All Beer and cider articles
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News
Swansea City Football Club plots Snoop Dogg beer launch
It has applied to register the trademark ‘Drop It Like Its Hops’ with the Intellectual Property Office
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Brits spending less than £20 a month on booze at home: data
Just over 38% of Brits spend between £1-£19 per month on alcohol, while 11% typically spend nothing
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Ireland to ‘delay introduction of alcohol health warnings’
The labelling requirements were set to be introduced from May 2026
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Profiles
Jubel’s Harry Neale on stacking shelves, ski trips and supply chains
‘The biggest frustration as a smaller, fast-growing brand is trying to navigate your way around enormous supply chain systems’
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Comment & Opinion
Market reaction shows Diageo was right to ditch Crew as CEO
The tenure of Diageo boss Debra Crew will mostly be recalled with disappointment and her departure should come as no surprise
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News
Carlsberg Britvic to invest in £4m West Midlands logistics depot
The new depot will be designed with a focus on energy efficiency
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News
Ad watchdog denies banning Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone advert
Clarkson claimed Hawkstone’s debut TV ad had been ‘banned for some extraordinary reason’
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Comment & Opinion
NHS 10-year plan ignores the UK’s alcohol ‘health emergency’
The long-awaited 10-year Health Plan was the first big test of the new government’s commitment to tackling alcohol harm
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News
Aldi moves own label beer cans to ‘snap packs’
The change is being rolled out across stores in 2025 for Aldi’s Galahad, Sainte Etienne, and Brasserie beers
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Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham Lager gains retail listings in Canada
The Welsh brewer has teamed up with British Columbia Liquor Stores and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario
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Supermalt seeks to capitalise on stout surge with boozy brand extension
Led by the growth of Guinness, stout has bucked the wider malaise in the beer and cider category over the past year
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Analysis & Features
Why major drinks companies are changing tack on low & no
Why standalone low & no brands are no longer seen as a growth opportunity for drinks majors, and what the future holds for alcohol-free challenger brands
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News
Alcohol advertising ban scrapped following industry backlash
The Department for Health & Social Care has significantly watered down proposals to limit alcohol-related harm
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Gen Z discovers thirst for booze as incomes rise – data
The proportion of Gen Z legal drinking age consumers in the UK to report drinking alcohol regularly has increased by 10% in two years
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Aspall pitches cider as a ‘sophisticated alternative’
The ‘Y Do Ordinary’ campaign highlights the unique spelling of Aspall Cyder and positions it as a ‘sophisticated alternative’ to prosecco, wine, cocktails and aperitifs
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News
Co-op overhauls beer and RTD cocktail offer with UK craft emphasis
New additions include tipples from Lakes Brew Co and Boundary Brewing
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Rankings
Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands 2025: The top 100
Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands is The Grocer’s annual ranking of the biggest booze brands in the UK by value and volume.
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Analysis & Features
Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands 2025: Riding out the storm
A storm is forecast for Britain’s top booze brands. Input costs, duty changes, tariffs, EPR and National Insurance rises are all hiking expenses as the market declines
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Rankings
Britain’s next top booze brands?
These 10 players have notched up strong value growth that puts them on track to compete in the top 100 next year
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News
Hardys suffers £47m loss as wine brands see value decline
Shoppers bought 30.4 million fewer litres of Britain’s top 100 alcohol brands in the past 12 months