Beam Inc has said it will hand more money back to shareholders via a company dividend, adding to signs that the group is poised to report solid full-year trading.
just The Facts - Sports and energy drinks in Brazil
Red Bull is to expand in Brazil by building a production facility in the country. Here, just-drinks looks at Brazil's thirst for energy and sport drinks.
just the Round-Up - The week in drinks
The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:
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December 2011 Management Briefing - Review of the Year
As 2011 draws to a close, just-drinks once again launches its review of the global drinks industry. Coming up between now and Christmas, we'll look at how the last 12 months have treated the beer, soft drinks, spirits, water and wine sectors.
Latest drinks industry news 
US: PepsiCo silent on CEO, marketing plans
27 January 2012
PepsiCo has declined to comment on reports that it is grooming certain executives as successors to shortly replace CEO Indra Nooyi, or that it plans a spike in drinks advertising spend.
just The Facts - Sports and energy drinks in Brazil
27 January 2012
Red Bull is to expand in Brazil by building a production facility in the country. Here, just-drinks looks at Brazil's thirst for energy and sport drinks.
US: Beam Inc raises dividend
27 January 2012
Beam Inc has said it will hand more money back to shareholders via a company dividend, adding to signs that the group is poised to report solid full-year trading.
Comment - SABMiller, CR Snow To Get Second Bite at Kingway?
SABMiller's Chinese joint-venture, CR Snow Breweries, could get a second chance to dig its claws into Kingway Brewery and challenge Tsingtao in Guangdong province.
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Round-Up - The Politics of Orange Juice?
Brazil and the US are on the cusp of a trade row, after a banned fungicide was discovered by The Coca-Cola Co on oranges imported from the South American country. Here's just-drinks' coverage of the matter.
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Comment - SABMiller, CR Snow To Get Second Bite at Kingway?
SABMiller's Chinese joint-venture, CR Snow Breweries, could get a second chance to dig its claws into Kingway Brewery and mount a stronger challenge to Tsingtao in the country's Guangdong province.
UK: Exports still driving Fuller, Smith & Turner beer
27 January 2012
BRAZIL: Red Bull gets green light for Brazil facility
27 January 2012
just the Round-Up - The week in drinks
27 January 2012
US: Coca-Cola Co to create 100,000 jobs by 2022 - report
27 January 2012
UK: BSDA director general steps down
27 January 2012
UK: Marston's sees beer volumes rise
27 January 2012
GLOBAL: Food "ambassador" to promote UK exports
27 January 2012
UK: Accolade Wines renews 'Come Dine With Me' deal
27 January 2012
Comment - Spirits - Plymouth Gin: West is Best
When Pernod Ricard said last week that it is updating the packaging for - and raising the price of - Plymouth Gin, there was a run on tonic water at Richard Woodard's local shop. It's taken a while, but the brand is back, and Woodard would like to celebrate.
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Round-Up - The End of the Road for Foster's Group
Earlier this month, SABMiller saw its purchase of Foster's Group clear the final hurdle. Here's a round-up of just-drinks' coverage of the acquisition.
Latest drinks interview, analysis, comment and insight articles
Comment - SABMiller, CR Snow To Get Second Bite at Kingway?
27 January 2012
SABMiller's Chinese joint-venture, CR Snow Breweries, could get a second chance to dig its claws into Kingway Brewery and mount a stronger challenge to Tsingtao in the country's Guangdong province.
Comment - Spirits - Plymouth Gin: West is Best
26 January 2012
When Pernod Ricard said last week that it is updating the packaging for - and raising the price of - Plymouth Gin, there was a run on tonic water at Richard Woodard's local shop. It's taken a while, but the brand is back, and Woodard would like to celebrate.
Comment - Anheuser-Busch InBev: Out With The Old...
25 January 2012
Dave Peacock's exit as US president at Anheuser-Busch InBev completes a full change of backroom staff at the brewer, but how might it affect the company's performance on the pitch?
Comment - US Spirits to Show More Momentum for 2011
24 January 2012
We have yet to see the official figures on the US spirits market in 2011, but the signs suggest that renewed momentum in premium has been maintained.
Comment - Soft Drinks & Water - India Calling
24 January 2012
The soft drinks industry has been buzzing about China for quite some time. But, look in its shadow, and one can see India - a market that could eclipse its neighbour in the future. Ray Rowlands casts his eye over the market.
Comment - Vodafone Ruling Bodes Well for SABMiller
23 January 2012
Vodafone's tax victory in India is a promising sign for SABMiller, which faces a similar dispute over its acquisition of Foster's Group's operations in the country.
In the Spotlight - SABMiller in Decent Shape, but Challenges Loom
20 January 2012
Emerging markets are still doing the business for SABMiller, but the brewer faces myriad challenges that could define its progress in 2012.
The Wehring Interview - Diageo Africa president, Nick Blazquez - Part II
20 January 2012
Following on from part one of my interview with Diageo's Africa president, Nick Blazquez, which ran last week, this week we give you the second part, in which Blazquez gives us an idea of Diageo's future plans for the region.
In the Spotlight - Kraft Puts "Lean, Mean, Machine" Wheels in Motion
20 January 2012
Kraft Foods gave some insight this week into how the company's split into two independent companies will take shape, with the announcement of 1,600 job cuts.
Comment - Anheuser-Busch InBev: Out With The Old...
Dave Peacock's exit as US president at Anheuser-Busch InBev completes a full change of backroom staff at the brewer, but how might it affect the company's performance on the pitch?
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Reports in focus
Consumer Trends in the Wine Market in Germany 2011
This report provides the results for the wine market in Germany from a unique, highly detailed and proprietary study of consumers’ Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) consumption habits, and forms part of an overall series covering all CPG product markets. Its coverage includes, but is not limited to, consumption behaviours, the extent to which consumer trends influence their consumption and the value of the market these trends influence.
Published Jan 2012 - ($ 7495.00)
- Consumer Trends in the Wine Market in Italy, 2011
Published Jan 2012 - ($ 7495.00) - Sports and Energy Drinks - Europe
Published Nov 2011 - ($ 2302.00) - Beer - Europe
Published Oct 2011 - ($ 2302.00) - Consumer Trends in the Hot Drinks Market in the US, 2011
Published Jan 2012 - ($ 7495.00)
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- Global market review of absinthe – forecasts to 2016
FIRST EVER ABSINTHE REPORT FROM JUST-DRINKS
Published Jan 2012 - ($ 900.00) - Global market review of gin – forecasts to 2016
LATEST EDITION
Published Jan 2012 - ($ 1190.00) - The world’s top performing spirits brands 2011 edition
FIRST EVER EDITION
Published Oct 2011 - ($ 790.00) - Social Media in the Food and Drinks Industry
Published Aug 2011 - ($ 790.00) - Global market review of non-Scotch whiskies (US and Bourbon, Irish, Canadian, Indian and Japanese)
Published Jul 2011 - ($ 1590.00)
The just-drinks blog
Truman's moving back to London
By: Chris Mercer
27 Jan 2012
It's become pretty common to dislocate beers from their geographic homeland in the present era of brewing industry consolidation, which is why the Truman's story caught my eye this week.
Burger... hic... Kebab ... hic ... Hot DoHOWMUCH?!
By: Olly Wehring
25 Jan 2012
We've all done it. The morning after, as the haze starts to slowly ascend, you check the pockets of last night's trousers to see if you've got any cash left. Among the coppers, you find a receipt from a fast-food joint, the time and date confirm that it wasn't that you slept with a cat in your mouth; that fur lining of your mouth comes from the dirty burger you wolfed down around midnight on the bus.
They shall drink beer, says FIFA
By: Chris Mercer
19 Jan 2012
Just imagine a football World Cup without beer? Go on, imagine it. You can't, can you? Well, neither can FIFA.
Suck & Blow - the worst idea for an alcoholic drink of all time?
By: Chris Mercer
19 Jan 2012
The UK's Portman Group has clattered US-based SAB Enterprises over its Suck & Blow alcoholic jelly tubes.
Coors Light unseats King Bud
By: Chris Mercer
11 Jan 2012
Coors Light has achieved its expected coup in the US by knocking Budweiser off its perch as the second biggest selling beer in the country.
Coca-Cola, Nestle announce the inevitable
By: Michelle Russell
09 Jan 2012
The Coca-Cola Co and Nestle's announcement on Friday (6 January) that they are to scale back their global joint-venture, Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW), may have come as little surprise to many.
Australia's ex-PM sinks a beer "for the country"
By: Chris Mercer
06 Jan 2012
Australia's ex-prime minister, Bob Hawke, shows how it's done.
just-drinks is Closed for the Holidays
By: Olly Wehring
23 Dec 2011
To advise, we are closed from tomorrow (24 December) for the festive season. We shall return on Tuesday 3 January.
UK Government kills ad spend on alcohol
By: Chris Mercer
07 Dec 2011
The UK Government's Department of Health ceased all funding for advertising on responsible drinking in its last fiscal year, new figures show.
When brand ambassadors go wrong
By: Olly Wehring
06 Dec 2011
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will have heard that I met someone off the telly last week.
