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.
Pernod Ricard’s sales hit by weakness in US, China
In a note to clients this morning, Bernstein's Trevor Stirling described the results as "grimmer than expected".
Fiona Holland October 16 2025









