Without wishing to start your week off on a low, this round-up of companies' sales results from the three months to the end of March is very light on optimism. Indeed, the scene has been set for 2025 to be a year of keeping calm and carrying on, rather than of making hay while the sun shines.This will not have come without warning; cast your mind back to three months ago, when in our review of FY 2024 performances, we flagged that the post-pandemic honeymoon for alcohol, which ended in 2023, showed no signs of returning last year.Let's take a look, then, at the top-line performances in the th
Alcohol brand owners in Q1 2025 – The winners and losers, so far – Category Intel
With just a few days of calendar Q2 left, Global Drinks Intel considers the performances of the listed beverage alcohol brand owners in its coverage during the first three months of 2025.

Olly has been reporting on the beverage industry as a B2B journalist since 2003. He spent 18 years at Just Drinks, 16 of which as managing editor. Since joining Global Drinks Intel in 2022, he's interviewed the CEOs for brand owners including AB InBev, Campari Group, Carlsberg, Heineken and Suntory Global Spirits and has a bulging contacts book from across beverage alcohol worldwide.


