Comment – Diageo: Trimming Peter to Plump Up Paul

By Olly Wehring | 25 May 2011

What started yesterday (24 May) as a review of operations just in Europe for Diageo, has spread today to become a company-wide consideration of how to create "a more cost-effective organisation".

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What started yesterday (24 May) as a review of operations just in Europe for Diageo, has spread today to become a company-wide consideration of how to create "a more cost-effective organisation".

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