All articles by Fiona Holland

Fiona joined as a reporter for Just Food and Just Drinks in 2023 after writing news and features at Food Matters Live.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests in UK plant

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plans to inject £42.3m ($53m) into a manufacturing site in the UK town of Wakefield in a…
Suntory Global Spirits plans to move Irish whiskey bottling overseas

Suntory Global Spirits is working on a plan to move the bottling operations at its Cooley Distillery in Ireland to…
Cognac workers plan fresh protest over Hennessy China bottling proposal

A demonstration outside the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) has been set for next week amid worker anger over the…
Virtue Drinks to focus on UK, Europe after multi-million raise

UK-based energy drinks maker Virtue Drinks is eyeing more distribution in the off-trade following a round of fundraising. The group…
Diageo “to pause” Crown Royal distillery construction in Canada

Diageo has put on hold the building of a new Canadian Crown Royal whiskey distillery in St. Clair Township, Ontario.…

Hennessy staff strike continues over Chinese bottling proposal

A strike at Hennessy's headquarters in Cognac continues today (20 November) as employees fight what they claim is a proposal…
Heineken breweries strikes in Netherlands set to continue

A walkout at two Heineken breweries in the Netherlands will continue into next week, following the first strike day today…
Artisan Spirits eyes North America for Stanhope whiskey growth

Scotland-based brand agency Artisan Spirits has touted North America as a key market for growing its new Stanhope American whiskey…
Casa Redondo CEO Daniel Redondo talks Safari deal and building brands

The spotlight fell on Casa Redondo this year when it struck a deal for fruit flavoured liqueur brand Safari from…
Wales exits UK-wide Deposit Return Scheme

Wales has announced its retraction from the UK-wide Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). In a statement yesterday (18 November), Huw Irranca-Davies,…