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.
Russia takes control of local assets of AB InBev, Anadolu Efes JV
AB InBev has been trying to exit the Russian market since April 2022.
Fiona Holland January 02 2025


