Jameson Whiskey sales grew by 17% year-on-year, and volumes were up 10% in the first three months of the company’s financial year it was announced today.

THE world’s second largest drinks company Pernod Ricard made a net profit of €840m, an increase of 1% for the year to end June 2008.

PERNOD RICARD, owners of Irish Distillers, have reported a better than expected 8.4% rise in first-quarter sales.

Drinks giant Pernod Ricard should be ready to serve up a £7.4bn (€10.8bn) takeover deal for rival Allied Domecq later this week, reports indicated today.

Strong sales of premium brands, such as Jameson whiskey, in Asia and America boosted wine and spirits sales of Pernod Ricard to €3.4bn last year, up 2.1% over 2003.

Drinks giant Pernod Ricard has announced that sales of Jameson whiskey rose by 11%, in the first nine months of the year.

PERNOD RICARD, owners of the Irish Distillers Group, said the decline in the Irish spirits market has halted and that the sector is recovering after a dreadful 2003.

Drinks giant Pernod Ricard announced sales growth for the first half of 2004 today in line with expectations.

Bacardi Ltd, the world’s biggest rum maker, asked a Washington court to give it the right to sell Havana Club rum in the US, the latest step in a decade-long battle with the Cuban government and Pernod Ricard SA for control of the brand.

Pernod Ricard, the French drinks giant that owns Irish Distillers, said full year sales fell 27% due to the strength of the euro and the sale of its non-drink operations.

Drinks group Pernod Ricard have reported pre-tax profits of €167m and an increase of 3.7%.

PERNOD Ricard believe sales of Jameson Irish whiskey will double to three million cases in the short term and plan to take on Sminoff-Ice in the ready-to-go drinks market with a new product - Jameson Chill.