Cheap beer could ‘turn binge drinking focus on off-trade’  
12 Jun 2006
Fears grow that cut-price deals during the World Cup could attract Government attention ...

Bud goes silver in new standard lager launch  
06 Jun 2006
Launch of Bud Silver in Scotland will be followed by national roll out. ...

Consumers opting for ‘responsible’ lager choice  
08 May 2006
Beer drinkers may be opting for standard lager ahead of premium lager as they heed pleas for a more responsible attitude to drinking, according to leading industry figures ...

View issue (May 2006)

North-south divide evident in price of a pint  
20 Mar 2006
The most expensive pubs in the UK are in London and the south-east of England, according to a new survey by Camra (Campaign for Real Ale) ...

Results of CAMRA Prices Survey  
20 Mar 2006
Download the results of the 2006 CAMRA Prices Survey as a pdf here. ...

Off-trade beer sales to benefit from World Cup 2006  
22 Feb 2006
The UK take-home beer market is likely to grab the lion’s share of increased sales during this summer’s World Cup, according to Scottish & Newcastle. ...

Volume up, value static in festive beer market  
25 Jan 2006
The 2005 festive season will probably go down as the great Christmas giveaway as far as the take-home beer business was concerned ...

View issue (February 2006)

Next stage in speciality beer development nears  
21 Dec 2005
The next stage in the development of speciality imported beers in the UK could be to sub-divide them even further than the five categories first put forward by InBev UK in the summer of 2005. ...

View issue (January 2006)

Leffe 'heading for the top 10'  
30 Sep 2005
A prediction by Stuart MacFarlane, take-home sales managing director at InBev, that the Leffe Belgian beer could be a top 10 brand within the next decade shows how quickly consumer tastes can change ...

View issue (October 2005)

Coors may slash support in new price cutting row  
30 Sep 2005
Coors Brewers may reduce its marketing support to retailers that continue down the price-cutting route in a bid to inject more value back into the take-home beer market ...

View issue (October 2005)

Thatchers turns to Stelvin screwcaps for its premium ciders  
07 Jul 2006
New closure brings cider closer to wine ...

New fruit cider is aimed at the ‘sharing’ market  
30 Jun 2006
S&N UK is targeting mainly female drinkers with its latest new product development in the cider market. ...

View issue (July 2006)

Innovation and fashion are main boost to cider sales  
29 Jun 2006
A combination of major investment in innovation and marketing support by the big cider producers and the more niche products from the smaller cider companies is helping to revive the market, according to Helen Thomas, managing director at Westons Cider. ...

View issue (July 2006)

New bottle design launches for Grolsch  
06 Jun 2006
Summer activity will focus on the 300ml pack ...

‘Premium beer’ status lined up for ale brand  
26 May 2006
East Anglia brewer Greene King is planning to extend the appeal of Old Speckled Hen (OSH), the leading take-home premium bottled ale, by marketing it as a premium beer. ...

View issue (June 2006)

Beck’s is back with first TV advertising for seven years  
24 May 2006
The Beck’s German lager brand, now part of the InBev UK portfolio, is back on TV for the first time in seven years from today in a two-month burst of advertising on ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. ...

Carlsberg trumpets the return of Elephant Beer  
11 May 2006
Iconic premium lager brand will now be brewed in the UK ...

Brewer goes for Gold with Tesco listing  
10 May 2006
England's Gold gains exclusive listing with Tesco ...

Peroni aims for sweet life in UK  
08 May 2006
Italian beer brand Peroni Nastro Azzurro is recreating the world of Federico Fellini’s classic ‘La Dolce Vita’ film as part of its £4m UK marketing campaign ...

View issue (May 2006)

Cains goes for ‘craft brewer’ status with new beer launches  
08 May 2006
The Liverpool-based Cains Brewery is aiming to become a “true British craft brewer” by offering both the on- and off-trades a wide variety of beers ...

View issue (May 2006)

Ten top 10 alcoholic drinks  
30 Jun 2006
The Checkout /ACNielsen Ten Top 10 alcoholic drinks league tables reveal the trends in an ever-changing take-home drinks market. Mike Dennis analyses the results and points the way to future trends ...

View issue (July 2006)

Category Report: Beers, ciders and alcoholic RTDs – Summerdaze  
24 Feb 2005
Summertime offers many opportunities for the long alcoholic drinks market. Mike Dennis looks at how retailers and the drinks industry will cope without the added benefit of a major summer football tournament ...

View issue (March 2005)

Category Report: Beers – Staying at home  
01 Nov 2004
Price will again be top of the agenda this Christmas. Mike Dennis looks at the latest trends and what impact continued low pricing in the take-home market is having on a hard-pressed on-trade ...

View issue (November 2004)

Promotion of the month: Budweiser's The Race is On  
24 Feb 2005
Checkout explores the impact of promotions through market research on awareness... ...

View issue (March 2005)

Challenging times  
01 Dec 2004
Category Report -- Cider

View issue (December 2004)

Did manufacturers lose out again? 2003 Christmas drinks market analysis  
01 Jan 2004
AC Nielsen Tradescope

View issue (January 2004)

The price of being green  
01 Jan 2004
The canned drinks market in Germany has been decimated since a deposit scheme was imposed a year ago. Mike Dennis reports that a similar scheme in the UK would have an equally disastrous impact on both retailers and suppliers ...

View issue (January 2004)