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Byline: Jessica Broadbent Functional ingredients like adaptogens will prove key for non-alcoholic drinks producers as inflation crimps spending on products deemed non-essential, industry analysts have claimed. Post-pandemic health concerns and [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu Diageo is reportedly looking for a buyer for its UK liqueur brand Pimm's, as well as its Safari fruit-flavoured liqueur and Pampero rum. Sky News reported today [...]

Byline: kgi-admin Still wine inflation in Australia stood at 1.070% in April 2023, according to GlobalData's report on the prices of stock keeping units (SKUs) supplied through online retailers. In [...]

Byline: kgi-admin Sparkling wine inflation in Australia stood at 2.520% in April 2023, according to GlobalData's report on the prices of stock keeping units (SKUs) supplied through online retailers. In [...]

Byline: kgi-admin Fortified wine inflation in Australia stood at -0.060% in April 2023, according to GlobalData's report on the prices of stock keeping units (SKUs) supplied through online retailers. In [...]

Byline: James Beeson Global drinks giant Diageo weathered macroeconomic storm clouds to report organic net sales growth of 9.4% in the first six months of its 2023 fiscal year. In [...]

Byline: Dean Best Germany's bottled-water industry is feeling the impact of reduced supplies of CO2, with some manufacturers cutting production. Echoing comments made to Just Drinks last week by the [...]

Byline: Richard Woodard Consumer goods companies can no longer afford to ignore e-commerce as the channel continues to expand and become more complex and nuanced around the world, according to [...]

Byline: James Beeson The Beer Institute has refuted suggestions that the dominance of Anheuser-Busch InBev and Molson Coors Beverage Co is hampering competition and prices in the US. Responding to [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring Bacardi published its Corporate Responsibility Report for 2021, ‘The Way We Serve‘, which details the company's initiatives in four priority areas this year: workers' wellbeing, promoting responsible [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Pennsylvania's state-run liquor retailer is rationing sales of some high-end spirits and wines because of ongoing glass bottle shortages, according to a report. Forty-two SKUs, including 75cl [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring * Which beverage brand owners are ESG leaders or laggards? - focus Environmental, social & governance (ESG) is the most important issue facing consumer goods companies over [...]

Byline: Rhodri Morgan Here's a look at what was happening in the drinks industry on this day in ... * 2020 - Non-alcoholic spirits to more than double over next [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Diageo will recover more quickly from the coronavirus than Pernod Ricard because of the group's greater strength in the US, a report from Credit Suisse has forecast. [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring After six years of waiting, could the next transformative deal for the spirits industry be on the horizon? To observers, Campari Group's manoeuvres of late suggest as [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Molson Coors Beverage Co has declined to comment on a report claiming the group is lining up the sale of its European operations M&A publication Dealreporter said [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Diageo has declined to comment on local reports claiming a delisting of its Indian spirits division, United Spirits, is under consideration. CNBC TV-18 said today the Johnnie [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Diageo has said it is 'pleased' to have settled a charge from the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it hit performance targets by pressuring North American [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Asahi Group wants to set up more global hubs as it prepares to acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev's Australasian operations, the Japanese brewer's CEO has said in an interview. [...]

Byline: Andy Morton The rising cost of UK warehouse space ahead of a possible no-deal departure from the European Union is having a damaging effect on the country's alcohol industry, [...]

Byline: Andy MortonOddbins is reportedly on the verge of collapse for the second time as tough trading conditions take their toll on UK wine retailers.According to The Guardian, Oddbins owner [...]

Byline: Lucy Britner Australian consumers under 35 years old are more inclined to purchase wine in alternative formats to the traditional bottle size, according to Wine Intelligence. The research firm's [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Younger UK consumers remain a 'significant' market for alcohol producers, says a new report that warns the industry against ignoring Millennials. Under-35s are drinking less than their [...]

Byline: Lucy Britner Japan's younger consumers are turning more to casual settings to drink wine, according to new research. In a report released today by Wine Intelligence, the research company [...]

Byline: Keith Nuthall European Union (EU) member states should be permitted to levy reduced rates of excise duty on smaller producers of all alcoholic drinks, including wine, according to the [...]

Byline: Lucy Britner Skyy vodka has returned to growth in the US, according to the head of the brand's parent company, Gruppo Campari. In full-year results for last year, released [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring It would be very easy to get carried away by the latest stirrings from Diageo over in the US. Indeed, when the country's Securities & Exchange Commission [...]

Byline: Andy Morton The owner of Mike's Hard Lemonade Co, Mark Anthony Group, is looking to sell the malt beverage maker, according to a report. The parent company could value [...]

Byline: Andy Morton The UK alcoholic drinks industry has delivered on an alcohol-unit reduction pledge two years early, according to a new report. The country's Department of Health today said [...]

Byline: James Wilmore The Wine and Spirits Trade Association has dismissed fresh calls for minimum unit pricing (MUP) in the UK after a new report claimed a floor price would [...]

Byline: Melissa Cole Cask ale in the UK has outperformed the rest of the on-trade beer market for the sixth consecutive year, according to recent research. The Cask Report, commissioned [...]

Byline: Ben Cooper The latest joint-report from just-drinks and The IWSR, published this week, looks at the non-scotch whisk(e)y category. Ben Cooper considers what the findings of this research mean [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Suntory has denied it is bidding to acquire Scotch whisky producer Whyte & Mackay, according to reports. India's CNBC-TV 18 reported yesterday (20 January) that the Japanese [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week: * CHINA: Coca-Cola Co recalls contaminated Minute Maid The Coca-Cola Co's Greater China unit has recalled 19,000 cases [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring Beam Inc, Gruppo Campari, William Grant & Sons and ThaiBev have all been linked to Indian spirits producer John Distilleries, according to local reports. A story in [...]

Byline: Ben Cooper While there has been huge focus in the spirits sector on emerging markets in recent years, a new report from Euromonitor International suggests prioritising development in these [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week: * UK: Diageo, Suntory mull move for Beam Inc - report A report in a UK newspaper today [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring A report in a UK newspaper today (9 December) has claimed that Diageo and Suntory held talks earlier this year with a view to making a move [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring Hats off to the Sunday Telegraph for breaking the story today (9 December) that Diageo has been sniffing around Beam Inc. The report clams that the drinks [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring Beam Inc will report results for its third quarter and year-to-date tomorrow (2 November). Here, just-drinks takes a look at the highs and lows for the company [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Kirin Holdings is considering launching its own bid for Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), according to reports. The Japanese firm, which holds a stake of around 15% in [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Changyu Pioneer Wine Company has announced plans to build a new CNY6bn (US$944m) 'wine city' by 2016, according to local reports. The site in north China's coastal [...]

Byline: James Wilmore San Miguel Corp is considering building three new breweries in south-east Asia, according to local reports. The company, a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, is looking at [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Beam Inc will focus on developing its brands, after completing a spate of acquisitions that are expected to boost next year's bottom line, an analyst has said. [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Wine producers are looking to smaller markets such as Canada for growth, a Rabobank report says. Canada is the sixth-largest wine importer but offers strong potential and [...]

Byline: Ben Cooper The economic downturn has been a catalyst for both recovery and reinvention in the ready-to-drink category, according to a new report from Euromonitor. To say that the [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week: * MEXICO: Grupo Modelo, Anheuser-Busch InBev to discuss Foster's bid - report Grupo Modelo is set to [...]

Byline: Keith Nuthall A wide range of concerns about trade barriers impeding EU wine and spirit exports to the US have been highlighted in a new European Commission report. Ongoing [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team The Chairwoman of French Cognac and Champagne group Remy Cointreau has said emerging markets in Asia will feel the effects of a slowdown in western economies, [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Sapporo Breweries is set to print the total amount of carbon dioxide emitted through its production and distribution processes on its beer cans, according to local [...]