Varun Beverages has secured a ten-year extension of its exclusive bottling and trademark licence deal with PepsiCo in India.

RTD cocktails were the “bright spot” in an otherwise downbeat US alcohol market as tight consumer budgets hit spirits sales and volumes.

Sazerac’s reported overtures came a fortnight after Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard announced they were in discussions over a deal to form a “partnership akin to a merger of eq ...

Nestlé has confirmed that inspections have taken place at two sites belonging to its waters business in France.

Chilean wine major Viña Concha y Toro has launched a wine range targeting young adults in the UK called Out of Office.

Thai Beverage saw its revenues fall more than 2% in the first half of its fiscal year, dented by lower beer and soft-drinks sales.

SPC Global, the Australia-based food-and-drinks group, has started its rights offer, a move drawn up to help lower the company’s debts.

Heineken is launching a lower-calorie, gluten-free beer in Brazil aimed at drinkers seeking “alternation, moderation and greater balance”.

Spendrups' subsidiary Spring Wine and Spirits is acquiring a selection of alcohol brands from local listed group Umida.