Edinburgh Gin – the multi-award-winning spirits brand – is announcing plans to invest in a new multi-million-pound distillery in Edinburgh city centre. The development includes acquisition of large-scale premises on East Market Street, in the heart of the city’s historic ‘Old Town’. The new distillery will invite visitors to embark on a journey through the […]
November 16 sees the re-launch of Halo with £1.5m in investment and a reimagined production process delivering on its mission – to give people the world’s best coffees, in a way that’s best for the world, stemming the polluting tide of plastic and aluminium coffee capsules. Halo launched to rapturous applause in 2017 and is […]
Casual dining chain Wimpy has entered the home delivery market in the UK to allow customers to enjoy its meals in their homes. Working with Uber Eats and Just Eat, the company has conducted a series of trials at select restaurants that saw an average increase in sales of at least 20% per location. Wimpy […]
Sales of Italian delicacies and wines in the UK are up, despite a slowdown due to “Brexit effects.” Global sales of Italian food and wines are set to break the €40 billion mark, if growth continues to mirror the first eight months of 2018. Sales are up 9.1 per cent vis-a-vis 2017 for the sector, […]
The summer heatwave across Europe generated a boost in sales for brewing giant Heineken in 2018. But despite sales rising across all of its global markets, growth in the Americas, Asia and Africa slowed down, according to the company’s third quarter financial results released on 24 October. Volumes in Europe rose by 2.2% in the penultimate […]
The Coca-Cola Company announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Costa Limited, which was founded in London in 1971 and has grown to become a major coffee brand across the world. The acquisition of Costa from parent company Whitbread PLC is valued at $5.1 billion and will give Coca-Cola a strong coffee […]
French President Macron visits the historical New Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, while Carlsberg Group CEO Cees ‘t Hart announces 100m EUR investments in its Kronenbourg brewery in France. Following a business round table with the French President and Minister for Economic Affairs, the CEO of Carlsberg Group, Cees ‘t Hart, and the Chairman of the […]
London-based independent creative agency, Impero, announce their appointment as a key strategic and creative partner for Pernod Ricard’s Havana Club rum. The agency will be responsible for taking the Cuban rum in a new direction by putting street-culture at the heart of the brand in order to establish its leadership within the category. Impero are […]
Heineken has awarded the global advertising business for Sol to J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam. After a short and non-traditional pitch involving three international agencies, Heineken selected J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam as its global partner to develop the new assets for the Sol Brand internationally. Sol, the original Mexican beer born in 1899, is one of […]
A group of industry veterans has joined forces with Dan Einzig, founder and CEO of Mystery, the award- winning hospitality concept creation agency, to create Chiktopia, a new ‘fast-food 2.0’ business. Investors who form the advisory board for Chiktopia Limited include Ashton Crosby, formerly Investment Director of True Capital and NED, City Pantry; James Hacon, […]