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.
UK’s Halewood to shut Hawkshead Brewery facility
CEO Stewart Hainsworth said the facility was no longer sustainable from an energy and efficiency point of view.
Fiona Holland September 11 2024


