'Supermarkets acting like 'crack dealers''

Up to 40,000 drinkers are dying every year and supermarkets are acting like 'crack dealers' by lowering alcohol prices, experts have warned. They say the government has failed to deal with the nation's alcohol problem. Martin Plant, professor of addiction studies at the University of the West of England said supermarkets had the 'morality of the crack dealer' for selling cut-price booze - Metro​

Greene King has called on shareholders to fund a £207m war chest. The brewer wants to use the money to pay off some of its debt and buy up pubs it expects to be put on the market at bargain prices in coming months. The bold cash call by the Suffolk-based brewer follows a rally in its share price from the lows of last October — though it remains at about half the value of two years ago - The Guardian​

Regent Inns: The embattled operator of Walkabout bars and Jongleurs comedy clubs is sounding out shareholders about the possibility of delisting the company as it seeks to cut costs and sell off assets - The Times​

Adnams: Guinness Peat Group, the activist investor with shares in the Suffolk brewer, has written to fellow shareholders ahead of the annual meeting next week, saying there was "persistent and growing shareholder dissatisfaction" at the way the company was being run by the founding family - The Times​

Anheuser-Busch InBev: The global brewer is tipped by analysts at Collins Stewart to be considering selling some or all of its 50.2 per cent stake in Modelo, the Mexican brewer behind Corona beer - The Times​