Today: November 13, 2024
Today: November 13, 2024

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Diageo faces fight to regain investor confidence as Mexican sales slow

Diageo faces a battle to win back some investors' trust following last month's profit warning as the Johnnie Walker whisky and

Diageo faces fight to regain investor confidence as Mexican sales slow
Food|Lifestyle

Don't shake or stir: drinks firms push bottled cocktails for the holidays

Major distillers want American drinkers to sip their Old Fashioneds, Negronis and Espresso Martinis this holiday season.

Don't shake or stir: drinks firms push bottled cocktails for the holidays
Business|Economy|Food|Technology

'Long and tedious journey': companies sour on China outlook

Some of the world's top food, drinks and tech companies have struck a sour tone about Chinese demand, deepening investor worries about

'Long and tedious journey': companies sour on China outlook
Business|Europe

Carlsberg says Q1 growth driven by premium brands despite flat Chinese beer market

Danish brewer Carlsberg sold more of its premium beer brands and saw price increases in all its main markets during the first quarter,

Carlsberg says Q1 growth driven by premium brands despite flat Chinese beer market
News|US

In a first, FDA authorizes flavored vape products from Altria's NJOY for sale

The U.S.

In a first, FDA authorizes flavored vape products from Altria's NJOY for sale
Business|Food

Chinese liquor makers endeavour to give Westerners a taste for baijiu

Makers of the Chinese liquor baijiu are reformulating the fiery grain liquid to appeal to a wider client base, including cocktail drinkers in

Chinese liquor makers endeavour to give Westerners a taste for baijiu
Asia|Australia|Business|Economy

Australian wine sector a worrying case study for EU industries in China trade spat

Hit with Chinese tariffs, Australia's wine industry struggled to offset the impact of falling exports despite scrambling to build new

Australian wine sector a worrying case study for EU industries in China trade spat
Business|Finance|Stock Markets

Diageo set for first post-COVID annual sales decline

Diageo is set to post its first yearly sales decline since 2020 next week, when it needs to convince investors that plans to turn

Diageo set for first post-COVID annual sales decline
Africa|News

Brewers tap growth of zero-alcohol beers in Middle East

Egyptian Mohannad Abdelazeem, 35, doesn't drink alcohol.

Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

China will not impose anti-dumping measures on EU brandy for now

Beijing said on Thursday it would not impose provisional tariffs on brandy imported from the European Union despite finding it had

China will not impose anti-dumping measures on EU brandy for now
Business|Finance|News|US

Dominating US cigarette sales, a combined 7-Eleven, Circle K would face risk from vapes, cheap smokes

A Couche-Tard takeover of 7-Eleven owner Seven & i would position the combined convenience store chain to dominate U.S. cigarette sales

Dominating US cigarette sales, a combined 7-Eleven, Circle K would face risk from vapes, cheap smokes
Business|Economy|Finance

Remy abandons hopes for sales recovery as problems mount

Remy Cointreau slashed its full-year guidance on Friday, delaying its recovery from persistent double-digit sales declines, pushing out

Remy abandons hopes for sales recovery as problems mount
Business|Economy|Finance

Brewers' volumes disappoint as drinkers buy less beer

Two of the biggest brewers, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Carlsberg, sold less than

Brewers' volumes disappoint as drinkers buy less beer
Americas|Business|Health|Science|US

Developers of vapes for migraine, asthma will need to win over sceptics

A handful of North American companies which see potential for vape-like devices to ease migraines and respiratory diseases such as asthma have a long road to convince

Business|Finance

AB InBev bucks series of gloomy earnings in booze sector

Anheuser-Busch InBev outshone rival alcohol producers who had struck a downbeat tone in their quarterly results, but even the world's biggest brewer was cautious on

AB InBev bucks series of gloomy earnings in booze sector
Business|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets

Diageo shares hit four-year low as CEO warns of troubles ahead

Diageo warned challenges could persist into next year after missing full-year profit expectations on Tuesday, sending shares in the world's top spirits maker down

Diageo shares hit four-year low as CEO warns of troubles ahead
Business|Finance

Remy Cointreau too concentrated in cognac, investors say

Remy Cointreau investors say the company needs to diversify further as its reliance on cognac sales in the United States and China leaves it among the worst-hit by a

Remy Cointreau too concentrated in cognac, investors say
Business|Finance

Pernod Ricard offloads bulk of wine unit to focus on spirits

Pernod Ricard said on Wednesday it agreed to sell the majority of its wine portfolio to the owners of Australia's Accolade Wines, disposing of a dragging division to

Pernod Ricard offloads bulk of wine unit to focus on spirits
Business|US

Philip Morris faces key test with US heated tobacco push

Philip Morris International's goals for heated tobacco in the United States are reachable, analysts and investors say, even though rivals see limited potential in a

Philip Morris faces key test with US heated tobacco push
Americas|Business|Finance

Analysis-Diageo turnaround plan soothes investors but some doubts remain

Diageo's attempt to reassure investors about its strategy in Latin America has boosted confidence among some that the world's top spirits maker can revive its

Analysis-Diageo turnaround plan soothes investors but some doubts remain
Business|Finance|US

BAT writes down US cigarette brands, tobacco stocks fall

British American Tobacco said it would take a hit of around $31.5 billion as it writes down the value of some U.S. cigarette brands, acknowledging on Wednesday that

BAT writes down US cigarette brands, tobacco stocks fall
Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

Europe's top cognac makers to attend China meeting on anti-dumping probe, source says

Leading European cognac producers will attend a hearing on China's anti-dumping probe of the industry in Beijing on July 18 - their first chance to defend themselves

Europe's top cognac makers to attend China meeting on anti-dumping probe, source says
Business|Economy|Europe

Summer of sport to help revive global beer sales

Global brewers are set to sell more beer this year after several quarters of declines, helped by factors from sports and slower inflation to weather patterns and a

Summer of sport to help revive global beer sales
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

Chinese tariffs could leave cognac makers with too much brandy

High Chinese tariffs on EU brandy would leave French companies with vast amounts of cognac that could be hard to sell elsewhere, according to Reuters' calculations,

Chinese tariffs could leave cognac makers with too much brandy
Health

Health advocates target Philip Morris' US launch of heated tobacco

Health campaigners have written to U.S. regulators accusing Philip Morris International of misrepresenting past regulatory decisions, seeking to disrupt the launch of

Health advocates target Philip Morris' US launch of heated tobacco

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