Alcohol

France's Macron Aims To Tackle Tobacco And Alcohol In 10-Year Cancer Plan

French President Emmanuel Macron wants the generation that will turn 20 in 2030 to be the first tobacco-free one, and also promised to do more to warn abou...

Uber To Buy Alcohol Delivery Service Drizly

Uber Technologies Inc is to buy on-demand alcohol platform Drizly for about $1.1 billion (€910 million) in a largely stock-based deal as the company l...

Heineken Joins Global Alliance To Promote Responsible Sale Of Alcohol

Heineken has announced that it has joined a new coalition to develop and enhance safeguards to prevent the online sales and delivery of alcoholic drinks to...

UK Shoppers Spent An Extra £2.5bn On Alcohol And Meat In 2020: Nielsen

UK shoppers spent an extra £2.5 billion (€2.8 billion) on lager, wine, spirits and meat in supermarkets this year, according to new data from Ni...

Spirits Europe Calls On Governments To Reconsider Curfews, Alcohol Purchasing Restrictions

Spirits Europe, which represents producers of alcoholic spirits at EU level, has called on governments to reconsider curfews and other measures to restrict...

Alcohol, Tobacco Tax Revenues Jump In Norway Due To Closed Borders

Revenue from alcohol taxes rose by 19% in Norway between January and August of this year, largely due to the closed border with neighbouring Sweden, new da...

SAB Dumps Investment Plans After South Africa Alcohol Ban

South African Breweries (SAB) plans to cancel 5 billion rand (€250 million) of planned investments as a result of revenue losses sustained during a ne...

Amazon Signals Entry Into Alcohol Delivery In India With Nod In Key State

Amazon.com Inc has secured clearance to deliver alcohol in India's eastern state of West Bengal, according to a document seen by Reuters, signalling the US...