UK: OFT waves through Coca-Cola's full Innocent takeover
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has given the green light to the Coca-Cola Company's bid to take full ownership of UK smoothie maker Innocent Drinks.
LIWF 2013 - UK: QR codes can halt counterfeiting - expert
Unique QR codes on alcohol packaging are the only way to eradicate fakes, a counterfeit expert has said.
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This four-part report takes an in-depth look at the buzz topic of environmental sustainability throughout the global drinks industry. Each chapter looks at the environmental footprint of each drinks category.
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22 May 2013
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UK: Britvic to launch Fruit Shoot in India as H1 profits jump
22 May 2013
Britvic has today (22 May) unveiled plans to launch its Fruit Shoot juice brand in India as it reported a healthy surge in first-half profits.
LIWF 2013 - UK: QR codes can halt counterfeiting - expert
21 May 2013
Unique QR codes on alcohol packaging are the only way to eradicate fakes, a counterfeit expert has said.
The just-drinks Interview - Dan Jago, UK & group wine director at Tesco - Part I
To coincide with this week's London International Wine Fair, just-drinks managed to secure some time yesterday (20 May) with Dan Jago, the UK and group wine director for Tesco.
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Round-Up – C&C Group's Full-Year Results
In mid-May, Ireland's C&C Group released its results for the twelve months to the end of February. Here's a round-up of just-drinks' coverage of the company's performance.
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Comment - Brewers Wake Up and Smell the (Cider) Apples
It was always a case of when, not if: Anheuser-Busch InBev has finally launched its Stella Artois cider off-shoot, Cidre, into the US market this week.
Product Launch - US: SakéOne's G Fifty
21 May 2013
UK: Fuller's gives London Pride GBP3m push
21 May 2013
Comment - Brewers Wake Up and Smell the (Cider) Apples
It was always a case of when, not if: Anheuser-Busch InBev has finally launched its Stella Artois cider off-shoot, Cidre, into the US market this week.
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Round-Up - Gruppo Campari's Q1 Results 2013
In mid-May, Campari released its results for the first three months of 2013. Here's a round-up of just-drinks' coverage of the company's performance.
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The just-drinks Interview - Dan Jago, UK & group wine director at Tesco - Part I
21 May 2013
To coincide with this week's London International Wine Fair, just-drinks managed to secure some time yesterday (20 May) with Dan Jago, the UK and group wine director for Tesco. In the first of this two-part interview, we look at Jago's time in the wine industry, Tesco's relationship with the wine consumer in the UK, and the 'E' word.
just the Winners - International Wine & Spirit Competition 2013: Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary
21 May 2013
Earlier this week, the northern hemisphere wine gold medal winners in this year's International Wine & Spirit Competition were announced. Here are the winners from Canada, England, France, Germany and Hungary.
Analysis - Diageo could make 'quantum leap' for Moet Hennessy
21 May 2013
Diageo could look to make a "quantum leap" by buying out LVMH's majority stake in Moet Hennessy under Ivan Menezes' leadership, according to an analyst.
just The Preview - Britvic Q2 & H1
20 May 2013
Britvic will report its first-half results on Wednesday (22 May). Here, just-drinks takes a look at the highs and lows for the company in the six-month period and some of its recent financial results.
Round-Up - NPD: 2013 - The 'Summer of Shandy'
20 May 2013
This month, Tom Vierhile from Datamonitor considers the recent swathe of NPD in the shandy - or radler - sub-category.
just the Winners - International Wine Challenge 2013: Spain, the US
17 May 2013
Earlier this week, the gold medal winners in this year's International Wine Challenge were announced. Here are the winners from Spain and the US.
In the Spotlight - Coca-Cola's "secret recipe" on eBay
17 May 2013
Sales of sparkling cola are under pressure, but one man still believes its stock is high. Cliff Kluge, a pilot from Georgia, told ABC News this week he may have found the original recipe for Coca-Cola - and is selling it on eBay for as much as US$15m.
just the Winners - International Wine Challenge 2013: New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa
17 May 2013
Earlier this week, the gold medal winners in this year's International Wine Challenge were announced. Here are the winners from New Zealand, Portugal and South Africa.
just the Facts: Top Ten Fastest-Growing US Spirits Brands
17 May 2013
The ten fastest-growing spirits brands in the US ranked by percentage increase in volume in 2012 versus 2011:
Comment - Campari's CEO and the 'mystery' vodka brand
Gruppo Campari's CEO, Bob Kunze-Concewitz, went a little off-piste in a conference call with analysts today (13 May).
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Global market review of rum – forecasts to 2017
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For a category that sells around 146.4m cases annually, it may seem unusual to characterise Rum as a relatively unexploited opportunity. Indeed it is already a diverse and eclectic category with a wide geographic spread but there are a number of regions where it remains relatively underdeveloped.
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Tax issue is no small beer for US brewers
By: James Wilmore
17 May 2013
The gloves are off in Washington DC as big brewers (and not so big brewers) tussle with small brewers over tax.
US$15m for Coca-Cola's original recipe? Not these days
By: Andy Morton
15 May 2013
You can get all sorts of things on eBay - a new laptop, a car, the original recipe for Coca-Cola.
Iron Maiden rocked by Sweden's alcohol rules
By: James Wilmore
14 May 2013
When you're one of the most successful heavy metal bands in history, with nearly nine million Facebook fans, you can take the odd setback.
Reputation re-building as Mr 'New Coke' heads to Castle
By: Andy Morton
10 May 2013
There's an old joke that riffs on an unfortunate elderly farmer who can't live down an amorous encounter with a fluffy farm animal. Never mind that it happened once, and a long time ago at that, he's destined to be forever known around his local village by a nickname I can't repeat here.
MAY-DAY! MAY-DAY! just-drinks is closed on May Day
By: Olly Wehring
03 May 2013
It's the May Day Bank Holiday here in the UK this coming Monday (6 May).
Beam Inc - Hey, fellas, I have an idea
By: Olly Wehring
03 May 2013
Did anyone else find it curious yesterday to see volumes of Maker's Mark soar in Beam Inc's first quarter? After all, a 44% leap in quarterly volumes year-on-year positively jumped off the page.
Craft Brewers - Think Global. Drink Local
By: Olly Wehring
29 Apr 2013
Click play, below, to see how one craft brewer is taking on the "mass corporate machine", courtesy of The Motley Fool.
Beefeater Borough's Reserve: But, where are the beefeaters?
By: Olly Wehring
22 Apr 2013
Well, Pernod Ricard, I must say I am a mite disappointed in you.
Craft distillers of the world unite...
By: James Wilmore
16 Apr 2013
Craft distillers are getting serious and getting together.
Fuller's... kind of like the Murdoch empire
By: James Wilmore
05 Apr 2013
Listeners to BBC Radio 4's Today programme may have choked on their cornflakes this morning as presenter Simon Jack compared Fuller's to the Murdoch empire.
