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By: Ron Emler
India's food safety regulator has halted the sale of several popular whiskies and rums after finding they contained artificial or nature-identical flavourings. The decision affects brands produced by Diageo's United Spirits subsidiary, Inbrew Beverages and Old Monk maker Mohan Rocky Springwater at selected production sites.
By: Ron Emler
Court documents filed following Republic National Distributing Company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy have revealed more than US$400 million in unsecured debts and mounting financial pressures stretching back several years. The filings also raise fresh questions about whether major suppliers recognised the distributor's deteriorating position before ending their partnerships.
Davide Campari-Milano reported lower first-half profits despite delivering organic sales growth and improving earnings. The spirits group also upgraded its full-year margin outlook, citing a more favourable tariff environment and continued progress in streamlining its portfolio.
By: Ron Emler
Diageo has launched a three-year programme to improve efficiency and restore growth under new chief executive Sir Dave Lewis. The drinks group will target an additional US$1 billion in cost savings while ruling out further acquisitions or major asset disposals.
Sir Dave Lewis is pursuing deep cost cuts at Diageo, but he is equally focused on restructuring the business to unlock greater value from its portfolio.
Treasury Wine Estates will take a US$394 million post-tax charge as it accelerates the overhaul of its troubled American operations. Despite the latest writedown, the Australian wine group expects full-year earnings to exceed its previous guidance, sending its shares to their highest level in more than six months.
Indian authorities have seized around 18,000 cases of Diageo products worth approximately US$1.6 million amid concerns over missing food-grade markings on recycled plastic bottles. The action follows a separate dispute in which India's food safety regulator halted sales of several Diageo whisky brands over flavouring and labelling concerns.
US drinks giant Sazerac is reportedly close to acquiring Welsh vodka brand Au Vodka in a deal worth £500 million. The potential sale would deliver a major payday for founders Charlie Morgan and Jackson Quinn after the brand’s rapid expansion in the UK and overseas.
The decade-long legal battle over debts linked to the collapse of Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines has taken a new turn after the Bombay High Court demanded details of assets recovered by India’s Enforcement Directorate. Mallya claims that banks have already recovered considerably more than the amount originally owed.
Diageo has reportedly agreed to reformulate some of its biggest-selling whiskies and rums in India following a regulatory crackdown on the use of flavourings in spirits. The changes are expected to apply nationwide to brands including Royal Challenge, Antiquity Blue and McDowell's No. 1 Celebration Matured XXX Rum.
