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Diageo

  • In good spirits: Diageo shares rise after Guinness owner forecasts sales growth

    Guinness owner Diageo has said it expects organic net sales growth of at least 16 per cent in the first half of its new financial year. The announcement sent shares in the alcohol giant rocketing more than 3 per cent on Tuesday morning, to a high of £39.48.  At its capital markets day, the beverage-maker [...]

  • Better-than-expected recovery for Guinness maker Diageo despite supply chain woes

    Guinness maker Diageo reported this morning strong recent trading with a better-than-expected recovery in Europe despite mounting supply chain woes. Shares in the FTSE 100 listed group are up by nearly 3 per cent. The group, which also makes Gordon’s gin and Smirnoff vodka, said it was seeing a solid start to its new financial [...]

  • Guinness owner Diageo sales jump as it toasts reopening

    Guinness owner Diageo sales jump as it toasts reopening

    Spirits group Diageo has beaten expectations for full-year sales as it gears up the reopening of bars and nightclubs across Europe. The booze business, which owns brands such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff, reported net sales of £12.7bn in the year to the end of June, up 8.3 per cent on the previous year. [...]

  • FTSE 100 outperforms global peers as Wall Street opens lower

    May 12, 2021

    London’s FTSE 100 rebounded today after stronger-than-expected GDP data bolstered optimism about a sharp economic recovery. The blue-chip index rose 0.9 per cent this afternoon, with drinks giant Diageo adding 4.1 per cent after forecasting profit growth and restarting its capital return programme. Elsewhere, Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower this afternoon after better-than-expected inflation [...]

  • Guinness owner Diageo restarts £1bn capital return plan after strong recovery

    May 12, 2021

    Shareholders in drinks giant Diageo are set to receive billions of pounds in share buybacks as the firm’s Covid recovery enabled the restart of its return of capital programme. Diageo, the owner of Guinness and Smirnoff, this morning said it was restarting its capital return programme after a strong financial recovery, led by North America. [...]

  • Guinness owner Diageo hikes dividend despite impact of pub closures on sales

    January 28, 2021

    Diageo, the owner of Guinness and Smirnoff, this morning announced it will hike its dividend despite the impact of coronavirus restrictions on pub and bar sales. Reported net sales fell 4.5 per cent during the second half of the year, while operating profit declined 8.3 per cent to £2.2bn.  Organic net sales increased one per [...]

  • Guinness recalls non-alcoholic stout over safety concerns

    November 11, 2020

    Guinness has urged customers not to drink its new non-alcoholic stout due to a microbiological contamination. The brand, which is owned by drinks giant Diageo, recalled its Guinness 0.0, saying the product may not be safe to consume.  Guinness’ alcoholic stout is not affected by the contamination issue. It told customers to return the non-alcoholic [...]

  • Diageo snaps up Chase Distillery as it cashes in on gin boom

    October 26, 2020

    Diageo today said it has agreed to buy British gin and vodka maker Chase Distillery, marking the drinks giant’s latest effort to strengthen its gin portfolio.  The Herefordshire-based distillery is best known for its Chase GB Gin, as well as its Chase Original Potato Vodka.  In total the company’s portfolio includes seven gins, four vodkas [...]

  • Diageo shares pop as Guinness maker hails improved trading

    September 28, 2020

    World’s largest spirit maker Diageo said that it had made a “good start” to the new financial year, driven by its US business, which is performing ahead of expectations. Shares in the FTSE 100 drinks maker rose 6.1 per cent as markets opened this morning. In an update before the firm’s AGM, chief executive Ivan [...]

  • Diageo shares drop as profit almost halves amid coronavirus crisis

    August 4, 2020

    Shares in Guinness owner Diageo fell more than five per cent this morning after the drinks giant revealed that profit almost halved this year. The figures Diageo said this morning that operating profit in the year ended 30 June fell 47 per cent from £4.04bn to £2.13bn. Net sales dropped nine per cent from £12.86bn [...]

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