Diageo: Glass half-empty as Latin American horror show continues for Guinness maker January 30, 2024 Guinness maker Diageo has reported a further decline in earnings in the interim period, as consumers cut back on top shelf booze
Diageo: Guinness maker looks to put fizz back in its share price January 27, 2024 All eyes will turn to Guinness maker Diageo on Tuesday, as the firm provides investors with an update on trading in the first half of the year.
New year hangover for Diageo’s boss as expectations lowered again January 16, 2024 Diageo is continuing to feel the fall out from last year’s profit warning and a weakening demand for premium spirits, as analysts slashed expectations for the Guinness maker. The FTSE 100 firm, which also makes Smirnoff vodka and Captain Morgan rum, has around £29bn wiped off its market cap value over the past year amid [...]
Diageo: Guinness maker shares hit lowest level in four years amid China trade row January 5, 2024 Shares at Diageo are now trading at their lowest level since November 2020, in the face of weakening sales and trouble with Chinese trade.
Diageo shares crash 15 per cent after it lowers forecasts amid Caribbean storms November 10, 2023 Diageo said it expects a slowdown in net sales growth in the first half of 2024, thanks to a performance downturn in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Brits’ growing taste for Guinness – and price hikes – drive Diageo forward August 1, 2023 Rising sales of Guinness in the UK, and global price hikes and premiumisation, drove drinks giant Diageo forward
Bosses from Natwest, Shell and Sainsbury’s join PM’s new taskforce to boost growth July 18, 2023 Top bosses from firms including Barclays, Aviva and Shell have joined the Prime Minister’s new business council aimed at supercharging the UK’s growth. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will chair the first business council meeting at No10 today, followed by a glitzy reception for scores of industry bigwigs to celebrate UK enterprise. CEOs including Alison Rose [...]
Diageo set to triple alcohol-free Guinness 0.0 production as demand booms July 4, 2023 Guinness will almost triple production of its zero-alcohol brand in response to a growing consumer taste for non-alcoholic drinks. Owners Diageo has invested 25 million euro in a new facility at its St James’s Gate brewery in Dublin to meet a surge in demand for alcohol-free stout in the domestic and global markets. The new [...]
‘Paper’ bottle maker backed by Diageo secures £20m in fresh funding round July 3, 2023 A sustainable packaging business backed by Diageo, is gearing up for a new funding round in efforts to deliver a commercial product line. Pulpex said it has secured financing from CMPC, a Chilean pulp and paper company, to enable the production and supply of over 2bn paper bottles to consumer brands worldwide by 2028. Sources [...]
Long-time Diageo boss Sir Ivan Menezes dies aged 63 June 7, 2023 Sir Ivan Menezes, the long serving chief of drinks giant Diageo, has died aged 63, following a short illness. The Indian-born business leader passed away days after he was rushed into hospital for emergency surgery, for medical issues including a stomach ulcer. Menezes joined Diageo at its creation in 1997 and held many senior positions [...]