MarketWatch: Drinks - July 2007

Publication Date	July 2007
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Brief
Pages	33
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT05947

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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 May 15 June 14 2007.

Scope

Geographic coverage: global
Category coverage: drinks

Highlights

Datamonitor's Drinks MarketWatch provides monthly insight into the key events in the drinks industry

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Content

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Catalyst
Summary
Industry Update
- News in brief
New Products Review
- Beverages get ice-cool makeover
- Wine & Wine Coolers: top flavors in new products
- New drinks launches February-April: springtime fruits add flavor to market
- Product claims: new drinks launches, Feb-Apr
- Coffee: top launches by corporation
Feature Analysis
- Moet Hennessy: increasing its presence in China
- Drinking habits changing
- Coca-Cola: tapping into spring water potential
Industry Comment
- Thresher Group: new owner, same challenges
- NEWS
- Headlines
- P&G to undergo restructuring
- Coke settles US benzene case
- Global Beverage sells 80% stake in Rudy Beverage
- Unilever selects SAP as standard for global IT strategy
- UB Group acquires Whyte & Mackay
- Brick Brewing signs contract with Banks
- Foster's to brew Carlsberg in Australia
- Heineken beer volumes rise 11.3% in 2007
- SABMiller FY profit rises
- Corby Distilleries improves board meetings with BoardVantage
- RG Global Lifestyles expands OC Energy Drinks production
- Cadbury cuts senior management team by 10%
- Campbell Soup Q3 profit rises, lifts outlook
- Mitchells & Butlers H1 pretax profit drops, confirms JV talks
- Brown-Forman wine chief quits
- Carlsberg JV buys Indian brewery
- MaggieMoo's to offer healthy fruit smoothies
- Brown-Forman ends tequila JVs
- Lion Nathan H1 profit up 8.8%
- InBev taps Indian market through JV
- Interest in Cadbury's drinks unit grows - report
- Britvic profits lifted by growth in all categories
- Who's Your Daddy fails to profit in Q1
- Carlsberg signs Live Nation deal
- Who's Your Daddy hires former Hansen Beverage manager
- Isbre secures further New Jersey distribution deals
- P&G launches flavored water filter innovation
- Who's Your Daddy secures Albertsons distribution in Nevada
- Lifestyle Beverages and Ohio Wine & Beverage collaborate on TrimWater distribution
- Who's Your Daddy, Seven-Up Bottling sign Wisconsin distribution agreement
- Russell Breweries to buy Fort Garry Brewing
- Bashas supermarket chain to stock Who's Your Daddy's energy drinks
- British Airways renews Kuehne + Nagel's wine logistics contract
- V&S Group enters Chinese spirits market with JV
- Peet's Coffee & Tea opens new artisan roasting facility
- Greencore reports encouraging start to the year
- Truell acquires Threshers
- Silver Eagle to buy beer distributor BudCo
- Napa Valley Wineries employ anti-counterfeiting technology
- Carlsberg and Modelo sign distribution deal
- Mexican Coke unit ordered to pay $1 million fine
- Who's Your Daddy sponsors beach volleyball in California
- Gaymer to invest GBP1 million in marketing Blackthorn brand
- Northwest Wine Company partners purchase Hyland vineyard
- Coca-Cola HBC acquires Italian vending company
- Cadbury to implement cost-cutting drive?
- Drie Mollen to distribute Javo beverages across Europe
- Alcohol advertising ban on children's replica kits to be implemented in UK
- Danone improves manufacturing performance with Ilog software
- Coca-Cola units to distribute Campbell beverages in North America
- PepsiAmericas, PepsiCo jointly acquire UKrainian juice company
- Innocent Drinks reviewing media contracts
- UK smoking ban prompts action from Fuller, Smith & Turner
- Santa Maria Foods selects Adonix ERP software
- Threshers set to be sold again
- Ajinomoto, Calpis to integrate operations
- AG Barr sales rise on good weather
- Dean Foods cuts FY guidance
- Nestle retains services of GAC Samudera Logistics
- Fortune Brands reaffirms Q2, FY guidance
- Brunton Vineyards moves forward with VinoVenue expansion
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits to build Dan Aykroyd winery
- Halewood launches new UK cider brand
- Heaven Hill acquires Mohawk spirits portfolio
- CEDC to supply alcohol to petrol retailer PKN Orlen
- Heineken launches continental marketing campaign
- Gallo increases Napa Valley footprint by 182 acres
- Clearly Canadian lists new water line with Couche-Tard
- Brown-Forman posts Q4 profit loss, but annual profit increase
- Anheuser-Busch to distribute Vermont Spirits
- Britvic spends GBP2.8 million on latest Robinsons launch
- UK soft drinks maker Britvic has launched a GBP2.8 million advertising campaign to support the launch of Robinsons Smooth Juice, its new 100% natural pure juice blended with a hint of barley. Foster's sells Sydney brewery
- Asda condemned for slashing milk prices
Company Spotlight: Diageo
- Diageo supports campaign against underage drinking
- Business Background
- SWOT Analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Appendix
- Further Reading
- Index
- About MarketWatches
- Editors
List of Tables
- Table 1: Most used flavors in new wine & wine coolers launched worldwide, May 2006 - April 2007
- Table 2: Top ten leading global drinks launches by category, February-April 2007, plus growth compared to the same timescale the year before
- Table 3: Leading worldwide coffee launches by corporation, May 2006 - April 2007
- Table 4: Key Facts
- Table 5: SWOT Analysis
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Bawls High Caffeine Guarana Soda - Cherry
- Figure 2: Coors Beer and Coors Light Beer
- Figure 3: Ringnes Grill Pils Pilsner
- Figure 4: Blagodat' Vodka - Buckwheat Sprouts; Rye Sprouts; Wheat Sprouts
- Figure 5: Catania Wine Enhancer
- Figure 6: Crea Max Creatine Drink - Cranberry Flavour
- Figure 7: Product claims: new drink launches, Feb-Apr