Round-Up - Rising Input Costs

Several drinks companies are warning that input costs could significantly affect their business in 2011. Here, just-drinks brings you all of our latest content on the issue.

Comment - Beer - To Sow or Not to Sow

7 March 2011

As we continue to up our commentary on the drinks industry, this week sees the first in a quarterly feature in which Simon Jackson, executive director of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, gives us his view on the issues facing the brewers amongst us. Here, Jackson considers the pricing of raw materials, and asks what we have learned from the fluctuating fortunes of malted barley.

Comment - Britvic Warning Highlights Input Cost Challenge

24 February 2011

Britvic's warning on soaring input costs could well be a sign of things to come.

just On Call: Britvic says BRIC demand a "major factor" in cost warning

24 February 2011

Britvic has said that rising demand for juices from the world's emerging economies has been a major factor in the higher-than-expected input costs that will hit the company's profits in its current fiscal year.

UK: Britvic shares slide on costs warning

24 February 2011

Britvic's share price has slumped by 10% after it warned that higher-than-expected input costs will hit profits in its current fiscal year.

Comment - Rising costs hitting soft drinks firms

16 February 2011

Commodity costs have rocketed in the past year and are set to cause problems for soft drinks firms in 2011 and beyond, if the latest set of industry results are anything to go by.

Comment - Raw Material Price Rises Threaten Crisis

11 January 2011

We are only one poor harvest away from chaos, a leading food analyst has predicted this week. Coming in the same week as the floods in Australia, which, aside from awful social affects, will devastate the region's wheat harvest, this has thrown the spotlight squarely onto the rising prices of raw materials once again.