UPS is expanding its ability to ship alcohol, wine and beer to consumers around the world. Using one of the UPS Express or Standard shipping services, wine connoisseurs can have their favorite cases of wine shipped directly from the vineyards to
Shoppers stocked up on lager in eager anticipation of the first England game of the UEFA Euro 2016 Football Championships last Saturday, adding an additional £10.4m of sales to the UK’s supermarkets said IRI, the global provider of big data
Frozen food massively overtrades online versus the total grocery category, Francis Nicholas, group head of e-commerce at Birds Eye parent, Nomad Foods, revealed at a roundtable hosted by performance marketing company HookLogic. Nicholas told panelists Birds Eye’s online business accounted for
BrewDog has become the latest brewery to embrace veganism by registering 23 of its beers, including flagship brews Punk IPA and Five AM Red, with The Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark.
Customer engagement agency Havas helia has worked with IBM Watson to capture the mood of the nation during the New Year party season to create a world first – a beer that tastes of joy and optimism. Data experts at
Whitstable Bay Blonde, the premium lager from Shepherd Neame’s Faversham Steam Brewery, is sporting new packaging for its 12x330ml SKU to achieve better stand-out on shelf. A contemporary refreshing, golden lager, Whitstable Bay Blonde is named after the vibrant coastal
Filling the shopping trolley is one of the main drains on the average annual household budget. It is therefore no surprise that the supermarkets category is the most viewed on all the Tiendeo platforms with over 28m catalogues visited monthly. Of
Arsenal Football Club has become the first Premier League side to secure a regional partnership in Ethiopia after announcing Dashen Brewery as its Official Beer Partner. The three-year-partnership will help Arsenal get closer to its fans in Ethiopia and will
From the Notebook and Buglife have got together to produce a great tasting beer. Glow-worm light ale is vegan and 100% organic, brewed by the Stroud Brewery in Gloucestershire with Soil Association accreditation and no real glow worms. The glow
Meantime Brewing Company, the Greenwich-based modern craft beer pioneer, has accepted an offer from SABMiller to acquire the business, making Meantime the first home-grown British brewer within SABMiller’s global business. Meantime’s existing management team, led by chief executive Nick Miller
Greenwich-based craft brewer Meantime Brewing has opened the doors to The Tasting Rooms, its brand new multi-purpose venue that offers the chance to tour, drink and shop in the company’s main brewery. The business has invested £6.4m over the last
Fast-growing alcoholic beverage firm Moonshine Drinks has brought its production process home to the East Midlands thanks to a new contract with Nottingham-based filling and packing firm Phoenix Contract Services. The co-packing firm stepped in at short notice this month to increase production and
Clavis Insight, a leader in online retail store analytics for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brands, has announced the results of its pre-Christmas analysis of the online UK Beer, Wine and Spirits (BWS) categories. The Clavis Insight Index (CI2) for leading UK online
Beer is getting a taste of innovation from product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants. In keeping with the strong personalisation trend in the consumer industry, the company has come up with a barista-type experience for beer drinkers – with the
Budweiser has announced the launch of new limited edition packaging to celebrate its global MADE for Music platform featuring JAY Z. As part of the packs, there’s also a new primary can design which mirrors the outer packaging and is the first
Aurelio, a new UK craft beer created to help fund the battle against prostate cancer, has been awarded the top prize at the International Beer Awards in Italy. Aurelio, which gives all profits to Prostate Cancer UK and is the
New research from Mintel shows some 22% of Americans say they are drinking less domestic beer because they’re drinking wine instead and 18% are focusing their alcohol consumption on spirits in lieu of domestic beer. Despite flat volume sales on the
Wiltshire-based brewer Wadworth has introduced new labelling to its core range of beers to create a unified visual identity on supermarket shelves. Brewer of brands such as 6X and Horizon, Wadworth said it has responded to the requirements of the retail
San Miguel Fresca and The Marketing Store have created a ‘Next Drink, Spain?’ campaign that celebrates the spontaneity of the brand’s new positioning ‘living in the moment’ and the attitude of those who drink it. Wherever consumers start their night,
Swordfish, Wadworth’s popular Pusser’s rum enriched ale, is now available in regional branches of Waitrose and Tesco, and nationally via Ocado. The listing in two of the country’s top supermarket chains is said to be a great achievement for the
Dutch brewer Bavaria has appointed John Riemer as national account manager to help drive awareness of the Bavaria brand and increase sales with the UK’s largest wholesale, cash & carry & convenience customers. Riemer joins Bavaria from VAX, but brings with
Dutch brewer Bavaria has signed a shared transportation agreement with Heinz and Mars to move their products across Europe by inland waterways. Although the UK is famed for its canals, the size of the waterways in Europe makes transport by barge,
Spar UK has kicked off its first World Beer Festival in stores, building on the success of previous wine and cider promotional events in its stores. The promotion sees a host of key World Beer brands available at competitive prices
Craft and craft-style beers are defying recessionary trends with an impressive upward trajectory in the US, according to new research by Mintel. It found sales of craft beer nearly doubled between 2007 and 2012 — increasing from $5.7bn in 2007
Dutch brewer Bavaria claims it has a few options to help health conscious consumers cut down on the number of units of alcohol they consume, whilst making a significant reduction in their calorie intake. “We are the only major brewer
