Adnams’ Cellar & Kitchen shops saw turnover grow 6% in 2013. The drinks and kitchenware chain as a whole has not yet made a profit – but takings were “much improved” last year, Adnams announced in its full-year report and accounts for 2013. Overall sales were up 3.5%, or 6% on a like-for-like basis, and all but two stores improved their profits. “We are substantially…

Suffolk brewer St Peter’s has launched a gluten-free gift pack targeting beer fans with coeliac disease this Christmas. The pack includes 50cl bottles of St Peter’s G-Free and Dark G-Free beers and a branded glass. G-Free is a 4.2% abv ale with pilsner-style finish and aromas of citrus and mandarin from American Amarillo hops. Dark G-Free is a full-bodied 3.9% abv beer made with Suffolk-grown…

Hastings Borough Council has become the latest local authority to begin a scheme urging off-licences to stop selling beer and cider at 6.5% abv and above. The Reducing the Strength scheme was pioneered in Ipswich and Suffolk Police said it led to a 49% reduction in “street drinker incidents”. The authority was then approached by the Home Office in June to discuss how the project…