C&C unable to rule out job losses after Gaymer's purchase
30-Nov-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Stephen Glancey, chief operating officer of C&C Group, owner of Magners said he is unable to rule-out job losses as the result of its purchase of...
C&C Group buys Gaymers cider for £45m
30-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Magners cider producer C&C Group has bought rival manufacturer Gaymer Cider Company from Constellation Brands for £45m. Gaymer's, which employs...
30-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Magners producer C&C Group has acquired Gaymer Cider Company from Constellation Brands for £45m. The deal will be financed via a new £60m bank...
10-Nov-2009 By MA Reporter
Heineken UK is the UK's leading long alcoholic drinks producer with an unrivalled portfolio of beer and cider brands. Heineken UK is also the UK...
29-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
Cider producers are diversifying into new categories in a bid to develop new drinking occasions for the drink. Recent innovations include mulled...
New "brand proposition" for Magners to be rolled out next summer
08-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
C&C Group is planning to roll out what its chief executive John Dunsmore said would be a "new brand proposition" for its Magners cider next...
28-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
A minimum price of 40p a unit on alcohol and a ban on supermarket promotions could lead to a 20% drop in alcohol-related deaths in Scotland,...
Aspall's Cyder pie on the menu at Fuller's
23-Sep-2009
Suffolk cider maker Aspall has developed a speciality pie for Fuller's Ale & Pie pubs, as part of its continued focus on food and cider matching....
21-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former Refresh owner Rupert Thompson has joined Thatchers Cider as a non-executive director. Thompson sold Refresh, which brewed the Wychwood and...
Advocate of the apple
09-Sep-2009
The challenge in front of the new head of the National Association of Cider Makers (NACM) is aptly illustrated by shortcomings on the organisation's...
Limited demand for draught cider accounted for Bulmers Pear axing
04-Sep-2009
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) axed the draught version of Bulmers Pear because of a limited demand for draught cider, according to the new head...
Blackthorn promotion aims to regain support in South West
02-Sep-2009
A new initiative has been launched in the South West to improve the reputation Blackthorn - the cider brand whose relaunch was met with adverse...
New cider brand launched exclusively for on-trade
13-Aug-2009
A new cider brand has been launched exclusively for the on-trade. Symonds Founders Reserve is a 5.5 per cent ABV draught product that will be...
Comment: The great pear shortage
12-Aug-2009
There's evidence that pear cider has taken over where the success of conventional apple left off. Asking for 'a pint of cider' in three venues last...
Supply problems for Bulmers Pear finally resolved
10-Aug-2009
Stockists of Bulmers Pear are breathing a sigh of relief after Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) finally sorted out supply problems that have denied...
C&C shares slide after trading data cock-up
19-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Magners cider maker C&C Group slumped 16 per cent last week after it emerged it had published figures in a trading statement which did...
02-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
A senior influential policeman has called for a minimum price of 80p per unit on alcohol and a complete ban on all alcohol advertising. Mike Craik,...
29-May-2009 By Robyn Lewis
The Gaymer Cider Company is declaring the relaunch of its Blackthorn brand to be a success. The cider was reformulated in March to make it less dry...
Comment: Blackthorn's long-term success is sad but true
27-May-2009
The Gaymer Cider Company's (GCC) fight back following damaging press coverage of its new-look and new-taste Blackthorn has begun in earnest (see...
New dry draught cider answers Blackthorn critics
12-May-2009
Gaymer Cider Company is attempting to answer critics of the new taste it has given to Blackthorn by making Natch cider available on draught for the...
07-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Gwatkin's Yarlington Mill cider and Broadoak Perry have scooped gold medals at the National Cider and Perry Championships 2009.
Addlestones relaunched
05-May-2009
Gaymer Cider Company is to relaunch two of its brands in order to capitalise on what it claims is growing demand for diversity within the cider...
A WKD sort of cider
30-Apr-2009
The latest entry to the cider market comes not from a West Country cider farm nor from the power-houses of Magners or Bulmers, but from WKD.That's...
06-Apr-2009 By Robyn Lewis
The Gaymer Cider company said it is "disappointed" by the backlash from Blackthorn drinkers in the brand's Bristol heartland who have slammed the...
Gaymers turns up volume for music promotion
24-Mar-2009
Gaymer Cider Company has announced the line up for a second summer of marketing the brand around music festivals.It has also promised retail support...
20-Mar-2009 By Robyn Lewis
A pink cider designed for female drinkers is the latest concept from Thatchers Cider. Katy Rosé, which is crafted in Somerset from English Katy...
Blackthorn £1.5m overhaul
06-Mar-2009 By Sonya Hook
Blackthorn cider is set to undergo a major overhaul to include an improved flavour, reduced abv and a new look. Gaymer Cider Company is investing...
Blackthorn cider relaunched
06-Mar-2009
Gaymer Cider Company is to relaunch its best-selling brand Blackthorn with a new liquid, new packaging and a £1.5m marketing campaign.The relaunch...
Kopparberg launches elderflower and lime cider
25-Feb-2009
We've had pear cider, strawberry cider, iced draught cider… and now the latest attempt to breathe new life into the cider category is an...
Comment: Magners' success once again rests on marketing
16-Feb-2009
Can any product be worth the wait we've had for Magners Pear?The cider's maker, C&C, has officially confirmed that it is to launch a pear variant...
Oh Brother!
09-Feb-2009
AT A time when doom is piled high upon economic doom, it would be reasonable to assume that those working within a sector that is experiencing its...
Magners Pear launched
09-Feb-2009
Magners is to launch a long-awaited pear variant next month, it has been confirmed.The Publican exclusively revealed in November that brand owner...
Opinion: Shadows cast over Magners in the cider orchard
04-Feb-2009
Magners producer C&C posted some pretty striking results recently that raised major questions. Are the struggles of the market-leading brand that...
Christmas quiz winners
14-Jan-2009
Well we said it was tricky…and not one of you got every single question right in The Publican's fiendishly difficult Christmas Quiz!Four of you...
CWF launches pear cider
19-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Drinks producer CWF has launched Nectar's - a five per cent pear cider - in both the on and off-trade. The company said its aim was to create the...
S&N trials iced cider and lager
13-Nov-2008
Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) is coming to the end of a 12-week on-trade trial of an iced draught serve of Strongbow.It is also about to start a...
Aspall rolls out mulled cider
30-Oct-2008
Cider company Aspall has launched a mulled cider product in time for winter.It follows a successful on-trade trial last year in around 30 London...
Cider: CAMRA's cider month
28-Oct-2008
SOME PEOPLE are never happy. While the Magners boom brought cider back to the forefront of the minds of the masses, there are cider connoisseurs out...
Cider: A snake in the grass?
28-Oct-2008
When pub companies were asked on behalf of The Publican Industry Report 2008 what the biggest-selling cider was in their estates, time and again the...
Cider: Pear essentials
28-Oct-2008
It was about two years ago that I was first made aware of Kopparberg pear cider. It was to be the next big thing, according to the pub company buyer...
01-Oct-2008 By Gemma McKenna
Apples and pears can help save the Great British pub, according to the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). October is National Cider & Perry Month,...
Food matching: The de-cyder
18-Sep-2008
There's something I've been meaning to get off my chest for some time - the word 'fare' does not have a 'y' in it. Any menu which tries to tempt me...
Kopparberg Q&A: Ciderman and his amazing blends
09-Sep-2008
Magners is facing tough competition from rival ciders, a lot of them accused of being copycats that hopped on a bandwagon, or cheap variants of apple...
Global Brands launches RTD inspired by cider
22-Aug-2008
Global Brands is to launch a pear variant of its VK ready to drink (RTD) range in a bid to capitalise on cider's popularity.The drinks company is...
The new man at Magners
21-Aug-2008
Magners wants to hold its hands up. One of the most fascinating stories in recent drinks brand history, it has been criticised for lack of innovation...
Magners launches Mid Strength
18-Aug-2008
Magners has launched a new product with just 2.3 per cent ABV - half the alcohol content of Magners Original. But Magners Mid Strength will be...
Cider: Is it back for good?
15-Jul-2008
They said it was a fad. They were wrong.Summers after cider's big bloom, the category continues to be massively important for licensees. The latest...
St Helier is more than a me-too
03-Jul-2008
When any consumer goods category explodes to life unexpectedly the one thing you can bet your life on is a group of previously uninterested brand...
Thatchers pumps it up
08-May-2008
Thatchers is tapping into the growing cider market by introducing a draught version of its popular Pear Cider. The Somerset cidermaker launched Pear...
CAMRA picks champion cider and perry
06-May-2008
As the cider revival continues, CAMRA has picked its Champion cider and perry for 2008.The annual Cider & Perry Awards were judged at the Reading...
