Fortune Brands company news 
US: Beam Inc hails "strong start" to 2012 as profits jump in Q1
3 May 2012
Beam Inc has posted a good start to the year, with sales and profits performing strongly in the first three months of 2011.
just On Call - Buoyant Beam Inc to invest behind Bourbon boom
3 February 2012
Beam Inc expects Bourbon sales to continue heading north and is planning to invest in infrastructure to support growth.
US: Beam Inc targets innovation for 2012 as FY figures shine
3 February 2012
Beam Inc has said that it expects more sales and profits gains in its first full-year as an independent company, after reporting a strong overall performance in 2011.
just the Preview – Beam Inc Q4 & FY
1 February 2012
Beam Inc is set to release its Q4 and full-year results on Friday (3 February). Below, we take a look at the highs and lows for the company in the three months to the end of December.
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.
IRELAND: Beam Inc completes Cooley Distillery buy
17 January 2012
Beam Inc has closed its acquisition of Cooley Distillery and has already earmarked the firm's Kilbeggan brand as a potential vehicle for capitalising on strong demand for Irish whiskey.
Review of the Year 2011 - Spirits
22 December 2011
Part three of our final management briefing of the year looks back at how 2011 has treated the spirits industry.
Comment – Beam Cooley buy gives Diageo, Pernod Ricard further hurdle to cross
19 December 2011
Even before Fortune Brands switched to become solely a spirits player, divesting itself of its golf and home & security divisions earlier this year, the US company seemed quite proud of not behaving like a potential takeover target.
MEXICO/US: Beam boils Mexico distribution down to La Madrilena
7 November 2011
Beam has announced plans to consolidate its distribution network in Mexico.
US: Beam Inc upbeat on first results showing
3 November 2011
Newly-independent Beam Inc has said that it expects full-year profits to be at the high end of its guidance, backed by higher sales for the first nine months of 2011.
US: Beam Inc arranges EMEA region into three 'clusters'
25 October 2011
Beam Inc has realigned its commercial structure in the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region.
US: Beam Inc to pay off debt tranche
7 October 2011
Beam Inc will pay off US$400m of debt thanks to a windfall received following the break-up of Fortune Brands.
FRANCE: Ratings agencies move Pernod Ricard upwards
5 October 2011
Standard & Poor's has joined Moodys in nudging Pernod Ricard into investment grade territory, but only on the proviso that the French drinks giant does not loosen its purse strings for a big acquisition.
US: Beam Inc born as sale talk swirls
4 October 2011
Beam Inc has begun life as a standalone spirits company, but many analysts believe that it is a case of when, not if, the Jim Beam Bourbon producer is bought.
just The Facts - Beam Global Spirits & Wine Performance
4 October 2011
Fortune Brands has turned itself into a standalone spirits company named Beam Inc. Here, just-drinks brings you stats on the company's sales and profits for wine and spirits since 2003.
In the Spotlight - PepsiCo puts North America back on the agenda
30 September 2011
Two major US announcements from PepsiCo in the last few weeks have set tongues wagging in the industry as to the motivation behind the decisions and what the firm's next move might be.
AUS: Coca-Cola Amatil upbeat on SABMiller Foster's buy
23 September 2011
The head of Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has hailed SABMiller's takeover agreement with Foster's as "a great deal" for the company.
US: Fortune Brands prepares for Beam Inc with board additions
2 September 2011
Fortune Brands has further primed itself for its move to Beam Inc with the appointment of two additional board directors.
just The Round-Up - The week in drinks
30 August 2011
The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:
US: Fortune Brands sets date for Beam Inc coronation
26 August 2011
Fortune Brands is set to be dissolved and reborn as Beam Inc, a standalone spirits company, within the next six weeks.
just On Call - Interview: Diageo CEO Paul Walsh upbeat, cautious on Jim Beam
25 August 2011
Diageo's CEO has indicated to just-drinks that the group is unlikely to make an immediate move for Beam Global drinks brands once the US firm becomes a standalone spirits player.
Comment - Wine - Gerard Depardieu: The New Face of Wine?
18 August 2011
Has wine entered a new age of romanticism, shunning the regimental order eschewed by multinational corporate machines? Chris Losh considers the recent rush to sell assets, including Brown-Forman's sale of Fetzer to Concha y Toro - and wonders what Gerard Depardieu might make of it all.
GLOBAL: Beam Global Spirits & Wine unveils new branding
16 August 2011
Beam Global Spirits & Wine has unveiled its new corporate branding, in preparation for life as a standalone spirits company.
UPDATE - US: PepsiCo dismisses break-up suggestions
5 August 2011
PepsiCo has said that it has no plans to split its snacks and beverage divisions, despite analyst suggestions that it may follow Kraft in its decision to break up its business this week.
just the Round-Up - The week in drinks
5 August 2011
The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:
just On Call: No let-up in US spirits resurgence - Beam Global
4 August 2011
The faulty US economy has not shaken Fortune Brands' confidence in Beam Global Spirits & Wine as it prepares to recreate the company as a standalone spirits business.
US: Fortune Brands upbeat on Beam Global H1 performance
4 August 2011
Fortune Brands has seen its soon-to-be standalone spirits business, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, report strong trading in the first half of 2011.
US: Fortune Brands completes golf business sale, edges closer to Beam Inc
1 August 2011
Fortune Brands has moved another step closer to recreating itself as a standalone spirits company, after completing the sale of its golf business.
just the Round-Up - The week in drinks
29 July 2011
The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:
US: Fortune Brands seeks to pay down debt
28 July 2011
Fortune Brands plans to spend US$1bn from the sale of its golf business to pay down debt.
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