Alcohol

Beverage Firms Likely To See 'Significant Profit Improvement' In 2021: Moody's

A new report from Moody's has said that leading beverage firms are likely to see a 'significant profit improvement' this year, after 'unprecedented decline...

Spar Group Sees Positive Growth In Europe, Although Liquor Sales Weigh At Home

South Africa's Spar Group has reported double-digit growth at its Switzerland and Poland operations for the 18-week period to 29 January, with its Ireland...

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...