News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Baltika continues its strong performance in the Russian beer market after announcing a double digit increase in its sales volumes for the first six months of the year. But increased expenditure on advertising and packaging impacted profits.
Australian alcoholic beverages group Foster's has been denied what could have been a magnificent turnaround by a poor showing from its wine trading division during the 12 months to June 2004. A glut of wine in the US - and the subsequent raft of...
Ongoing demand for healthy products helped Irish food and ingredients firm Kerry to a strong first half performance. And with recent acquisitions pushing it into other high growth sectors, there is little to stop the group from making further advances...
Linpac Materials Handling has introduced a reusable container that it claims could allow companies to significantly reduce their shipping costs.
Duvel Moortgat, the Belgian brewing group, has sold its fruit juice operation Freya's Deli Fruit to compatriot Konings for an undisclosed sum, a move precipitated by the need for urgent investment in the company.
The sale of shares in Serbian mineral water bottler Knjaz Milos has attracted considerable attention from a succession of foreign companies, with France's Group Danone, Cayman Islands registered FPP Balkan, Hungarian-based Jaminca - part of the...