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Amcor expands wine bottle plant
Amcor is building a second glass furnace on its existing wine bottle facility in Gawler, South Australia, in a move that will double its current production capacity.
Sweet success for Cargill
Cargill Sweeteners North America, a subsidiary of agro-giant Cargill, has formed a marketing alliance with sugar beet processor Wyoming Sugar to sell and distribute sugar...
Strong second year for trading platform
Global Wine & Spirits, the Canada-based e-business network for the drinks trade, has reported that transactions during its second year of operation topped 23.3 million...
Merger deals approved
Two international merger deals were approved last week in Mexico and Australia. Constellation Brands, the US wine group, has received the go-ahead from the Supreme...
Changes ahead at ChampionLyte?
ChampionLyte says it is in the final stages of negotiations with a former Snapple executive to head up the company's soon-to-be-formed beverage division which will...
Riverwood and Graphic Packaging merge
Riverwood, parent company of Riverwood International, and Graphic Packaging International have jointly announced a definitive merger agreement that will create a global paperboard packaging company...
Campari boosted by international growth
Campari, the Italian company which is the sixth largest player in the global spirits market, has reported strong growth in sales and profits for 2002,...
Kraft powder up for sale?
US food company Kraft Foods has put its powdered soft drink concentrate plant in Hyderabad, India up for sale, reports the Indian paper Financial Express....
Irn-Bru, still drinks boost Barr
A strong improvement in sales of its core carbonated drink brands Tizer and Irn-Bru, as well as gains from the newer non-carbonated business such as...
Nichols satisfied with results in 'challenging' year
Nichols, the UK-based food and drink producer, has come through what it described as an exceptionally challenging year with a slight increase in turnover and...
Hardy shareholders approve merger
Shareholders in Australian winery BRL Hardy have approved the company's proposed merger with the US-based Constellation Brands, a move which clears the way for the...
Seagram integration boosts Pernod results
Pernod Ricard, the world's third largest wine and spirits company, has reported a 78 per cent increase in sales from its core operations to €3.4...
Stella performance boosts Interbrew results
Europe's largest brewer Interbrew has reported a 2.1 per cent increase in organic volume sales for 2002, led by a strong performance from its flagship...
Heineken takes control of SA distribution
Heineken, the Dutch brewer, has terminated its licensing agreement with South African Breweries for the Heineken brand in South Africa, the company announced yesterday. "It...
Efes buys Russian brewer
Efes, the Turkish brewer, is to extend its presence in the Russian market with the acquisition of the Amstar brewery, an independent beer maker based...
Investments pay off for Duvel Moortgat
Investments and restructuring efforts in previous years began to bear fruit for Belgian brewing group Duvel Moortgat in 2002. Turnover increased 10.5 per cent to...
Life's little luxuries prove profitable for LVMH
Even at a time of global economic downturn, consumers it seems have cash to spend on life's little luxuries. The latest figures from French luxury...
Ocean Spray - wiping the board clean
Cranberry co-operative Ocean Spray voted on Saturday for a clean slate - replacing most of its board with a brand new set of faces -...
Strong rise in sales for Absolut maker
Sweden's V&S Group, the producer of the Absolut vodka brand, has reported an increase in sales of more than 35 per cent for 2002, boosted...
Vimto production to be outsourced
Nichols, the UK soft drink company which produces the Vimto brand, has announced a number of organisational changes as a result of a strategic review...
Rexam boosted by record results
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company, has announced a healthy 26 per cent rise in its profits for the year ended 31 December 2002, setting...
New hophouse for Czech brewer
Budweiser Budvar, the state-owned Czech brewer, last Friday opened a new 180-ton hop warehouse at its main brewing site in Ceske Budejovice, a facility which...
Carlsberg looks to the east for growth
Danish brewing group Carlsberg will continue to grow its business in the next few years, but that growth will have to come from markets in...
BOC Sureflow deal with Whitbread
UK gas supplier BOC Sureflow has announced a three-year deal worth more than £4 million (€5.87m) to supply the Whitbread Group with dispense and balloon...
Cranberry concentration?
Could two of the largest cranberry juice producers be about to merge? Well, possibly. Northland Cranberries, at least, has expressed its interest, making a bid...
