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Why drinks companies should focus on farming to win the consumer's love - Consumer Trends
Have you given much thought to the environmental and health impact of the growing of your raw materials? For decades now, the efficiency of ingredient - what gives maximum yield, which is most disease- or frost-resistant - has taken precedence.
Sustainability, channel-blurring, new tech and personalisation - The future of soft drinks
Following Britvic's 2018 Soft Drinks Review, just-drinks highlights the company's key trends for the UK soft drinks market in 2019 and beyond.
Why being careful is not careful enough for spirits marketers - Comment
As Edrington's The Macallan is forced to withdraw its major advertising campaign in the UK following a handful of complaints, Neil Ridley explores what this means for advertising in the spirits industry.
Constellation Brands low-value clear-out will hurt wine - just-drinks thinks
In today's wine world, it appears to be increasingly difficult to sell low-value, high-volume wines at the same time as higher-margin, premium SKUs, a tale told in the number of premium alcohol companies retreating from low-value wine.
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Beverage Industry Insights
Connecting with Generation Z - FUTURES
Described by consumer insights company Trend Hunter as the ‘anti-Millennials’, Generation Z is digital-native, politically aware and likes t...
Responsible drinking efforts around the world
Once a month, the drinks industry-funded International Alliance for Responsible Drinking, which covers alcohol policies worldwide, reviews s...
Pernod is buying Malfy for the flavour - comment
Earlier today, Pernod Ricard announced its intention to purchase the Malfy gin brand from New York-based company Biggar & Leith....
The just-drinks Analyst returns
Every month, Ian Shackleton, just-drinks' resident analyst, takes a look at the drinks industry through an investor lens. Here, he examines...
Is Carlsberg treating consumers like suckers
In 1991, Gerald Ratner, the owner of UK high street jewellery shop chain Ratner's, stepped into corporate infamy when he declared that some...
Drinks industry’s evolution into digital age
Smart technologies are on the rise in a variety of sectors as technologies become ever more connective and automation promises market-wide c...
Britvic called 2018 an "unprecedented year" in terms of events that affected the soft drinks industry in the UK. From the sugar levy, cold weather and C02 shortages to World Cup hopes and a sweltering hot summer, there were certainly some highs and lows. With 2018 behind us, the soft drinks maker yesterday turned its attention to what lies ahead. Here, just-drinks highlights the key trends for the UK soft drinks market in 2019 and beyond.
Why being careful is not careful enough for spirits marketers - Comment 11 Apr 19
As Edrington's The Macallan is forced to withdraw its major advertising campaign in the UK following a handful of complaints, Neil Ridley wonders if the rules surrounding the above-the-line promotion of spirits are turning us into a nation of naysayers and killjoys, or is there a deeper message here for the drinks industry as a whole?
Thought Leaders
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Consumers world-wide are looking for sugar-reduced and zero-sugar products that still have the familiar sweet taste we all know and love. Stevia not only provides that sugar-...
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7th – 9th May 2019, Dublin The event has been widely recognized as the leading strategic event for the industry, attracting top decision makers from not...
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Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen the transformative effects that big data has had on business. From agriculture to air travel, industries have...
Drinks Industry News
Bacardi promotes Vinay Golikeri to GTR hotseat
Olly Wehring | 17 Apr 19
Bacardi has recruited internally for the new head of its Global Travel Retail division.
FrieslandCampina sells cream liqueurs business
Lucy Britner | 17 Apr 19
Netherlands-based dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina has agreed to sell its cream liqueurs manufacturing business to Wagram Equity Partners.
PepsiCo boosts Q1 global beverage volumes
Andy Morton | 17 Apr 19
Latin America has helped drive a global beverage volumes increase for PepsiCo in the first three months of 2019.
Recent News - (Updated: 5:25pm 18 Apr 2019)
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Nestle CEO admits bottled water stuggles
How did Pernod perform in YTD fiscal-2019? - data
Brown-Forman launches Jack Daniel's AR app
Britvic creates UK MD role for incubator arm
PepsiCo lines up sports drink innovation - CEO
Beverage Industry Interviews
It's been less than three months since Kay Nash was unveiled as the head of South African multi-category drinks group Distell's new premium wine unit, called Libertas Vineyards & Estates. However, the management consultant and self-described "fixer" has been working for the company since the start of the last year, seeding the ground for one of Distell's most ambitious projects to date.
Last month, Quintessential Brands opened the doors for the first time to its The Dublin Liberties Irish whiskey distillery and visitor experience, making its mark on the city's burgeoning whiskey scene. Ahead of the launch event, just-drinks deputy editor Lucy Britner sat down with Quintessential's CMO, Shane Hoyne, to talk about brand homes, the future of the Irish whiskey category and the company's broader acquisition plans.
"Africa is Asia in 15 to 20 years from today" - just-drinks speaks to Pernod Ricard CEO Alex Ricard 19 Feb 19
Earlier this month, Pernod Ricard released its results for the second half of 2018. The group posted a 7.8% increase in sales from the six months to the end of December, with the top-line rising by 5.6% in the last quarter. Last week, just-drinks spoke to group CEO Alex Ricard in London, following a presentation to UK media about Pernod's half-year performance.
Latest Industry Insights
Focus on farming to win the consumer's love
Laura Foster | 9 Apr 19
Have you given much thought to the environmental and health impact of the growing of your raw materials? For decades now, the efficiency of...
Alcohol consumption & chronic kidney disease
International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research | 8 Apr 19
While many studies have found that moderate consumers of alcohol tend to be at a lower risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), pote...
UK Deposit Return Scheme - Action Required!
Olly Wehring | 5 Apr 19
Almost exactly a year ago, the UK Government announced its intention to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme for the country. The proposal targ...
Beverage Hot Issues
ProWein 2019 - just-drinks round-up
March saw the annual ProWein exhibition return to Germany. just-drinks was in attendance and here's a full round-up of our coverage.
The FUTURES series is designed to look at what will disrupt the drinks industry and offer insight into what businesses can start to do now, in order to prepare.
Super Bowl 2019 - What our industry has planned
The Super Bowl is one of the biggest marketing opportunities in the US for the drinks industry. Here's a round-up of the activities we can expect to see around Sunday's game.
just-drinks predicts - 2019 forecasts for the global drinks industry
just-drinks takes a look at what will shape the beer, soft drinks, spirits and wine categories in the year ahead.
Drinks Market Research
Beer & Cider North America (NAFTA) Industry Guide 2013-2022
Beer & Cider North America (NAFTA) Industry Guide 2013-2022
The NAFTA Beer & Cider industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2013-17, and forecast to 2022). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market... Read more
Published: March 2019 - ($795.00)
Beer & Cider Global Industry Almanac 2013-2022
Beer & Cider Global Industry Guide 2013-2022
Beer & Cider Global Group of Eight (G8) Industry Guide 2013-2022
The Better Drinks Co Limited - Strategy, SWOT and Corporate Finance Report
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