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Campari Group CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz on vodka's US hurdles and the problem with cannabis
Yesterday, Campari Group released its first-half 2018 results, with organic growth coming from all regions. just-drinks spoke to CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz after the announcement.
Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes on the future of gin and the plan to kick-start vodka
Diageo released its full-year 2018 results, with growth coming from all regions. just-drinks spoke to CEO Ivan Menezes after the announcement to discuss the challenging vodka market and increasing thirst for no- and low-alcohol drinks.
How to pitch alcohol-free adult soft drinks to consumers - Consumer Trends
In her latest consumer trends column, Laura Foster looks at the rise of non-alcoholic and adult soft drinks. The key to their success, she says, is in the way they are communicated to consumers.
Is Heineken risking too much to chase Anheuser-Busch InBev in China? - Comment
For foreign businesspeople in China, it is the most cliched of scenarios - the over-ambitious company lured to disaster by the appeal of China's seemingly bottomless potential. Is Heineken about to become the latest?
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Beverage Industry Insights
Will the sugar tax story pan out as expected?
Four months on from the arrival of the tax on full-sugar soft drinks in the UK, category commentator Richard Corbett looks at what the numbe...
Heineken faces tough battle in China - analysis
Heineken is unlikely to tackle Anheuser-Busch InBev's Budweiser brand head-on in China following the Dutch brewer's deal with CR Beer, an an...
Lagunitas - the brewery infecting Heinken
Ask Tony Magee, the founder of Heineken's Californian craft brewer, Lagunitas Brewing Co, about the relationship his company has with the gl...
Could Keurig Dr Pepper lose other brands?
Yesterday, The Coca-Cola Co announced an agreement to purchase a minority stake in sports drinks brand Bodyarmor....
Anheuser-Busch InBev in Africa - Focus
This week, Anheuser-Busch InBev is holding a host of analyst presentations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Here's a low-down on the company's...
What lies ahead for PepsiCo's new CEO? - Comment
With a rumoured predisposition to going shoeless around the office and a past life as a guitar player in a band, Indra Nooyi was one of the...
FREE TO READ - just-drinks' Mergers & Acquisitions database - July 2018 7 Aug 18
Here, just-drinks consolidates the M&A activity in the global drinks industry during July.
Why is gin flattering to deceive in the US? - Comment 6 Aug 18
Scanning just-drink's NPD section would suggest a new gin brand is launched every day. The segment is the place to be and everyone knows it. Except, it would seem, the Americans among us. Richard Woodard delves deeper into a market that is not performing for gin like pretty much everywhere else is.
Thought Leaders
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Consumers increasingly prefer smaller wine portions, particularly millennials and people in emerging markets.....Enter the ‘mini-revolut...
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In recent years, product variety in the food & drink industry has exploded and competition has become intense.This white paper highlights the challenges the food and drink in...
Drinks Industry News
Cognac sales hit new annual high - data
The Cognac segment has enjoyed another year of growth, according to figures released today, with 12-month volumes hitting a record high.
UK gin exports in 2018 set to double over 2008
Olly Wehring | 14 Aug 18
Exports of gin in the UK continue to rise, according to figures released this week, with full-year shipments forecast to come in twice as high as ten years ago.
The Coca-Cola Co lines up Bodyarmor stake purchase
Lucy Britner | 14 Aug 18
The Coca-Cola Co has agreed to acquire a minority holding in sports drinks brand Bodyarmor.
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Beverage Industry Interviews
Yesterday, Campari Group released its first-half 2018 results, with organic growth coming from all regions. just-drinks spoke to CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz after the announcement to discuss the challenging US vodka market, a European roll-out for Canadian whisky Forty Creek and why we probably shouldn't expect Campari to dive into the cannabis category any time soon.
Earlier today, Diageo released its full-year 2018 results, with growth coming from all regions. just-drinks spoke to CEO Ivan Menezes after the announcement to discuss the challenging vodka market, increasing thirst for no- and low-alcohol drinks and the booming gin category.
Earlier this month, Pernod Ricard's former MD of finance, Gilles Bogaert, moved to head up the group's Europe, Middle East & Africa and Latin America division. just-drinks sat down with Bogaert at the company's Capital Markets Day in China to talk about the job transition, the future of M&A and how data has changed the business.
just-drinks Blog
Starbucks jumps on gin bandwagon
Lucy Britner | 14 Mar 18Starbucks has become the latest company to tap into the gin craze, with the launch of Starbucks Reserve Gin Barrel-Aged Cold Brew.
Feeling Blue on Monday? Help is at hand
Olly Wehring | 15 Jan 18It may not be scientific, but the third Monday in January has been coined 'Blue Monday' - the most depressing day of the year. Dreamed up in the UK by a psychologist commissioned by a holiday company 14 years ago, there's method in the madness: Lousy weather, post-Christmas blues, last pay-day feels ages ago, next pay-day barely on the horizon...
Bad day on the beer? This'll help
Olly Wehring | 3 Nov 17If you work for a brewer and are having a rough week, take a minute to regain some perspective with this, from the good people at US craft beer producer Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Beverage Hot Issues
Anheuser-Busch InBev's Capital Markets Day in South Africa
Between 7-9 August, Anheuser-Busch InBev's top management hosted analysts in Johannesburg to update them on the company's performance. Here, just-drinks distils some of the biggest highlights from the three-day conference.
In June, just-drinks travelled to Cuba to speak to the people behind Pernod Ricard's Havana Club JV with the Cuban government. Click here for content including interviews with Havana Club CEO Christian Barre and Cuba Ron Corp president Juan Gonzalez
just-drinks meets Anheuser-Busch InBev CEO Carlos Brito
In early-June, the CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev , Carlos Brito, spoke to just-drinks editor Olly Wehring in London. Here are all four parts of our exclusive interview.
Pernod Ricard Capital Market Day 2018 - Round-up
In June, Pernod Ricard held its Capital Market Day in Shenzhen, China. Here is a round-up of just-drinks' content from the event.
Drinks Market Research
Global gin insights - market forecasts, product innovation and consumer tre
Global gin insights - market forecasts, product innovation and consumer trends
This is the first in our latest series of global category reports, published in partnership with The IWSR. Containing newly released 2017 market data, this offers the very latest global category insights for the gin sector. The 2017 IWSR data release confirms gin’s impressive growth trajectory in many markets, with total sales rising at a double-digit clip. However, while growth looks set to continue in most global markets, the US remains the glaring exception. Brand owners will be keen to turn positive signs at the upper end of the market into more widespread and solid growth... Read more
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