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GUINNESS CONTINUES TO fall out of favour with international drinkers – despite the iconic stout making a comeback at home after half a decade in the doldrums.
Multinational drinks company Diageo, which owns the Guinness brand, today said its worldwide Guinness sales went down 4% for the last six months of last year when compared to the same time in 2013.
The company sold 10 million casks of the Irish stout in 2014, compared to 11.1 million over the 2011-12 financial year.
However Guinness sales in Ireland were up for the first time in more than six years, according to Diageo’s half-yearly update today.
The company’s CEO, Ivan Menezes, said: ”I am pleased that we have returned Guinness to growth (in Ireland) through good execution and the on-trade.”
During the period, the company also launched its Guinness blonde American lager which Menezes said “had a great reception” in the US.
We have also complimented the brand credentials of Guinness with another offering – Guinness 1759, which is focused on the fine dining and gifting opportunity,” Menezes said.
Goodbye Bushmills and other news
Diageo, whose brands also include Johnnie Walker whiskey, Smirnoff vodka and Tanqueray gin, said its total sales and profits were both down when compared to the same period in 2013.
Diageo took in £5.9 billion (€7.9 billion) for an operating profit of £1.67 billion (€2.24 billion) for the six months.
Europe is worth about 25% of the company’s sales with the largest share, 32%, coming from North America, where it sells spirits including the Captain Morgan brand of rum.
The company, which was formed in 1997 when Guinness and UK firm GrandMet merged, offloaded its Bushmills Irish whiskey business in November as part of a swap deal with Mexico’s Jose Cuervo for the Don Julio tequila brand.
Menezes said Bushmills was “a good brand”, but getting rid of it was the “right strategic decision” as it concentrated on fast-growing markets like India.
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Ray D’arcy 2nd from the bottom ? And what was his starting salary with RTE…… 200K?? Hardly money well spent.
Well done Anton Savage on Today FM … ahead of Ray in listenership ….after taking over his seat on a slightly lower,salary I’m sure!
Ray D’arcy is full of his own self importance. I thought we were rid of him when Enda Kenny was elected Taoiseach. That was the only reason I voted for Fine Gael. Ray, like the good politician he is, was just talking rubbish and looking for attention.
He’s part of the RTE elite…Miriam Callaghan etc….if they were that good they should go to UK.
Ah now, leave Miriam out of this. Miriam works her socks off. Not bad to look at either. Fantastic chest.
After all these years I still cannot explain the popularity of Joe Duffy…..
People love a medium to moan, his voice encourages it. Perfect marketing in Ireland.
A bit like the journal
Classic hits 4fm
Boom! You said it Helen
I’m liking Sean Moncrief more and more these days. It’s most still against my will. Perhaps it’s Stockholm syndrome having being captive in the car listening to him so much. Anyway in general I much rather radio. It allows me to do other things whilst being entertained or informed.
there a shower of overpaid morons in RTE how they can justify their wages is crazy that’s why the licence is so high ,you know if they shut down the station most of us would be €160 a year better off and we still would not be at a loss for entertainment
when u have a never ending budget u can hire whoever u like to make ratings .
What the JNLR don’t tell us is how much time we are spending listening to radio….
National Radio is a straight choice between either Communicorp or RTE….either way the listener doesn’t benefit, from Current Affairs programs that is…
We need new media as much as we need a new political infrastructure!!!
JNLR DOES actually tell us how much time we spend listening to radio – around 4 hours a day.
I ONLY listen to Radio Nova – although NOT a National Radio Station – at least I get decent music without the CRAP the Biggie Boyos dish out to an unsuspecting National populace. AND I don’t have to listen to inane DJs pretending to understand politics or some pseudo-nationalistic beliefs …
an insult to the real NOVA 87 FM AND 819 AM!
88
Radio Nova seem to have a playlist of 100 songs on a loop.
“..Radio Nova…playing all over Dublin…. Nowwwwww ….”
Great station, great memories
Chris Carey RIP
BBC RADIO 2 via tunein radio app
They say in the heading that size matters in radio land what do they mean big smile or big tits
i don’t get ray darcy on rte 1 i get the impression that he thinks he just has to turnup
What big eyes you have Miriam. …..lol
Any chance of getting that moron Marty Whelan off Lyric FM? It’s supposed to be a “classical music” station not “Housewives’ Choice”!
Nova with pat Courtney. He’s brilliant!!!
Way to ignore all the regional and local radio stations – in many areas, they easily have 40-66% of the Audience share in the places they broadcast to. But yet none of them merit any praise?
talksport via tunein radio for me.
Where’s Stevo from Sunshine Radio gone ?
Why don’t they contact me when they do theses so called survey s and I will b able to tel them why I don’t listen to RTE radio I prefer independent radio from round d country coz it gives me local stories in Dublin especially radio Kerry from 9am each morning
Absolute Radio
Marty Whelan is pure genius. So happy he’s on Lyric in the morning. There is no competitor to him to my mind. Lyric overall is a great station, John Kelly Ensemble, Jazz, Movies and Musicals, Niall Carroll etc., etc. a great mix. I predict Lyric’s star will continue to rise into the future. Its a bit undiscovered maybe. Marty is introducing people more and more to it.
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