Nestlé Waters tells BeverageDaily.com it is excited by Perrier’s growth prospects in China where the carbonated mineral water commands an ultra-premium price.
'Suntory is willing to pay a significant premium to acquire growth overseas': Analyst
Suntory’s $16bn splurge to acquire Beam Inc. is significantly more than what rivals Diageo and Pernod Ricard would have paid for the bourbon giant, one analyst believes, but a seat at the US spirits table is at stake…
Clipper Teas insists that despite being tea obsessives some UK consumers are still too happy to ‘drink rubbish’, but insists times are changing, while the premium brand’s green teas and infusions are making inroads.
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Suntory Holdings and Beam Inc. say they have agreed a $16bn deal that will see the Japan giant take full control of its US rival and maker of Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark.
Diageo says its purchase of $1000+ per bottle ultra-premium brand DeLeón with rapper P.Diddy will accelerate its share of a fast-growing tequila market segment.
Cider’s upward UK trajectory will continue in 2014 but Champagne’s struggles against rivals including Prosecco, Cava and even English sparkling wines could continue, according to Mintel.
Diageo brand Captain Morgan says it is ‘bizarre how underdeveloped’ the global super-premium rum category is but insists it’s only a matter of time before it catches fire.
Remy Cointreau chair Francois Heriard Dubreuil will temporarily assume the position of CEO after Frederic Pflanz sprang a shock yesterday by stepping down for 'personal reasons'.
Here are five global beverage trends that could shake up everything from soda to smoothies in 2014, as tea goes glam and consumers grow more cynical and health conscious.
Perrier factory manager Bernard Rouger insists that Nestlé Waters’ brand’s new 250ml slim can format has been a huge success in the US and Canada, and will be launched in France in 2014.
The launch of Arla’s Bubble Latte beverage range in Denmark this summer shows future for bubbles as a dairy product addition beyond the short-lived bubble tea craze, according to Dohler.
Mexico's Casa Cuervo has signed a deal with Russian Standard to distribute and market its Jose Cuervo tequila portfolio in Russia where demand for the spirit is soaring.
BEN WEISS, CEO: 'YOU HAVE TO SHOW THE CONSUMER YOUR SOUL'
The CEO of breakthrough coffee fruit-based soft drinks brand Bai 5 reveals his brand grew 400% in the past year but says he worries less about case sales than converting ‘Bai-lievers’.
WINE VISION 2013: WHAT CAN WINE BRANDS CAN LEARN FROM SPIRITS?
Absolut Vodka’s director of packaging development confesses he is surprised by the lack of innovation in wine packaging, and insists company size is no barrier to innovation.
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Diageo says it see a massive opportunity for international spirits in the Asia Pacific and claims its scale lends it a significant competitive advantage in the region.
WINE VISION 2013: LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR, NOVEMBER 18-20
Former Treasury Wine Estates boss David Dearie warns that Australian retailers Coles and Woolworths are turning the screw on the nation’s wine producers and insists the latter must consolidate to survive.
WINE VISION 2013: LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR, NOVEMBER 18-20
Senior Amazon executive Bram Duchovnay says the multinational sees enormous potential in global alcohol sales but admits ‘there is a tonne of stuff that we don’t know at this point’.
UK retailer Marks & Spencer is shaking-up its wine aisle and insists consumers don’t want ‘education’ but instead want to be transported, inspired and affirmed during the purchase experience.
WINE VISION 2013, LONDON SOUTH BANK, LIVE FROM THE SHOW
Marketing consultant Paul Henry, Wine Hero, says the main thing that keeps him up at night is a retail world for wine focused on three attributes – fast, good, cheap – with the latter cause for concern.
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We caught up with Jim Beam’s social content manager Jason Miller to ask how ‘sexy’ spirits speak to different social media channels and the Beam Inc. bourbon brand’s successes in this space.
Samuel Adams has launched the world’s first ever cigar seasoned with beer – notably its special edition 28% ABV Utopia brew that is finished in port and single-use bourbon casks.
Boulder Brands believes the future is bright for high pressure processing (HPP) treated fruit juice after snapping up an $8.8m stake in Californian juice brand Suja.
Mintel analyst Jonny Forsyth believes that trendy coconut water brands – Vita Coco, Zico, O.N.E etc. – have quite a lot of cost management ‘wriggle room’ due to their high margins, despite fears of a global coconut shortage.
Simon McMurtie from Direct Wines group believes that ageing populations are the wine world’s biggest opportunity, since the drink coincides with older consumers’ desire to enjoy life.
Symington Family Estates joint MD Paul Symington insists it’s no good just talking about the 300 years of sweat that has gone into the firm’s stone terraces, it must adapt a traditional product to the modern world.
NOVEL US CLASS ACTION TARGETS HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING
Hain Celestial Group is facing a US lawsuit seeking millions in damages for alleged false claims its BluePrint fruit and vegetable juices are ‘unpasteurized’ and ‘100% raw’, due to use of high pressure processing (HPP).
SAB Miller CEO Alan Clark says his company will work ‘over time’ to build beer demand and tap new consumption needs, stepping out of core lager and focusing on mixed-gender occasions.
'BIGGER FIRMS WOULD NOT HAVE DEVELOPED AWARD WINNER': CEO
Klaus Dörrenhaus, CEO of German company KDM, tells Ben Bouckley why he chose to persevere in developing his award-winning, all-natural Orang-Utang soft drink.
Machine slated for october launch in Paris and milan?
Heineken could be set to launch a high-end machine that serves beer after collaborating with industrial designer Marc Newson and finding consumers desire an ‘upscale’ at-home drinking experience.
Sensient Flavors says it expects its new premium, natural soft drinks concepts with a higher fruit content to perform well in all central European countries where consumers are fond of traditional local fruits.
Drinktec 2013: CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT at RIGHT TIME THE 'HOLY GRAIL' for brands
Rexam says its novel Editions printing technology can be used with the firm’s aluminum Fusion bottle, which recently caused a stir with the Pepsi Beyoncé launch in Italy in August 2013.
Krones senior project engineer, Fabian Schneider, explains why the firm's Contiform AseptBloc aseptic filler launched at Drinktec 2013 breaks new ground - saving time, energy and media by sterilizing preforms rather than finished PET bottles.
P.E.T Engineering outlines the technical challenges involved in producing an award-winning lightweight PET bottle that retains its structural integrity, and a trend towards making PET bottles with the glamor of glass.
Nestle Waters is launching a Nestea range of liquid water enhancers to provide its the taste of the RTD tea in a 'portable, customizable' form, and plans to market the product alongside bottled waters Pure Life, Poland Spring, Arrowhead and...
DRINKTEC 2013 SPECIAL: PETRA WESTPHAL HAILS 'BIGGEST, MOST INTERNATIONAL' DRINKS SHOW
Drinktec exhibition director Petra Westphal insists that no other beverage trade show can rival it for appeal, as she reveals 2013 highlights in Munich including a greater focus on dairy and liquid foods.
Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute have developed an optical sorter that they claim can significantly improve the quality of wine grapes and thus wines such as Riesling.
Unilever has signed an agreement to acquire Australian tea firm T2 citing the firm’s double-digit growth and significant potential, and says the deal will add a premium tea business to its portfolio.
Beam Inc. CEO Matt Shattock is excited by premiumization within the fast-growing bourbon category that will net higher profits for key brands including ‘name on the door’ Jim Beam.
Kings and royalty swear by it as an expensive luxury and now rats do too, as scientists suggest Champagne may combat memory loss linked to aging and brain disorders like dementia in elderly rodents.
The only whisky producer in Wales - whose first single malt was launched by Prince Charles in 2004 - is installing three new stills to more than triple its capacity and boost sales overseas.
A perfect example of the fact that shoppers are willing to pay a premium for quality and convenience - even in tough times - the growth of the single serve coffee market has been nothing short of meteoric, growing from $1bn in 2011 to more than $1.8bn...
PepsiCo brand Tropicana has failed in its bid to dismiss a US class action that claims it falsely labeled its orange juice as ‘100% pure and natural’ despite pasteurization, processing, coloring and flavoring.
Krones tells BeverageDaily.com that the aseptic filling trend is growing, as the firm gears up for Drinktec where it will present a new version of its Twin-Flow technology suited for cold-fill applications 'to give the market more opportunities'.
Edrington’s premium malt whisky The Macallan outstripped category growth by over 100%, in the past five years driven by strong sales in the US and the Asia, the company tells BeverageDaily.com.
Mintel senior drinks analyst Chris Wisson predicts that English wine sales could exceed £50m ($77m) within a few years, as product quality continually improves and unfair perceptions of inferiority diminish.
Nestlé tells BeverageDaily.com that ‘competition is nothing new’ to Nespresso after bitter rival Mondelez said it would launch system-compatible pods in the EU, but one beverage industry analyst warned it was 'very bad news' for the brand.
Mintel analyst Chris Wisson tells BeverageDaily.com that a 2012 slump in Scotch whisky exports to France is ‘quite surprising’ but insists the category’s global future remains bright.
BUT BIG BRANDS HENNESSEY, JOHNNIE WALKER STRONG IN KEY MARKETS
Despite runaway spirits growth in Asia, 20% of global brands do not have a Chinese website, and mobile sites tend to lack investment, but Hennessey and Johnnie Walker are strong in key markets.
