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Guinness 0.0 sales surge as Diageo boosts production to keep pace
With sales surging almost 50%, brewery hopes to supply pints of the alcohol free plain to 2,000 pubs across Ireland this Christmas
Bushmills sales rise as it continues new spirits production
Proximo Spirits-owned Old Bushmills Distillery Company recorded pre-tax profit of €13.4 million in 2023, marginally up on previous year
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Electric Picnic vs craft beer: how Irish microbreweries are fighting back against the industry’s biggest players
The exclusion of craft beer breweries from Ireland’s largest music festival is a microcosm of the David-and-Goliath nature of the business
Dublin city centre traffic plan to get first rush-hour test today
Restrictions on city quays in place from Sunday but face first real test on Monday morning
Dublin pub lobby risks losing the dressing room over price hikes
Minimum wage workers in firing line with Government poised to delay Living Wage introduction
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Guinness flows but Diageo’s profits dry up
Chief executive bullish that challenges are temporary but a more profound consumer shift may be under way
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Fall in sales could spell trouble for Diageo’s ‘premium’ strategy
Guinness and Johnnie Walker maker reported its first global sales slump since the pandemic this week
Diageo slumps to first annual sales decline since 2020
Sales in Ireland increased 7% last year, primarily driven by Guinness
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Diageo to spend €100 million to decarbonise St James’s Gate brewery by 2030
Taoiseach Simon Harris acknowledges company’s role in leading industry through green transition
Way clear for Diageo to build new €200m Newbridge brewery
Sole objector to plans by drinks giant and Guiness brewer withdraws High Court challenge
Price of a pint of Guinness to rise by almost 10 cent in Diageo move criticised by publicans
Publicans describe move as ‘hammer blow’ to sector
Dublin City traffic plan not so good for Guinness
Proposed bus gates along city quays would increase truck journey times, raise CO2 emissions, and cost Diageo up to €2.2m annually
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Guinness sales boosted by strong take-up in the stout among women
Sharp decline in Latin America weighs on its overall performance
China starts investigation into EU liquor after bloc’s EV inquiry
Move comes months after the EU started an investigation into Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles
Diageo wins planning permission for new €200m brewery in Co Kildare
Company says construction of brewery in Littleconnell will begin in early 2024, following withdrawal of appeal that stalled the project
Is Diageo about to call time on its Irish ales and lagers?
News publisher Axios says Diageo is planning to sell its beer portfolio, with the exception of its Guinness stout
Diageo seeks to sell Smithwick’s, Harp and Kilkenny on margin concerns – report
Axios reported that the spirits giant is seeking to divest its non-Guinness beer portfolio
European shares rise to two-month high
Wall Street also advances as investors bet Federal Reserve has reached end of interest rate hikes cycle
Diageo Ireland boss Barry O’Sullivan: ‘Behaviour towards alcohol is shifting’
Guinness 0.0 could eventually constitute 15% of Guinness sales, drinks group chief says
Heineken axes Island’s Edge stout, Aldi’s profits dip, and thousands ‘illegally’ paid less than minimum wage
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Heineken Ireland axes Island’s Edge stout
Stout backed with multimillion euro marketing campaign failed to lure drinkers
Diageo warns that delays could jeopardise Kildare brewery
Appeal against €200 million carbon-neutral project has stalled progress
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The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Barry O’Sullivan, managing director of Diageo Ireland
The drinks giant invested €25m in new tanks for its St James’s Gate brewery in a move to increase capacity to meet rapidly growing demand for its non-alcoholic offering, Guinness 0.0.
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