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	Diageo
		Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wine and beer categories.
		Diageo and Nolet form a 50/50 company for super-premium Ketel One vodka
		Virgin Islands governor John de Jongh announces landmark initiative with Diageo
	www.diageo.com (53 words)

	Diageo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diageo is to invest £9m in the expansion of its drinks plant in Leven, Fife, including the installation of a new bottling line for Tanqueray gin and the creation of 22 jobs.
		Diageo is planning to open 35 new Burger King restaurants in 2002, with the creation of 1,250 jobs, as part of a strategy to reach almost 1,000 UK outlets by 2006.
		Diageo is to reorganise its administrative functions onto a global basis by establishing two international centres in Hungary and North America, which could lead to job losses in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /diageoaa.htm (1503 words)

	Diageo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diageo is the holding company for some of the leading international alcoholic beverage brands such as Guinness, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Gordon's, Crown Royal, Bulleit Bourbon, JandB, Seagram 7 Crown, VO, Bells, Archers, Pimm's, Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray, Don Julio, Baileys, Sterling Vineyards, Beaulieu Vineyard, George Dickel, UDL and Bushmills.
		Diageo also operates the Scottish whisky distilleries of Blair Athol, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Knockando, Glen Elgin, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, Glenkinchie, Glen Ord, Lagavulin, Oban, Royal Lochnagar and Talisker.
		Diageo also owned Pillsbury until 2000 when it was sold to General Mills.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diageo (427 words)

	Diageo
		Through the proposed transaction, Diageo and Pernod agreed to acquire the following significant brands: Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum and Captain Morgan's Parrot Bay Rum (to be held by Diageo); and Seagram's Gin, Chivas Regal Scotch whisky, The Glenlivet Scotch whisky, and Martell Cognac (to be held by Pernod).
		In the event that Diageo does not complete the required divestiture in the time allowed, the Commission could appoint a divestiture trustee to oversee the sale of these and any additional assets that may be necessary to complete the divestiture.
		Similarly, Diageo would be required to hold separate and maintain the Malibu rum assets to maintain the brand as viable and competitive until it is divested.
	www.ftc.gov /opa/2001/12/diageo.htm (1387 words)

	CNN.com - Diageo seeks Malibu sal - Oct. 30, 2001
		Diageo (DGE) wants to sell Malibu to overcome the concerns of U.S. regulators and hopes to get £600 million-£650 million ($870 million-$950 million), although some sources believe £700 million is possible.
		Diageo's chief rival in the global spirits world, Allied Domecq PLC (ALLD), is considered an unlikely buyer.
		Diageo CEO Paul Walsh told shareholders at Tuesday's annual general meeting that his company, Pernod and Vivendi Universal are working to bring the matter to a close as soon as possible.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/10/30/malibu.re/index.html (492 words)

	Smirnoff, Baileys lift Diageo - Feb. 21, 2002
		Diageo said it was still committed to selling its Burger King fast food chain, which made an operating profit of £79 million, down 29 percent, in the first six months of its financial year to December 31.
		Diageo is selling Malibu to meet regulators demands after its acquisition of the Seagram drinks empire.
		Diageo's stock, which has risen about 20 percent in the past 12 months, was little changed at 810 pence in midmorning trading on Thursday.
	money.cnn.com /2002/02/21/international/diageo/index.htm (395 words)

	DIAGEO (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diageo decided to consolidate these common processes (invoicing, accounting, reporting atc.) on to an integrated technological platform (SAP 4.6) and perform these processes from one location, even more efficiently and effectively than before.
		Diageo Business Services Centre (DBSC) provides world-class financial services to a number of Diageo subsidiaries all across the world, allowing these "in-Market-Companies" (IMC's) to concentrate on sales and marketing activities, while the financial and administrative activities are provided by DBSC.
		As a Diageo employee, you have the opportunity to develop leading-edge professional skills and knowledge, in a truly international job in Budapest with the exposure to the biggest markets of a global company, in a world class working environment with competitive compensation and benefit system.
	www.diageo.hu /kerdesek_en.php (519 words)

	Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards - Press
		Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, established these awards in 2004 as a practical contribution to promoting more prolific coverage of Africa's business environment.
		Diageo trades in some 180 countries around the world and is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE).
		Diageo Africa is active, particularly in brewing, but also in distilling, in the majority of the sub-Saharan African countries.
	www.diageoafricabusinessreportingawards.com /press/press_08.html (716 words)

	DIAGEO (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bringing together a wealth of consumer brand heritage, Diageo was formed in December 1997 through the merger of GrandMet and Guinness.
		At the time of the merger Diageo was a broad based consumer goods company, with food and drinks at our core.
		Today, Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wine and beer categories.
	www.diageo.hu /index_en.php (286 words)

	Corporate Watch : Diageo : 1. Overview
		Diageo PLC is a British multinational alcohol company, selling alcohol in 180 countries, with a substantial presence in 30 countries.5 The company was created in 1997 by the merger of Guinness PLC with Grand Metropolitan PLC (GrandMet).
		Diageo PLC was formed with the merger of Guinness PLC, its primary parent company, with Grand Metropolitan PLC (GrandMet), a hotel chain with brewing interests, in 1997.
		Diageo's parent companies were involved in a number of controversial and high-profile scandals in the second half of the twentieth century, tarnishing their reputations and perhaps providing an impetus to the re-naming and re-imaging the company underwent when the merger took place.
	www.corporatewatch.org /?lid=1705 (930 words)

	CNN.com - Diageo, Pernod to talk to FTC over Seagram deal - Oct. 24, 2001
		The FTC expressed fears the British drinks group Diageo, the third largest rum seller in the U.S., would create a duopoly with industry leader Bacardi if it were allowed to purchase Seagram, which is the country's second largest seller.
		Diageo, formed in 1997 by the GrandMet and Guinness merger, is confident the deal has a future.
		Diageo Media Relations Manager Isabelle Thomas told CNN: "We are waiting for the full analysis of the decision by the FTC before considering all options including the possibility of selling Malibu, among others."
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/10/24/diageo (492 words)

	Diageo Disposal
		Diageo has also announced today that it has transferred 4 million shares of the common stock of General Mills which it owns to the Diageo UK pension plan.
		Diageo retains 25 million shares of the common stock in General Mills which are valued at $1.1 billion as at 4 October 2004 and which are subject to a call option with General Mills expiring in October 2005.
		Diageo trades in some 180 markets around the world and is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE).
	www.advfn.com /news_disposal_8950048.html (821 words)

	Diageo sets its sights on new FAB niche
		Isabelle Thomas, head of corporate relations at Diageo, said “Roter is particularly relevant to the 18 to 34 year old age group, wanting a drink with spirit credentials but with an easy and pleasurable taste.” Spirit credentials, she explained, refer to the trendiness and proven track record of strongly branded vodka-based drinks.
		In addition to the Smirnoff brand, Diageo currently produce vodkas Tanquerey Sterling, which is triple-distilled in small batches and French-made Ciroc, distilled from grapes.
		Diageo were unable to explain how they would market the product alongside the larger Smirnoff brand but said that: “Latest market trends, consumer research and trade feedback all indicate that the brand is very strong.
	www.foodnavigator-usa.com /news/ng.asp?n=56258-diageo-sets-its (632 words)

	Oligopoly Watch
		Diageo is a five-year-old company that specializes in adult beverages.
		Diageo has made its business to collect some of the top liquors, and uses a strong marketing campaign to get the most out of them.
		Diageo and a few other companies may be changing that slowly.
	www.oligopolywatch.com /2003/05/27.html (376 words)

	New Spirit at Diageo
		Diageo may be the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to spirits, but it's a lesser force when it comes to beer, at least in the U.S. — and in the U.S., beer is king.
		Diageo is also pushing to reform laws that prohibit the sale of alcohol on Sunday, a revision that many cash-strapped states are considering.
		Diageo now deals with as little as one distributor for an entire state — a far cry from the complexity of distribution that forces distillers to split their brand portfolio among multiple distributors.
	promomagazine.com /agencies/marketing_new_spirit_diageo/index.html (2930 words)

	BlackBerry
		O2 UK today announced that Diageo, the world's premium drinks business, has selected BlackBerry® from O2 to provide a cost-effective means of communicating with its mobile workforce via email, freeing up an additional two business hours a day for each user.
		Jonathan Breedon, Diageo IS Manager Corporate and Global Functions, said: "We have been a long-term voice customer with O2 and, after examining all the different options, it made sense to look at exploring mobile data with the company.
		Increasing numbers of UK workers are on the move or working remotely for large parts of the week, and it is important to provide them with a way of maintaining contact with the office.
	www.blackberry.com /news/partner/2004/pr-06_05_2004.shtml (618 words)

	Diageo "neutral," target price raised \| newratings.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Merrill Lynch believes that the potential disposal of Diageo’s General Mills stake is likely to have very little effect on the company’s near-term cash flows.
		Merrill Lynch mentions, however, that the current rating on Diageo’s stock is likely to persist until the company reports organic trading profit upgrades in the near-term.
		In the recent past, Diageo’s aggregate organic revenue and EBIT growth have been in-line with that of its peers, Merrill Lynch states.
	www.newratings.com /analyst_news/article_373367.html (358 words)

	Corporate Watch : G8 Report : The G8 Gleneagles Summit: Diageo Plc
		Diageo, the major UK drinks multinational which owns Gleneagles, has much to gain not only from hosting the G8 event itself but also from the policies being discussed at the Summit.
		Diageo is the 11th largest company in the UK,1 with a turnover of £8.89 billion and profit after tax of £1.87 billion in 2004.2 Diageo has bases in 180 countries around the world, with growing markets in Africa, as well as substantial interests in Europe and North America.
		Diageo was created by the merger of two massive food and drink companies, Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, in 1997; a merger which involved a name-change and re-imaging as well.
	www.corporatewatch.org.uk /?lid=1297 (1523 words)

	Diageo Overhauls Supply Chain - News by InformationWeek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Apr 8, 2003 12:00 AM Beer and alcohol manufacturer Diageo is overhauling its supply-chain operations within its Guinness business unit in the United States to share real-time sales and replenishment data with distributors.
		The Manugistics software will help Diageo combine weekly data from sales, on-hand inventory, and distributors' receipts with promotional information to generate detailed forecasts that will be sent automatically to 120 distributors (which represent 80% of Guinness' business) via a Web application.
		Diageo expects to save up to $1.1 million in inventory reduction during the next few years and reap some $600,000 in logistics benefits.
	www.informationweek.com /story/IWK20030408S0005 (479 words)

	Diageo News
		Diageo has restated its full-year organic operating profit growth target of 7pc, with organic net sales growth expected to be 6pc.
		Diageo PLC, the world's Number 1 alcoholic drinks group, said it was on track with its full-year target for underlying operating profit to grow by at least 7 per cent after the first quarter.
		Diageo said global geopolitical uncertainty had made it cautious in its profit forecasts as the drinks company reported an 11 per cent rise in annual pre-tax profits to 2.1bn.
	www.topix.net /com/deo (711 words)

	Diageo, Pernod win Seagram drinks units - Dec. 19, 2000
		The joint approach from Diageo PLC (DEO: Research, Estimates), the world's largest spirits company, and Pernod Ricard SA of France has trumped a competing offer from privately held Bacardi and Brown-Forman Corp. (BF.A: Research, Estimates) of the United States.
		Diageo expects to incur one-time charges related to integration of about $700 million, most of which will be cash, and about 90 percent will be spent in the first full year of the acquisition, the company said.
		Diageo and Pernod have teamed up to try to get past anti-competitive issues, and because Seagram wanted to sell the business as a whole, rather than dispose of the brands piecemeal.
	money.cnn.com /2000/12/19/europe/diageo_seagram (844 words)

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		Diageo was formed in 1997 and is the world's largest beverage alcohol business, employing over 20,000 people worldwide.
		Diageo trades in over 180 markets around the world with manufacturing facilities across the globe.
		In particular, Diageo will launch a series of internal responsible drinking tips that will be visible at all employee events and entertainment areas.
	www.paueducation.com /charter/index.php?page=doc&doc_id=560&doclng=1&menuzone=-1&lng=cs (335 words)

	Case Study: Diageo
		Diageo packaging challenges removed with solution for monitoring and control of the packaging operation.
		Diageo’s packaging challenge was created by a Federal alcoholic beverage tax assessment based on the number of vodka cases rolling off the packaging line, regardless of whether the cases were full or partially filled.
		Diageo determined that tracking partial cases and repackaging them into full cases would establish a more accurate count and favorably affect their tax assessment.
	www.lowrycomputer.com /industries/case_studies/fd_diageo.htm (359 words)

	TheStreet.com: Diageo to Sell Part of Burger King
		Diageo (DEO:NYSE ADR - news), the international food and liquor giant, said Thursday that it plans to sell a portion of its Burger King business on the New York Stock Exchange, possibly in preparation for a future sale of the entire company.
		For Diageo, the move to shed a portion of Burger King could be the first step in sifting out the huge patchwork of liquor and food brands that the company owns, following its formation from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan in 1997.
		Kalinowski does not cover Diageo, but his colleagues in London rate the stock a neutral.
	www.thestreet.com /brknews/consumer/972952.html (445 words)

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