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Veggie burgers most popular veggie option in pubs
Veggie burgers are now the most popular vegetarian item on UK pub menus with 35% of all outlets stocking one, according to CGA Strategy
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AB InBev completes £13.1bn Grupo Modelo deal
AB InBev has bought the remaining 50% of Grupo Modelo, the Mexican brewer of Corona lager, that it did not own for $20.1bn (£13.1bn).
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Vianet names brewery veteran as non-exec
Vianet, the beer flow monitoring and data management company, has announced the appointment of brewing industry veteran Chris Williams as a non-executive director.
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Hook Norton signs Australian distribution deal
Hook Norton, the Oxfordshire brewer and pub operator, has signed a distribution agreement with Australia’s largest liquor retailer Woolworths Limited
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Bath Ales to launch craft brewery
Bath Ales, the south west England-based brewer and pub operator, is to launch a new craft brewery within its existing brewery site under its Beerd brand.
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Pub BBQ sales grow 30% in warm months
Revenue from BBQs in UK pubs grows 30% in spring and summer compared to autumn and winter, data from CGA shows.
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Molson Coors staff vote for strike action
Workers at Molson Coors’ Burton brewery have voted by a margin of 97% in favour of strike action in a dispute over payment and shift patterns. Unite, the union that organised the ballot, said it won’t be announcing any strike dates until after talks with Molson Coors have concluded. Discussions ...
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FY lfls up 3.3% at Booker
Booker, the food and drink wholesaler, has reported a 3.3% rise in like-for-like sales in the year to 29 March, with non-tobacco sales up 4.5% on a like-for-like basis. Overall group revenue increased by 3.5% to £4.bn, while profit before tax climbed 13% to £101.4m. It said that sales to ...
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NewsMiller Brands grows revenue ahead of volume
Miller Brands increased its full-year revenues ahead of volumes that grew 4% in the 12 months to 31 March, managing director Gary Haigh has told M&C Report.
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NewsDiageo names new strategy director
Diageo, the global drinks company, has announced that Jim Grover is to step down as group strategy director on 30 June and retire from the business on 30 September. He will be replaced by Anna Manz, current finance director at Diageo Asia Pacific. Chief executive Paul Walsh, who himself leaves ...
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Britvic to combine GB and Ireland business
Britvic has announced plans to create a combined Great Britain and Ireland business under a single leadership team, which will see the closure of two factories in Britain and a warehouse in Northern Ireland.
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Molson Coors to sell some wholesale assets
Molson Coors is to sell some of its wholesale operations to Manchester-based drinks wholesaler LWC Drinks for an undisclosed sum, M&C Report has learnt.
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Analyst positive on SABMiller
Leading analyst Anthony Geard has reiterated his Hold recommendation for SABMiller, the global brewer, following its full-year results this week, saying the “overall feel” of its results is “very solid” despite falling marginally short of his estimates. Geard, of Investec, increased his Target Price to “reflect some FX moves and ...
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Fourth launches business data software
Fourth has launched new software that it says will “revolutionise” how business leaders analyse and understand their businesses.
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Ofcom urges review of alcohol advertising rules
Ofcom, the communications watchdog, has asked the UK’s advertising regulators to review the rules that limit children’s exposure to alcohol advertising on TV.
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Purity's beer bar venture secures first site
The craft beer bar venture formed by Warwickshire-based Purity Brewing Company has secured its first site, M&C Report has learnt.
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Heineken UK makes on-trade marketing appointment
Heineken UK has announced the appointment of Andrew Turner as category and trade marketing director, on-trade.
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Marston's agrees £70m sale and leaseback deal
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has sold a package of 27 newbuild pubs to Legal & General Property in a sale and leaseback deal worth just under £70m.