‘The most important audience isn’t the end consumer, but the buyer,’ according to Jack Orr-Ewing (below), who joined the UK’s best-selling independent rum brand in 2016.
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In the on-premise, cocktails sell but contracts win“The on-trade isn’t about looking pretty," says The Duppy Share Rum CEO Jack Orr-Ewing. "it’s about being in the right cocktails and the speed rail.” That means focusing less on bottle aesthetics and more on where and how your liquid is served.“Most of the volume comes from being named in coc
Five things I’ve learned – The Duppy Share Rum CEO Jack Orr-Ewing
‘One of the hardest things to realise as a young company is that you’re not actually a B2C brand. You’re a B2B brand.’

Henry joined Global Drinks Intel as a senior reporter in 2025, having spent two years writing news, features and analysis articles for Just Drinks and Just Food. He has gained WSET Level 2 qualifications both in wine and beer independently.



