Diageo sales on the up

Posted on 26 Aug 2010 by The Manufacturer

The company behind the Johnny Walker brand has said net sales have increased by 6%, barely a year after it closed its bottling facility in Kilmarnock with the loss of 700 jobs.

Paul Walsh, chief executive of Diageo, said: “As expected this has been a year of challenges and opportunities. Our performance was much stronger in the second half than in the first: our performance in the developing markets drove overall growth while markets in North America and Europe remained weak. However, even though markets and categories…

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