Tobacco

BAT Announces Management Board Shake-Up, Introduces Two New Roles

In order to accelerate the implementation of its established strategy, British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced a series of management board changes....

Altria In Talks To Take Minority Stake In Juul, Sources

Tobacco company Altria Group Inc is in talks to take a minority stake of 20 to 40% in e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc, people familiar with the matter said...

Imperial Brands To Build Up Inventory Worth £30M Ahead Of Brexit

British tobacco company Imperial Brands plans to build inventories next year, to avoid any potential supply disruption that might arise with Brexit, it sai...

Philip Morris Aims To Revive Japan Sales With Cheaper Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco

Philip Morris International Inc released cheaper versions of its IQOS 'heat not burn' products in Japan on Tuesday as it tries to revive sales and ward off...

BAT Reduces Growth Expectations For Smoking Alternative Products

British American Tobacco (BAT) has said that it has revised its expectation on its smoking alternative products which it now expects to make £100 mil...

Food & Non-Alcoholic Drinks Prices Fall 2.2% On Annual Basis: CSO

Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages fell -2.2% due to lower prices across a range of products on an annual basis, research showed. According to the n...

Imperial Brands Eyes $2bn Boost From Vaping Products

Imperial Brands expects alternatives to smoking such as vaping pens and a heated tobacco device to add up to £1.5 billion (€1.7 billion) to its...

Weekly Round-Up… 21 August, 2018

EU households generate around 45 kilograms of fresh fruit and vegetable waste per person per year, according to the EU’s Joint Research Centre, which...