Drinks Industry News
Champagne thought to date from 1780 salvaged from the Baltic Sea
Champagne, which is believed to come from the decade of the French Revolution and from when George III was on the British throne, has been brought to the surface by deep sea divers. It was salvaged from a ship wreck on Aland Islands between Sweden and Finland.
Whitbread launches £7million sustainability drive
Whitbread is confirming its green ambitions with the announcement of a new conservation and sustainability strategy which should see it saving enough water to fill 88 Olympic swimming pools a year by 2012.
SABMiller advocates transparency on environmental and social impacts
SABMiller is strengthening its commitment to monitoring its own social and environmental impacts with the announcement that it will be publishing detailed information online. The interactive tool will ‘let consumers, employees, partners and communities’ see how the global brewing giant is meeting its targets.
June 2010
• Whitbread Comforted by Premier Inn’s Performance
• Hook Norton Avoids FIFA Penalty
May 2010
• SABMiller’s full year results leave it poised for any future upturn
• Premier Inn books a Prime Spot at the Olympics
• Pernod Prospers from India's Continuing Taste for Whisky
• Paul Heaton Pedals off on Pub-Supporting Tour
April 2010
• Brooklyn Beer no longer fridge-bound in the UK
• Liberal Democrats put issue of minimum pricing on the election agenda
• Hook Norton and Wadworth promote cask’s female appeal
March 2010
• InterContinental Brands and Gaymer Cider branch out with new fruit flavours
• Alcohol retail curfew is one option for Russian Officials
• Wetherspoon get ready for early doors
• Anheuser-Busch InBev made stronger through integration
February 2010
• Pernod bolstered by Sales of Whisky in India
• Banksy pub ‘mural’ adds interest to sale
• Hook Norton brewery and village go green
• Fuller’s and Carlsberg march ahead with horse-themed beers
January 2010
• Survey says overall drinking down but home-drinking up
• Pernod Ricard stays on course with help of Asian Dynamism
• Hydes brings the circus to the pub
• Wetherspoon starts 2010 by selling a drink and meal for under £3
December 2009
• Whitbread makes Green Pledges
• BrewDog and Aspall see high abv products take flight
November 2009
• SABMiller draws strength from its global reach
• Cask Marque and ‘By the Glass’ focus on quality preservation
• Greene King turns up the volume with Brian Blessed
• Diageo promotes the lighter side of the Black Stuff
October 2009
• Pernod sees emerging markets compensate for flatter champagne sales
• Magners and Rekordelig squeeze out new ciders
• Whitbread’s performance stirred by Costa
• Brother’s roll out a frightening promotion
• Brains lines-up rugby stars for new fundraising beer
September 2009
• Premier Inn checks in with new airport hotels
• Wetherspoon profits from cost control and morning coffee
• Champagne fall in UK results in curtailed French harvest
• Blackthorn aims to revive West Country Appeal
August 2009
• Heineken gets stronger after S&N integration
• Whitbread pursues sustained green growth
• Budvar gives yeast lager a limitedUK release
• Arkell’s builds on its Czech connections with a new Pilsner
July 2009
• Acorn grows its IPA range
• Starbucks experiments with alcohol in its home town
• Britvic sees its sales rally; Young’s stays solid
June 2009
• Russian Standard and Morgan’s Spiced get summer pushes
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