Which brands are the biggest sellers in the major supermarkets and how have they performed over the past two years? Here’s NielsenIQ with the numbers BEER The big AB-Inbev brands dominate the top two spots, though it’s worth noting both have seen sizeable declines between the two time periods – despite the World Cup. Both Corona and Heineken have dropped a place since the…

Diageo has announced the retirement of CEO Ivan Menezes, after ten years at the helm. Menezes (pictured above), who joined Diageo through the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan in 1997, will leave the board on June 30. He will be replaced in the chief executive role by Debra Crew, who is currently chief operating officer. Menezes took the top job in July 2013 and…

Online retailer Master of Malt has highlighted whisky, rum and premium Tequila as growth drivers in the first six months of 2022. In its latest trends bulletin, the company said whisky had grown 2.2% in volumes during the period, while rum now accounts for 11.3% of the total spirits category, up from 9% in 2021. Meanwhile, Tequila priced over £150 has jumped some 578% over…

Sussex-based wine producers proved successful at the 2022 WineGB Awards, with Artelium Wine taking home both the Newcomer trophy and the title of Supreme Champion for its Blanc de Blancs 2015. The Sussex producer also won Best Blanc de Blancs and Top Sparkling of 2022 as WineGB pronounced it “a new star on the scene”.  Sussex producers made an impact across the board, with…

As social media becomes increasingly competitive for drinks brands, platforms are changing their business models to propel paid content to the top of consumers’ feeds. However, what happens to brands relying on organic engagement?  Speaking with Drinks Retailing at London Wine Fair 2022, Tom Harvey, co-founder of drinks marketing agency YesMore, says that relying on traditional organic engagement is more difficult than ever. “Social…

This issue marks a change for our Top 100 Most Influential list. We’ve opened it out beyond wine to include all drinks categories and we have made it into an industry poll. This is a new era for the list, and we want to welcome more voters as the years go on and we look to recognise the movers and shakers in the off-trade. It’s…

NielsenIQ 2021 data shows its boom time for big beer brands, with the category taking six of the top 10 spots in the list of biggest alcohol brands. Diageo does well in the spirits list, with Smirnoff , Gordon’s, Baileys, Captain Morgan and Bell’s Original all featuring. With the recent delisting of Russian products by major retailers, Russian Standard is unlikely to make the…