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Carlsberg 24 x 250ml Price promotion £9.99 Gondola end
Carlsberg Export Lager 24 x 330ml Price promotion £12.98 Floor stack Asda Carlsberg Export Lager 4 x 330ml Price promotion £2.34 Floor stack Tesco Carlsberg Lager 24 x 440ml ...
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Brewing: Carlsberg denies talking
Speculation that Carlsberg has been in talks with Interbrew over the sell-off of part of the Bass Brewing business has been denied by the Danish brewer. The OFT is asking for comments on four proposals it believes could resolve the adverse...
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New chief for Carlsberg-Tetley
Brewing giant Carlsberg-Tetley has promoted Colin Povey from commercial director to chief executive. Michael Iuul relinquishes his role as UK chairman to spend more time in the Far East following the formation of Carlsberg Asia, of which he is now...
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Carlsberg-Tetley wrongfoots Bass with £6.5m campaign for la
Carlsberg-Tetley has responded to taunts by Bass that other players were failing to support their brands by unveiling a £6.5m campaign for Carlsberg Lager. Last week Bass announced a £10m TV budget for its four key brands and marketing director...
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Drinks: Carlsberg gets into Switzerland with brewery stake
Carlsberg has bought a controlling stake in Switzerland's largest brewer, Feldschloessen Huerlimann, in a $490m deal giving the Danish giant access to the Swiss market. Carlsberg will provide Feldschloessen with much needed investment and use it as...
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Carlsberg antitrust plea
Carlsberg is trying to convince Danish competition authorities that its latest acquisition of rival brewer Albani will not give it an unfair dominance of the domestic market. Should the deal go through, Carlsberg would control 80% of the Danish...