AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPackaging Rules: Beer and soft-drink makers have six more months to meet India’s aluminium-can certification requirements, easing near-term compliance pressure. Beer Demand: Heineken warns weight-loss drugs could hit beer sales, while the cannabis-drinks boom is widening divisions in the U.S. alcohol industry. Trade Tensions: India’s probe of Pernod Ricard and Diageo over Scotch import tariffs puts the India-UK trade pact under an early test. Bottling Investment: Niagara Bottling opened a $141 million Kentucky plant, adding production capacity. Beverage Partnerships: KFC named Coca-Cola its U.S. drinks supplier, ending a long-standing PepsiCo deal, while Taco Bell renewed its Pepsi partnership. Competition: Heineken will pay €111 million over abuse of Greece’s beer market.
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