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    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Diageo sales rise as drinkers celebrate with premium spirits

      Drinks maker says customers are not trading down despite cost of living pressures

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Lex
      Diageo: inflation will test the limits of premium pricing strategy Premium content

      The degree of belt-tightening will depend on the severity of the economic downturn

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      Booze’s squeezed middle

      US liquor sales hint at a widening wealth gap

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Diageo sales pass pre-Covid levels

      Home cocktail-making boosts revenues despite supply chain disruptions

    • Friday, 26 November, 2021
      Lex
      Diageo: inflation-proof spirits give drinks group vaulting ambition Premium content

      It is clearly a good time to be in alcohol

    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      How much CGT will we pay on our Diageo shares?

      Is it too late to put the shares into a stocks and shares Isa?

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      LexFood & Beverage
      Diageo/AB InBev: spirited specialist has better optics Premium content

      London-listed distiller is well placed for another challenging year

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Food & Beverage
      Diageo and AB InBev toast higher sales as drinkers return to bars

      Lifting of restrictions on hospitality reopens important source of revenues

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Corporate earnings and results
      Bounceback powers a profits bonanza from mines to main street

      Anglo American, Shell, Diageo and Airbus report bumper earnings despite shadow cast by Delta variant

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      Bryce Elder
      Diageo’s cash return plans are no reason for a stiff drink

      Flexibility matters as distiller loads another £3.25bn into its share buyback fund

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      Diageo to resume £4.5bn capital return programme

      Global distiller says profit growth to be above market expectations

    • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
      Moira O'Neill
      Pubs, pints and a toast to investment ideas

      A post-lockdown trip to the local offers the chance to sample tempting financial opportunities

    • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
      FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
      Pandemic shift to premium brands leaves drinks makers in high spirits

      Savings on travel and leisure enable housebound consumers to upgrade to high-end bottles

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
      LombardLouise Lucas
      Runaway tequila sales make Diageo well worth a shot

      Lockdown cocktails help shake up world’s biggest distiller; rejigged US split plan leaves Prudential looking wounded

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
      US tequila drinkers push up sales at Diageo

      Spirits producer defies expectations of drop in revenues as consumers drink more at home

    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      Climate change
      Diageo turns to barley waste as it sets new emissions targets

      Maker of Johnnie Walker faces bigger challenges in tackling supply chain issues

    • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
      Guinness recalls non-alcoholic stout weeks after launch

      Brewer urges consumers to return cans because of fears over bacterial contamination

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      Diageo boosted by drinkers making cocktails at home

      Whisky and tequila maker expects first-half sales to be ahead of previous 6 months

    • Friday, 4 September, 2020
      FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
      Celebrities compete to bottle success with premium beverages

      Hollywood actors and A-list stars battle for shot at developing next big drinks brand

    • Saturday, 29 August, 2020
      Inside LondonBryce Elder
      Diageo faces a tussle between simplicity and virtue

      Liquor sector’s worst performer catches ESG bug while looking to new leadership era

    • Monday, 17 August, 2020
      Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation American Gin agrees $610m sale to Diageo

      UK drinks group strikes deal with Hollywood actor as it pushes on with premium strategy

    • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
      Diageo in dispute with LVMH over champagne dividend

      UK-based distiller says it has not received a payout for 2019

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Coronavirus: US daily death toll back above 1,000 — as it happened
    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      AA still bears scars of its last private equity encounter

      Beware PE, but there are few good options; whisky sours at Diageo

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      Diageo takes £1.3bn writedown as coronavirus closes drinking venues

      Distiller reveals 52% tumble in profits as pandemic hits global demand

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