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Heineken Joins Global Alliance To Promote Responsible Sale Of Alcohol

Heineken has announced that it has joined a new coalition to develop and enhance safeguards to prevent the online sales and delivery of alcoholic drinks to...

UK Shoppers Spent An Extra £2.5bn On Alcohol And Meat In 2020: Nielsen

UK shoppers spent an extra £2.5 billion (€2.8 billion) on lager, wine, spirits and meat in supermarkets this year, according to new data from Ni...

Spirits Europe Calls On Governments To Reconsider Curfews, Alcohol Purchasing Restrictions

Spirits Europe, which represents producers of alcoholic spirits at EU level, has called on governments to reconsider curfews and other measures to restrict...

Alcohol, Tobacco Tax Revenues Jump In Norway Due To Closed Borders

Revenue from alcohol taxes rose by 19% in Norway between January and August of this year, largely due to the closed border with neighbouring Sweden, new da...

SAB Dumps Investment Plans After South Africa Alcohol Ban

South African Breweries (SAB) plans to cancel 5 billion rand (€250 million) of planned investments as a result of revenue losses sustained during a ne...

Amazon Signals Entry Into Alcohol Delivery In India With Nod In Key State

Amazon.com Inc has secured clearance to deliver alcohol in India's eastern state of West Bengal, according to a document seen by Reuters, signalling the US...

Aldi UK's Christmas Sales Growth Fuelled By Alcohol And Premium Ranges

Aldi UK, the British arm of the discount supermarket, said on Monday total sales rose 7.9% year-on-year in the four weeks to 24 December, driven by st...

Global Alcohol Consumption Declines 1.6% In 2018, Study Finds

IWSR data for the global alcohol industry shows that consumption stood at 27.6 billion nine-litre cases in 2018, a 1.6% decrease compared to the previ...