All Suppliers articles – Page 40
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Breweries announce 2016 price rises
Three major brewers have revealed their wholesale beer price rises for 2015.
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Thwaites confirms brewery move
Thwaites has confirmed the location for its new c£10m brewery and said its existing Blackburn site will be demolished.
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C&C to consolidate production
C&C Group has announced it is consolidating production of Bulmers and Magners to one core site in Tipperary, Ireland.
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Asahi lines up bid for Peroni and Grolsch
Japanese drinks company Asahi is understood to be lining up a $3.4bn bid for Peroni and Grolsch.
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Arkell’s FY sales up 2.6%
Wiltshire brewer and pub operator Arkell’s has reported a 2.6% increase in turnover for the year to 31 March 2015, to £20.4m.
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Buckley steps down from Evan-Evans
Simon Buckley has stepped down as chief executive of the Evan-Evans group to hand over to his son James – the eighth generation of the family to lead the Welsh brewer and pub operator.
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NewsGlobal firms ‘will target more craft brewers in 2016’
Global beer giants will continue to target craft brewers for fear of losing market share but further opportunities within the UK market may be limited, according to Peter Hansen, of Sapient Corporate Finance.
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Cyclops reaches 400 brewery mark
Cyclops, the accreditation scheme for beer, has reached the milestone of working with 400 breweries.
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West Cornwall Pasty achieves £12.5m turnover
West Cornwall Pasty Co has achieved double-digit LFLs and has plans for greater expansion moving into 2016, executive chairman Chris Peck has told M&C.
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Bottled ale off-trade price at all time low
The latest issue of Butcombe Brewery’s Premium Bottled Ale Report has shown pricing in the category continues to fall in the off-trade.
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Majestic Wine sees festive sales boost
Majestic Wine saw sales rise 7.3% for the 10 weeks to 4 January, with group sales up a total of 42.6%, boosted by a strong performance from recently acquired online retailer Naked Wines.
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Ludford swaps BrewDog for Ilkley Brewery
Ilkley Brewery has appointed BrewDog’s national on-trade manager Josie Ludford as its new head of sales.
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Former Tesco exec new Eagle Eye chair
Eagle Eye, the digital loyalty company for the retail and hospitality sectors, has announced former Tesco deputy chief executive Tim Mason as its new chairman.
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Diageo completes sale of wine businesses
Diageo has announced it has completed the sale of its major wine interests to Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates.
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NewsMeantime still for sale despite AB InBev craft beer deals
AB InBev has told M&C its proposed sale of Meantime is still on despite buying three separate craft breweries in less than a week.
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Heineken takes over distribution of Red Stripe
Heineken UK has confirmed it will take over all marketing, distribution and sales rights for Red Stripe in Britain from 1 January.
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NewsAB InBev ‘to contact Grolsch and Peroni bidders today’
AB InBev plans to contact bidders for SAB Miller’s Grolsch and Peroni brands today with the aim of wrapping up the deals in the next three months, according to press reports.
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Analysis & Insight
Food inflation expected to be 0% in 2016
Next year will see food inflation rise slightly to 0%, with soft drinks returning to inflation at 0.5%, whilst prices for alcoholic beverages continue to fall with deflation at -1.0%
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Analysis & Insight
The way we eat
The next set of shifts in “the way we eat” may again be generated by our supply chain and production capabilities, but the drivers of change may be different but equally compelling, argues Prestige Purchasing chief executive David Read. In his view these drivers will be Climate Change and Obesity