News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
The sharp rise in sales in advance of the Millennium, and the subsequent drop in turnover in 2001, have made life hard for Champagne producers over the last few years, but things appear to be getting back to normal in 2002, says the CIVC.
France's Danone group has added the country's third-largest supplier of home and office water coolers to its already dominant Canadian business.
Germany's Eckes group has announced plans to sell its alcoholic beverage business in order to focus on its fruit juice operations, citing increasing competition and declining margins as its main reasons for the sale.