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Your personal Drinks Industry Ireland digest

Cider 3rd-largest LAD category

On-trade | Suppliers and operators have great chance to grow cider sales on back of strong Summer

Alcohol – Ireland’s remains 2nd-highest drinks tax in Europe

Marketing | Irish consumers pay more tax on a pint of beer than 25 EU members & UK

Irish Distillers announces €250 million Midleton investment

Marketing | New distillery will create up to 100 highly-skilled jobs for East Cork

UK pubs “will fail within months” without government support

On-trade | BII members seeing energy prices rising 200%-400%

July restaurant card spend up 35%

On-trade | Total July credit and debit card spend down 2% compared to June

BWS off-sales return to growth

Off-trade | Warm weather boosts volumes compared to previous month particularly for Seasonal Summer drinks such as Cider & sparkling wines

25 wineries for '22 - Borsa Vina Italia

This year, representatives from 25 wineries arrive in Ireland to take part in the 2022 Borsa Vini Italia on Tuesday 8th November, from 12.00-18.00, in the Hyatt Centric, Dean Street in Dublin’s The Liberties area.

Cut in excise "straightforward option for Government" - LVA

The Licensed Vintners Association has pointed out that the Government has the opportunity to use a “straightforward option” in cutting excise duty as the hospitality sector faces major rising cost pressures.

DIGI's cost analysis makes for dismal reading

A new report, commissioned by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, highlights the soaring costs of doing business in the hospitality sector.

Five poast-Lockdown trends in Ireland's restaurants

Sales and consumer research from CGA by Nielsen IQ has uncovered five significant dynamics across the restaurant channel here.

EU beer production up in 2021

While EU production of alcoholic beer rose 3% in 2021 to 4.8 billion litres compared to the previous year, EU production of No Alcohol Low Alcohol beers was up 20% according to figures released by Eurostat.

Rats the size of dogs

The anniversary of Chic Murray, one of Scotland's funniest comedians back in the day, took place not too long ago.
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