Diageo plc

Type	Public (LSE: DGE, NYSE: DEO)
Founded	{{{foundation}}}
Headquarters	London
Key people	Lord Blyth of Rowington (Chairman), Paul Walsh, (Chief Executive)
Industry	Drinks
Products	Alcoholic drinks
Revenue	$13.80 Billion
Employees	22,333
Website	[1]

Diageo plc (LSE: DGE, NYSE: DEO) is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. The company was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness plc and Grand Metropolitan plc and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... Bottles of cachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic beverage. ... World War II era advert. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ...

The product portfolios of Guinness and GrandMet were largely complementary, with little overlap.

Brands

Diageo is the holding company for some of the leading international alcoholic beverage brands such as Guinness, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Gordon's, Crown Royal, Bulleit Bourbon, J&B, Seagram 7 Crown, VO, Bells, Archers, Pimm's, Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray, Don Julio, Baileys, Sterling Vineyards, Beaulieu Vineyard, George Dickel, UDL and Bushmills. Diageo also operates the Scottish whisky distilleries of Blair Athol, Caol Ila, Cardow, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, Glenkinchie, Glen Ord, Lagavulin, Oban, Royal Lochnagar and Talisker. Diageo also distributes Jose Cuervo products. World War II era advert. ... Various Smirnoff products Plastic 473ml Smirnoff Ice no76, bottled in Toronto. ... Captain Morgan, as pictured on the product packaging Captain Morgan can also refer to a One Piece character, Axe-Hand Morgan. ... Gordons is a popular brand of gin produced in the United Kingdom and under license in New Zealand and several other former British territories. ... Crown Royal is a blended Canadian whisky, 40% alcohol (ethanol) by volume, 80 proof. ... J&B (Justerini & Brooks), owned by multinational Diageo plc, is a Scottish blended whisky brand. ... Pernod Ricard is a French company producing alcoholic beverages. ... VO can be An abbreviation for Virtual organization An abbreviation for Visual Objects An abbreviation for Voice-over An abbreviation for Vendetta Online The IATA code for Tyrolean Airways. ... Bell has a range of meanings: A bell is a simple sound_making device, including Tubular bells and cowbells. ... Archers in Competition Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. ... Pimms is a brand of alcoholic beverages now owned by Diageo. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Tanqueray is a brand of British gin which is marketed worldwide. ... Don Julio Tequila is regarded as among the top three true mexican tequilas. ... Baileys Irish Cream (the registered trade mark omits the apostrophe), is an Irish whiskey- and cream- based liqueur, made by R. J. Bailey & Co. ... Sterling Vineyards, located in Calistoga, California, is a large winery that achieved international recognition when it won first place in the Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981. ... Beaulieu Vineyard was established in 1900 in Napa Valley, Californiia. ... George Dickel is the name of a brand of Tennessee whiskey manufactured in Cascade Hollow, Tennessee, near Tullahoma. ... The Old Bushmills Distillery is the worlds oldest licensed whiskey distillery. ... Scotch whisky, often called simply Scotch, is a distilled spirit made in Scotland. ... Blair Athol may refer to several places: Blair Athol, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide Blair Atholl, Scotland is near Pitlochry Blair Athol Whisky is a single malt Scotch made there This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Caol Ila distillery Caol Ila is a distillery near Port Askaig on Islay, Scotland, famed for its single malt Scotch whisky of the same name. ... The Distillery Cragganmore distillery was founded in 1869 by John Smith. ... Dalwhinnie is the highest distillery in Scotland. ... The Distillery Glenkinchie lies, as the name might suggest, in a glen of the Kinchie burn near the village of Pencaitland. ... Lagavulin Single Malt is a scotch whisky distilled on the Scottish Island of Islay in the village of Lagavulin. ... Oban distillery produces single malt Scotch, classified among Scotlands Highland Single Malts. ... Talisker 10 year single malt Scotch Talisker is an Island Single Malt Scotch whisky produced by the Talisker Distillery, Carbost, Scotland; the only distillery on the Isle of Skye. ... Various brands of tequila Tequila is a strong distilled alcoholic beverage made primarily in the area surrounding Tequila, a town in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, 50 km from Guadalajara. ...

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Cardhu controversy

In December 2003, Diageo provoked controversy over its decision to change its Cardhu brand Scotch whisky from a single malt to a vatted malt (also known as a pure malt) whilst retaining the original name and bottle style. Diageo took this action because it did not have sufficient reserves to meet demand in the Spanish market, where Cardhu had been successful. All other firms in the Scotch whisky industry opposed this change. They claimed that changing the composition of the whisky (to a supposedly inferior product) while keeping the original name and bottle style would confuse drinkers and damage the reputation of single malt whisky and the Scotch whisky industry in general. Whereas the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) was unwilling to react, William Grant & Sons led other smaller distillers in the campaign to make Diageo revert their decision. After a meeting of producers, Diageo agreed to make changes. December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Events December 31, 2003 In Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian signs a law that allows referendums to be held. ... Single malt Scotch is a type of Scotch whisky, distilled by a single distillery, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient. ... Vatted Malt is a whisky which is blended from a number of different single malt whiskies. ... Glenfiddich whisky range William Grant & Sons Ltd. ...

As of 2006, the brand of Cardhu has quietly changed back to being a single malt again[2].

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Diageo are: James Blyth, Clive Hollick, Franz Humer, Maria Lilja, Nick Rose, William Shanahan, Todd Stitzer, Jon Symonds, Paul Walker, and Paul Walsh. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Clive Hollick (Lord Hollick of Notting Hill) (born 19 May 1945) is a British businessman with media interests. ...

External links

• www.diageo.com Official website
• www.diageobrands.com A Diageo website detailing their brands.