Liberty Wines, a UK-based importer and wholesaler of over 200 wines, is set to represent English sparkling wines produced by Hattingley Valley in the UK and Ireland from September 2013.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in conjunction with the soft drinks industry, trade associations and WRAP, has launched Soft Drinks Sustainability Roadmap (SDSR).
Pushing into the biggest Midwest market via DSD for the first time (in Detroit, the brand has worked with Interstate), Purity Organic will be going through high-profile, get-it-done distributor Central Beverage Co.
Coca-Cola FEMSA, a Mexican bottler of The Coca-Cola, is set to purchase100% of Brazilian bottler Companhia Fluminense de Refrigerantes for $448m in an all-cash transaction.
Gruppo Campari has signed a deal to purchase Copack Beverage A Limited Partnership (Copack), an Australia-based contract beverage packer, for A$20m (€14.2m).
Constellation Brands has signed a distribution agreement with Lotte Liquor, for the importation and distribution of its premium spirits brand SVEDKA Vodka in South Korea.
Anchor Distilling has entered into an agreement with Spirits of Gold AB, the parent company of Karlsson’s Gold vodka brand, to distribute the Swedish potato vodka in the US.
LVMH Moët Hennessy has bought a majority stake in Milanese coffee house Pasticceria Confetteria Cova for an undisclosed amount from the Faccioli family.
Based on its advertising campaigns, we already know Coca-Cola is the "real thing." Now, Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co.'s latest product means the company can be called the "natural thing" as well.
Cafe Coffee Day, a division of India-based Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company, plans to open 500 outlets in India by 2015 as part of a strategy to expand its presence in the country.
McWilliam’s Wine, an Australia-based winery, has selected Stevens Garnier, a brand agency house and distributor to the on- and off-trade markets, as its new agent in the UK.
Starbucks Canada has introduced its new coffee blend - Starbucks True North Blend/ Starbucks Mélange Nordique Blonde Roast coffee - in its cafés across the nation on 27 June 2013.
