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Net sales down 20% at Diageo Ireland

Marketing | Consistent first half performance significantly impacted by Covid-19 in second half

Beer sales declining before Covid

Marketing | New report shows that beer sales and production declined in 2019, just prior to the Covid-19 outbreak

Q2 beer volumes fall 17%

Marketing | Revenue stats indicate wine the only winner

Confidence rising for social activities

On-trade | Younger adults more likely to feel safe returning to wide range of non-essential businesses

Government has “abandoned 3,500 pubs”

On-trade | Government “sympathy” won’t save businesses or jobs

Government must open pubs or offer “meaningful” support

On-trade | Call for Government to either open pubs or offer “meaningful compensation package”

Ministers finally meet AIR over insurance

Marketing | “Face-to-face meeting" attended by a number of Senior Ministers

OJ Fruit Flavoured Beer hits shelves

Having recently launched with The Barry Group, OJ Fruit Flavoured Beer is now available in all Carry Out Off Licence stores nationwide.

C&C Group rebrands as Bulmers Ireland

The C&C Group has rebranded its Irish business to Bulmers Ireland and it has launched a new online ordering platform and customer portal system, Bulmers Direct.

June bar volume down 81%

Bar sales were down 81.1% in volume last June compared to June 2019 according to seasonally-adjusted provisional figures from the Central Statistics Office, with values down 80.9%.
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