The 1988 acquisition of Irish Distillers Ltd (IDL) by Pernod Ricard is the great drinks industry acquisition that almost never happened. As the story goes, the French company – then a fraction of the size of today’s colossus – originally only wanted a small slice of the Irish whiskey pie.
AB InBev’s Oriental Brewery buys South Korean soju brand Jeju
The deal marks Oriental Brewery’s first foray into the soju sector.
Henry Mathieu September 13 2024


