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Diageo Plans £1.5 Billion Buyback, Lifts Margin Goal

Diageo announced a £1.5 billion share buyback and lifted its profitability target as the world's largest distiller said efficiency gains were running...

Campari Sells Carolans And Irish Mist To Heaven Hill Brands

Campari Group has reached an agreement to sell Carolans Irish Cream and Irish Mist Whiskey to Heaven Hill Brands for $165 million (€141.7 million)....

Bordeaux Wine Estate Chateau Fauchey Sold to Chinese Investor

A Chinese property investment company has acquired French wine estate Chateau Fauchey on the right bank of the Garonne river southeast of Bordeaux, accordi...

Hot Sales of Cold Brew Might Be What the Coffee Market Needs

Can cold brew perk up sleepy coffee markets? Surging sales of the trendy summertime drink have companies including Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts ex...

Beer-Swilling Vietnam Plans Stake Sales as Top Brewers Swoop

Ho Chi Minh called alcohol a poison peddled by French imperialists. Half a century later in the Vietnamese city that bears the revolutionary founder's name...

Stock Spirits Makes €18.3m Investment In Irish Whiskey

Stock Spirits Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Quintessential Brands Group for the acquisition of a 25% equity interest...

Britvic Reports Growth Of 6.5% For Q3 2017

Britvic has reported third quarter revenue of £384.6 million (approximately €431 million). This represents an increase in constant currency of 6...

Excise Duty Makes Sparking Wines Prohibitive, Says Wine Importer

The excise duty makes the cost of very good, but relatively inexpensive sparkling wines, prohibitive in Ireland, Neal Cassidy, managing director of Cassidy...