MarketWatch: Drink - October 2007

Publication Date	October 2007
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Brief
Pages	34
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT08904

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Summary

Introduction

The Drinks MarketWatch contains the latest news, analysis and opinion, covering all the month's major issues including mergers and acquisitions, marketing and regulatory issues. It covers the period from August 15 September 14 2007.

Scope

Geographic coverage: global
Category coverage: drinks

Highlights

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Content

Catalyst
Summary
Industry Update
- News in Brief
New Products Review
- Aiming for a purer water
- Fruit Flavored Drinks: top flavors in new products
- New drinks launches by category, May-July: fruit appeal begins to wane
- Product claims: new drinks launches, May-July
- Soft Drinks: top launches by corporation
Feature Analysis
- Foster's: spring clean leads to rise in profitability
Industry Comment
- Televised alcohol advertising: charity calls for ban before watershed
- Coors: tapping a healthy trend
- Royal Grolsch: reliance on US could limit growth
- NEWS
- Headlines
- Royal Grolsch forms joint venture with Premium Beverages
- Grey Goose Vodka to sponsor US Open
- Southern Wine & Spirits appoints EVP and general manager
- Nascent to launch Ferrarelle in Mexico
- Coca-Cola Amatil sells Korean business to LG Household
- Borba, Anheuser-Busch announce marketing and distribution deal
- Union Beverage names new president
- Who's Your Daddy reduces Q2 losses
- Echo Falls launches two new wines
- Baltika to restructure Russian sales system
- Tank to market Royal Spring Water's Rhythm drink
- China Water & Drinks Q2 revenues surge 41%
- IntePharm to launch bottled water product
- San Miguel eyes Cambodia
- Diageo-Khaitan plans to launch more brands in India
- Nestle H1 profit up 18%
- Sara Lee profit jumps in Q4
- Reed's Q2 sales up 10%
- PepsiAmericas and PepsiCo acquire Sandora
- Skinny Nutritional lands water distribution deal
- McGuigan Simeon Wines optimistic for profit in 2008
- Cott acquires Mexican beverage operations
- Simply Orange adds two new products
- SABMiller joint venture to acquire four breweries
- Reed's signs distribution agreement with New Age Beverage
- Farmer Bros appoints CEO
- Tata Tea to launch new water products - report
- V&S reports poor Q2 profit
- Jamba Juice cautious against Hepatitis
- Godrej Hershey may drop two brands
- Imagine Holding acquires Grass Roots Beverage
- Tsingtao H1 profits up
- Efes Breweries boosted by H1 sales
- Brown-Forman names UK distributor for tequila brands
- McDonald's to open McCafes in Japan
- Castle Brands to launch Boru Vodka in UK
- Corby reports positive Q4
- CCE signs distribution agreement with The Coca-Cola Company
- United Spirits to tap premium vodka segment - report
- Foster's and Kilikanoon sign Seppeltsfield sale agreement
- Sun Shower introduces two new flavors
- Foster's CFO to retire
- Heineken posts rise in H1 operating profit
- Coca-Cola to close plant in Ireland
- Dunkin' shifts focus to bigger franchisees - report
- Pepsi in partnership with Bristol Motor Speedway
- Hain Celestial Q4 net sales up 14%
- Kraft Foods appoints new CFO
- Royal Spring Water signs agreement with Rhythm Structured Water
- Dean Foods loses dairy boss
- DC Brands signs agreement with Walgreens Atlanta
- East African Breweries FY revenues up 31%
- Coke linked to Brain Twist acquisition - report
- Pepsi to start new plant in Las Vegas - report
- Kingfisher beer set for new markets
- Blue Foods partners with Coffee Bean
- Liberty Diversified acquires H Markoni
- Coca-Cola revamps operations in Philippines
- Nestle to acquire Swiss water group
- SABMiller launches Peroni in Japan
- PepsiAmericas invests in Agrima
- Who's Your Daddy to acquire King of Energy San Diego
- Thresher Group appoints new CEO
- Castle Brands appoints new distributor in Ireland
- China Water & Drinks to acquire 48% stake in Hutton Holdings
- Jamba Juice introduces new breakfast in LA and NY
- Dean Foods appoints new chief marketing officer
- DC Brands enters partnership with Drive Thru Advertising
- Sunny Delight introduces new juice
- Angostura to establish US headquarters at Lawrenceburg facility
- Brick Brewing Q2 revenues down 7%
- Timothy's World Coffee partners with Monogram Food
- Skinny Nutritional launches new peach flavor
- 360 Global Wine posts 17% rise in Q2 revenues
- Carlsberg appoints new CEO
- Wimm-Bill-Dann H1 sales up
- China Huiyuan vows to boost revenues - report
- Coca-Cola launches new bottle
- Diamond Foods partners with Coca-Cola
- Ajegroup launches beer - report
- Black Diamond to launch Liberty Valley wine in US
- Coffee Pacifica enters China through JV
- Royal Friesland H1 profits surge
- Jones Soda signs Cole & Weber for advertising
- Black Diamond signs agreement with New York Chamber of Commerce
- Jose Cuervo unveils new silver tequila
- 20th Century Fox teams up with Nascent Foodservice
Company Spotlight: Kirin Brewery
- Kirin to launch new Sparking Hop drink
- Business Background
- SWOT Analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Appendix
- Further Reading
- Index
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- Editors
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
List of Tables
- Table 8: Leading global drinks launches by category, May-July 2007, plus growth compared to the same timescale the year before
- Table 10: Leading worldwide soft drink launches by corporation, August 2006 - July 2007
- Table 3: Key Facts
- Table 4: SWOT Analysis
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Good Organic Spring Water
- Figure 2: Ozarka Natural Spring Water
- Figure 3: IV Iced Vodka Frozen Vodka Cooler
- Figure 4: Versus Wine
- Figure 5: Superman Energy Drink
- Figure 6: Aquadeco Premium Spring Water
- Figure 7: Fruit Flavored Drinks: top flavors in new products
- Figure 8: Product claims: new drinks launches, May-July