Africa, Asia boost Heineken H1 amid Americas struggles
Shares in Heineken rose today (5 August) despite challenges in the Americas after Asia and Africa boosted the brewer’s volumes…
All articles by Dean Best
Dean Best
Dean has reported on the international food and beverage industries for 20 years. He became editor of Just Food in 2007 and Just Drinks in 2022.
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Trinity River Distillery CEO: “Somebody’s got to take a big bet on gin”
Trinity River Distillery believes there is an opening for the US business to help reignite consumer interest in gin. Like…
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BellRing Brands cuts earnings forecast amid inventory issues
BellRing Brands has lowered its forecast for a key earnings metric amid inventory and ingredient issues. The cut to the…
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Henkell Freixenet sells UK wine merchant Jascots
Henkell Freixenet has offloaded UK wine merchant Jascots to Italian food-and-drinks group Compagnia del Gusto Holding. Jascots, set up in…
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Marie Brizard sees sales rebound in France
Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits has booked a fall in first-half sales but the company did report a brighter picture…
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Selling days boost June sales but US spirits still down over year – NABCA
Extra selling days gave a boost to US spirits sales in NABCA states in June but the association’s data showed…
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Baker McKenzie leads consumer M&A law firms in H1 – data
Baker McKenzie was the law firm that advised on the most M&A deals in the consumer sector in the first…
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Fairtrade International updates minimum prices for coffee
Fairtrade International has announced new minimum prices for coffee, raising the floor prices for Arabica and Robusta beans after a…
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Ex-Pernod Africa exec takes Rémy emerging-markets role
Rémy Cointreau has hired a former Pernod Ricard executive for the role of emerging markets managing director. Grégory Leymarie spent…
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Huel, Alpro “very complementary”, Danone CEO insists
Danone CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique has talked up the potential of having Alpro and Huel in the same portfolio. Speaking…