For those of you with long memories, yesterday’s (26 March) initial media reports of deal talks between Pernod Ricard and Brown-Forman – and then the subsequent confirmation by the two companies – probably brought to mind previous mega-deals in spirits, including Suntory Holdings’ purchase of Beam in 2014 or, perhaps more pertinently, the 2005 takeover of Allied Domecq or the 2000 purchase of Seagram.
MGP Ingredients CEO David Bratcher to step down from US distiller after less than year
The shake-up at the top of the Kansas-based business comes just a month after MGP said it intended to reduce whiskey production.
Andy Coyne December 23 2024









