Allied Domecq

From Wikicompany

Allied Domecq plc is a company that operates spirits, wine, and quick service restaurant businesses.

Allied Domecq's spirits division operates a combination of nine core global brands, plus a selection of local market leaders. Their product portfolio includes:

• Beefeater -- gin
• Ballantine's -- whisky
• Teachers Highland Cream whisky
• Laphroaig, a malt whisky from Islay
• Courvoisier cognac
• Canadian Club whisky
• Kahl�a coffee liqueur
• Malibu, a coconut-flavoured rum-based spirit
• Maker's Mark, a Kentucky bourbon whiskey
• Mumm champagne
• Perrier Jouet champagne
• Sauza Tequila
• Stolichnaya vodka
• Tia Maria liqueur
• Cockburn's port
• Harveys Bristol Cream sherry

The company also owns these chains of franchise outlets:

• Dunkin' Donuts
• Baskin-Robbins ice cream shops
• Togo's sandwich shops

The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100. The company is now also listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In early 2005, a takeover bid for the company was launched by French-based rival Pernod Ricard SA, which plans to sell off overlapping spirits brands to U.S.-based competitor Fortune Brands and British giant Diageo, and to sell the restaurant business to Blackstone, another British group.

External link

• http://www.allieddomecq.com

Template:Corp-stub

[[Category:]]

[[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]