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Late last week, South Africa's Distell Group reported a 9.4% lift in sales from the 12 months to the end of June. Following the results announcement, just-drinks caught up with the multi-category company's CEO, Richard Rushton.
It's been less than three months since Kay Nash was unveiled as the head of South African multi-category drinks group Distell's new premium wine unit, called Libertas Vineyards & Estates. However, the management consultant and self-described "fixer" has been working for the company since the start of the last year, seeding the ground for one of Distell's most ambitious projects to date.
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Distell's Amarula Ethiopian Coffee cream liqueur - Product Launch 24 Sep 2020
Distell is set to release a new flavoured variant for its Amarula cream liqueur portfolio.
International spirits shine but South Africa drags for Distell Group in fiscal-2020 - results data 27 Aug 2020
A resilient year for Distell Group's spirits portfolio has been markedly offset by sales tumbles for the firm's wine and cider & RTD stables, according to 12-month results released today.
South Africa scraps domestic ban on alcohol sales 17 Aug 2020
Authorities in South Africa have lifted the latest ban on alcohol sales after pressure from major brewers.
Heineken joins investment boycott over South Africa alcohol ban - report 5 Aug 2020
Heineken has intensified industry pressure on South Africa's alcohol ban after reportedly joining Anheuser-Busch InBev in cancelling brewery investments in the country.
Anheuser-Busch InBev cancels South Africa investment in face of alcohol ban 4 Aug 2020
Anheuser-Busch InBev has blamed a Government ban on alcohol sales for a decision to halt investment in the country.
New alcohol ban "catastrophic" for South Africa's drinks industry - Distell Group 15 Jul 2020
The head of South Africa-based Distell Group has described the potential damage caused to the country's industry from the reimposition of an alcohol ban as "catastrophic".
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