Beverage Bulletin... Entrepreneur Opens Spirit Company With Redundancy Money
Maxxium, Hydes' Brewery, Skinny Nutritional Corp, Diageo, Minimum pricing, Wine sector, The liqueur category, Coca-Cola
A former director of Maxxium, the global drinks distribution giant, has set up
an artisan spirits company in Fife using his redundancy money.More on this
story
Skinny Nutritional Corp. has made its Skinny Water available in the UK and Ireland. The
zero-calorie enhanced water brand has been made available through
Simply Direct, a beverage distributor located outside of Dublin, Ireland. More on this story
Manchester-based Hydes' Brewery has sunk into the red with a £1.3m pre-tax loss for 2009
after profits were dragged down by more bad debts.More on this story
Diageo, the owner of Smirnoff vodka, has won a landmark court case
against Intercontinental Brands (ICB) which blocks the rival drinks
company from selling its Vodkat brand.More on this story
The drinks industry is showing signs of
division on minimum pricing after the head of Tennent's lager,
Scotland's biggest selling lager brand, publicly backed the policy to
curb alcohol misuse.
The UK needs to find new ways of
distributing wealth in the wine sector if it is to continue as a key
market for the industry's major players, according to the chief of
Vinexpo.More on this story
The liqueur category has, perhaps more than any other in the drinks
industry, been forced to accept and implement change as drinking
cultures around the world shifted away from traditional after-dinner
consumption. More on this story
Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) is considering buying a controlling stake in
Russian juice maker Nidan Soki from London-based private equity group
Lion Capital. More on this story
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