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Join key industry leaders at the 3rd World Whiskies Conference - the global whisky business summit. Enjoy unrivalled whisky expertise and grow your business at the Radisson SAS, Glasgow, 15-16 April 2008.
The brewing world has been a colourful one of late. What with InBev making the noteworthy move to comment specifically on its FY performance in the UK, as well as further speculation surrounding a counter-bid for Scottish & Newcastle, the sector looks set to hog the headlines for most of March, if not longer. On first viewing, InBev’s full-year results, released last week, look pretty healthy, with both sales and profits heading north. But, with the UK proving problematic, the brewer, which recently changed the leadership at its unit in the country, chose to give a full and frank explanation of its travails here. The statement served as confirmation of rumblings that all is not rosy for InBev in the UK. But, it’s certainly not for want of trying, with the brewer actively looking to turn things around, with a new Artois family addition and presence improvement for its Beck’s Vier brand. With the fat lady lining up to belt out a ditty for Scottish & Newcastle, meanwhile, speculation last week linked Anheuser-Busch with a possible move to trump Carlsberg and Heineken. The rumours followed earlier talk that SABMiller was considering doing the same, leading to the UK-based brewer distancing itself from the possibility. If you ask me (and why wouldn’t you?), Anheuser-Busch has probably got bigger fish to fry in 2008 – no offence to S&N. Super-consolidation seems to be the next, inevitable step for the world’s brewers. A-B and InBev bunking up? The odds are short, I’ll wager. Until next time... Olly Wehring, Managing Editor Web: www.just-drinks.com
The largest FMCG producer in Russia BALTIKA Breweries announces excellent financial results for 2007. Company’s sales volume rose to 43.7 MHL, an increase of 19.5% compared to 2006. Market share of the BALTIKA brand rose to 12.7%, with export sales growth of +22.9%. BALTIKA entered eight new markets, including Switzerland, North Korea, Mexico, Malta and Mongolia.
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Spotlight - Movers and shakers target rum category [MEM] Recent deals by both Diageo and Edrington underline the growth potential major spirits companies see in the premium rum market. Jessica Harvey examines the latest moves in the context of a growing and vibrant international spirits category.
just-drinks’ sector research review In this month’s management briefing we round up some of the valuable findings from a selection of just-drinks’ recently published research. Last year saw us release some brand new titles and updates of our established reports, and with 2008 building up to be our busiest year for research to date, we’re looking forward to announcing some great titles shortly. Download this briefing and read extracts from some of our latest reports. Sectors focused on are vodka, brandy and Cognac, premium beer and functional health soft drinks.
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March 3, 2008 
