It’s Cheers All Around for the Alcohol Industry
The holiday season and buoyant consumer moods have the beverage industry in good spirits.
Georgina Hurst
December 17, 2025
An employee pours a white wine from a measuring vessel into a glass inside The Yew Tree pub, operated by Chef and Brewer, a unit of Spirit Pub Co., in Great Horkesley, U.K., on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Spirit, the owner of more than 1,200 U.K. outlets including Chef & Brewer and Wacky Warehouse, said it rejected a 661 million-pound ($1.1 billion) all-share takeover approach from competitor Greene King Plc. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
