It is over a month since the Russian authorities clamped down on
beer adverts, and the impact is already being felt. But there is
worse still to come for Russia's brewers, with the legislators
preparing more rules which will...
Dutch distiller Toorank believes that its new range of vodka-based
flavoured alcoholic beverages - Petrikov Red and Blue - has been
able to establish high retail sales because of the market presence
given by award-winning labelling.
Young people who consume energy drinks with alcohol to improve
their stamina on a night out are likely to see no such effect,
suggests new research on the market leader Red Bull.
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...
Flavoured alcoholic beverages (FABs) took the UK market by storm in
the late 1990s, and while recent rumours of their death have been
greatly exaggerated, growth in the market does appear to be slowing
as consumers switch to more...
French drinks group Rémy Cointreau has reported double-digit growth
in the first quarter of 2004, driven by strong gains in Asia and
the US, but continued weakness in its domestic market took a toll
on Champagne sales.
Girls are more likely than boys to be overexposed to adverts for
alcoholic beverages in magazines, although the figures for both
genders are worryingly high, according to a recent study carried
out by scientists in the US. But is...
France's wine industry lobby faces fierce opposition from health
groups in its bid to persuade the government of Jean-Pierre
Raffarin to amend the 1991 loi Evin restricting alcohol
adverts. Wine makers want a relaxation of the...
The market for alcoholic beverages has changed beyond all
recognition in eastern Europe during the course of the last ten
years. Where there was once nothing but state controlled beer and
liquor companies there is now growing choice...
Stora Enso's Russian subsidiary Stora Enso Packaging VR has
inaugurated its second Russian corrugated packaging mill at Arzamas
in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, situated some 400 kilometres east
from Moscow. The mill has been built...
As government and health authorities continue to show concern for
the UK's binge drinking culture, new research suggests that
drinking less than ten alcoholic beverages a week does not increase
the risk of heart failure in patients...
The addition of 10 new Member States to the European Union on 1 May
has prompted Europe's tax officials to revive the thorny debate
over the harmonisation of alcohol duty rates - a debate which is
unlikely to be any more fruitful...
Growth in the RTD spirit sector might be slowing in mature markets
such as the UK, but other European countries are just now starting
to see the first such drinks appear on supermarket shelves,
tailored for local tastes. In the beer-loving...
Sweden's Vin & Sprit (V&S) is to launch the first
ready-to-drink variant of its popular Absolut vodka brand in the
Canadian market. The launch comes at a time when global RTD sales
are on the decline, but the company...
British drinkers are among the biggest spenders on alcohol in
Europe (£1,272 per person per year - almost twice as much as the
Germans), not least because of the high duty rates there. But new
research from Datamonitor shows that...
Asian Pacific Breweries (APB), Heineken's Asian based partner
company, is set to launch a new beverage which combines the
qualities of beer and champagne. Touché is brewed with champagne
yeast which gives it an enhanced flavour,...
Success for French liqueur brand Marie Brizard in the UK
supermarket sector will not come about though growing the category
as a whole but rather through a simple focus on the brand itself,
Blavod Drinks managing director Richard...
Britain's drinks industry has warned that an increase in beer duty
and the ongoing threat of tax stamps designed to cut down on duty
evasion, both announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown yesterday, will
simply increase the cost...
Drinks manufacturers and retailers in the UK have pledged to do
more to tackle alcohol misuse – a problem which costs the UK £20
billion a year and which brand owners and retailers have been
accused of exacerbating in the past, writes...
Bottled water, new age beverages and energy drinks are driving
growth in the global soft drinks market, but carbonates are losing
their appeal, according to a new report from market analysts
Datamonitor.
After three years of successful growth, Diageo's alcopops sales
have decreased the company's financial results have revealed. This
week the company has released a new version of its Smirnoff ice
drink in the US, in an attempt...
Swedish company V&S will build a new production plant for its
Absolut Vodka liquor brand. The move reiterates the company's
success and the high demand for the drink which is the third
largest international spirits drink.
Anheuser- Busch and Miller, part of the London-based group
SABMiller, are facing a lawsuit that alleges that the company has
illegally targeted children through its packaging and advertising
of alcopop drinks.
Japan looks set to regain its crown as the leading market for
flavoured alcoholic beverages (FABs), despite continued strong
growth in the market which usurped its position, the US.
The Wine and Spirit Association in the UK last week responded to
the interim report from the government body charged with
investigating means of tackling the growing problem of alcohol
abuse. While the report made no recommendations...
Global drinks company Diageo has responded to consumer demands for
better labelling of alcoholic drinks. The group says that it will
begin providing consumers in the US with important product
information next year. The move comes...
Consumer bodies in the US are clamouring for tougher labelling on
alcoholic beverages. This week a proposal for a uniform alcohol
facts label was submitted by the National Consumers League (NCL),
the Center for Science in the Public...
Baby boomers are convinced that beer makes you fat and wine is good
for the heart, so finds a recent poll in Canada conducted by
Ipsos-Reid on behalf of the Brewer's Association of Canada.
Nearly a decade after the debate over the advertising tactics of
the major drinks groups kicked off in the UK, a similar polemic
over the effect of alcopops is currently raging in the US.
Austrian energy drink maker Bomba energy is to launch a new
wellness beverage with added colostrum to boost the immune system,
thought to be the first drink containing the functional ingredient.
Functional drinks from innovative UK firm Extreme Drinks are to be
rolled out in leading French supermarkets, after initial success in
the Alps region last year.
Archer's Eden is the latest premixed drink to target the untapped
wine sector in the UK ready-to-drink market. The product, made in
Italy for Diageo, will be available exclusively in the Asda
supermarket chain.
Health, convenience, and lifestyle are the main factors driving
growth in the food industry and things are no different in the
beverage sector as the Anuga drinks trade fair is set to
demonstrate next month.
Growth in the Czech packaged beverages market is being driven by
the proliferation of PET bottles, according to a new report from
Canadean. But cans and glass bottles still remain the most popular
format for beer in a country with...
Increasing disposable incomes are driving sales of almost every
packaged drink category in Russia. The proliferation of new
products, in new packaging format such as PET, will continue to
stimulate growth.
Sales of wine in France have been falling recently as competition
from other drinks sectors heats up and younger consumers opt for
less alcholic beverages. But wine still far outperforms all other
alcoholic drinks in France, and its...
Russia's abiding love affair with vodka is now driving sales of
flavoured alcoholic beverages based on the national drink. Although
still small, the FAB category is just one of several with potential
for good growth in the years...
The Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2003, which claims to be the
UK's definitive speciality food and drink event, has seen a huge
swell in the number of drinks exhibitors to sign up for this year's
show.
The volatile vanilla market has seen food manufacturers turning to
synthetic substitutes as prices per kilo soar from double to treble
figures in recent years.
The volatile vanilla market has seen food manufacturers turning to
synthetic substitutes as prices per kilo soar from double to treble
figures in recent years.
Spanish sales of Scotch whisky, liqueurs, gin and brandy all
declined last year as younger consumers turned away from strong
alcoholic drinks with an unfashionable image. Only rum managed to
register a slight increase, according to...
Ball Packaging Europe has won one gold and one bronze award for two
product innovations in this year's Can of the Year Award packaging
competition, which took place in Singapore recently.
Revolutionary Cooling Systems (RCS) has launched the new Cooper
Cooler rapid beverage chiller. The company claims that the device
can chill wine, beer and soft drinks in around a minute.
The German spirits market seems to be in almost terminal decline,
but there could be a ray of hope from FABs, the ready-to-drink
variants of popular spirit brands such as Smirnoff Ice and Bacardi
Rigo. But, as market analysts Canadean...
