UK-based drinks manufacturer and distributor Global Brands has reported a 16% increase in its annual sales for the year ending 30 September 2017. The company's turnover was £42m for the financial year. Gross profit went up to ...
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Canadian craft cider-maker Brickworks Ciderhouse has opened its first urban ciderhouse in downtown Toronto at 709 Queen Street East. The Brickworks Ciderhouse will open its doors February 2018. Brickworks Ciderhouse will be a new ...
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Jones Soda will celebrate 21 years in business this summer with the Pacific Northwest release of Spiked Jones, the first ever alcoholic hard cider-soda beverage. Created in collaboration with Jeff Bland, the award-winning cider maker for ...
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Self-adhesive label materials manufacturer UPM Raflatac has collaborated with wine industry leaders on sustainability at Vinitaly 2017 wine exhibition. The company partnered with Italian wine producer Cielo e Terra and natural cork ...
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Wine, spirit and cider producer Distell has partnered with Stock Spirits to improve spirit range in the UK. The partnership, which will take effect from 1 June 2017, will strengthen the relationship between the two companies. Several ...
UK-based cider producer Thatchers has installed canning line at its Myrtle Farm facility in Somerset. The company invested £8.3m and commissioned its first canning line at its production facility to press and package all of its ...
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AB InBev and C&C Group have expanded their partnership with new distribution agreements and extended brewing contracts for the UK and Irish markets. Under a new distribution contract, AB InBev agreed to distribute C&C Group's cider ...
Dublin-headquartered cider manufacturer C&C Group reported a 14.4% decline in its net revenue to €307m for the first half of this year, compared to €358.6m for the same period in 2015. The company registered a 12.0% decrease in ...
Angry Orchard and Eden Specialty Cider have introduced their first American collaboration cider, Understood in Motion 01. This cider is Angry Orchard's first American collaboration. Additional Understood in Motion ciders, named for the ...
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SKYY Vodka continues to expand its Infusions line, adding SKYY Infusions Bartlett Pear just in time for fall. With the introduction of the latest addition to the award-winning SKYY Infusions lineup, the brand becomes the only premium ...
Diageo is dropping Guinness from the name of its US beer business as part of a plan to expand its investment in the market. The name will change to Diageo Beer Company USA from Diageo-Guinness USA (DGUSA) to signal the company’s ...
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MillerCoors has launched its third Henry's Hard Soda flavour since the range was launched at the start of this year. Henry's Hard Cherry Cola targets the same Gen-X consumer as the last two flavours, Henry’s Hard Ginger Ale and ...
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Turkey Hill Dairy starts a year-long celebration of its 85th anniversary and is introducing a new drink to pay tribute to farmers and farming roots, Haymakers. Haymakers, available in ciders, punches and teas, is made with simple ...
Alcoholic beverages firm Diageo has released two variants of Smirnoff vodka brand. Smirnoff is now entering the cider category with two fruit-flavoured vodka-spiked ciders. The ciders will initially come in two flavours, Raspberry & ...
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South African competition commission has given conditional approval of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $100bn acquisition of SABMiller. The Commission has given to the recommendations to the Competition Tribunal following an investigation ...