As Australia's winemakers look to take advantage of growing demand in Asia, the country's largest
wine company Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is leading the charge toward taking over th...
Not exact matches
In addition to its existing portfolio, in 2016 it gained exclusive distribution rights for Wolf Blass» Eaglehawk range in mainland China, although Wolf Blass» parent
company Treasury Wine Estates operates its own importing and distribution network.
When
Treasury acquired Diageo's
wine operations, he outlined that the
company would find at least $ US25 million ($ 34 million) of synergies and cost - cutting by 2020.
Mr Woolford and his team have been closely scrutinising the latest
wine industry sales data for the main markets in which
Treasury operates and concluded that the
company's Asian performance «could surprise on the upside» with industry - wide Australian red
wine volumes to China up 57 per cent in May.
Treasury Wines, which had previously been part of beer
company Foster's Group, spent $ 2.9 billion in 2000 buying the Beringer
Wine Estates business in California and it had been a patchy performer over the years.
Foster's split off
Treasury as a stand - alone
wine company in 2011 after generally poor results running beer and
wine businesses side - by - side.
Australia's
Treasury Wine Posts Record Half - Year Profit on U.S., China Demand Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd, the world's biggest listed stand - alone wine company, posted a record half - year profit as it catered to China's thirst for mid-range product and benefited from a United States purchas
Wine Posts Record Half - Year Profit on U.S., China Demand Australia's
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd, the world's biggest listed stand - alone wine company, posted a record half - year profit as it catered to China's thirst for mid-range product and benefited from a United States purchas
Wine Estates Ltd, the world's biggest listed stand - alone
wine company, posted a record half - year profit as it catered to China's thirst for mid-range product and benefited from a United States purchas
wine company, posted a record half - year profit as it catered to China's thirst for mid-range product and benefited from a United States purchase...
Treasury Wine Estates managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Angus McPherson, said while the company's core brands like Wolf Blass had been achieving sales growth rates in the «double digits» for each of the past three years in Australia, it was new brands that were making strong progress in the domestic wine mar
Wine Estates managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Angus McPherson, said while the
company's core brands like Wolf Blass had been achieving sales growth rates in the «double digits» for each of the past three years in Australia, it was new brands that were making strong progress in the domestic
wine mar
wine market.
Citi said the latest
wine industry data also showed that
Treasury sales in the United States are solid, but that while the
company is expanding its market share in Australia, «overall price realisation is weak».
Foster's split off
Treasury Wine Estates into a standalone wine company in 2011 and after some early wobbles it has been a strong performer as a solo operator since early 2014 when new chief executive Mike Clarke took o
Wine Estates into a standalone
wine company in 2011 and after some early wobbles it has been a strong performer as a solo operator since early 2014 when new chief executive Mike Clarke took o
wine company in 2011 and after some early wobbles it has been a strong performer as a solo operator since early 2014 when new chief executive Mike Clarke took over.
Mr Clarke, who has a background in fast moving consumer goods working for
companies such as Kraft and Reebok, also said he was committed to the strategy laid down by his predecessors to shift
Treasury Wine's production focus up the price curve to more expensive
wines, also known as a «premiumisation» in the industry.
Liquor retailers say the prospect of
Treasury Wine Estates» portfolio of 80 - plus brands being owned by an overseas
company is unlikely to produce a customer backlash, unless price rises are pursued by new private equity owners.
It was on an English golf course that an out - of - work Mike Clarke first heard of the world's biggest stand - alone listed
wine company, Treasury Wine Esta
wine company,
Treasury Wine Esta
Wine Estates.
Having conquered China, the
Treasury Wine Estates chief executive has now put the building blocks in place to revitalise the company's US operations, two - and - a-bit years after he bought Diageo's American wine business for $ 750 mill
Wine Estates chief executive has now put the building blocks in place to revitalise the
company's US operations, two - and - a-bit years after he bought Diageo's American
wine business for $ 750 mill
wine business for $ 750 million.
Treasury was demerged from beer
company Foster's Group in mid-2011 to become a stand - alone
wine company.
Treasury split off as a stand - alone
wine company from Foster's in 2011.
Treasury Wine Estates chief executive Mike Clarke and one of his senior executives are assessing up to five different options before making a final decision on an internal structure likely to include a separate sales and marketing arm for the company's top - end wine bra
Wine Estates chief executive Mike Clarke and one of his senior executives are assessing up to five different options before making a final decision on an internal structure likely to include a separate sales and marketing arm for the
company's top - end
wine bra
wine brands.
Treasury Wine Estates is one of the world's largest wine compan
Wine Estates is one of the world's largest
wine compan
wine companies.
Mr Clarke emphasised that
Treasury was now a much more sustainable and consistent business, in marked contrast to the severe fluctuations of several years ago when the
company stumbled in the United States and had to destroy large quantities of bottled commercial
wine overflowing in warehouses.
He said the «peanut butter approach» of spreading marketing investment into all of the
company's brands was not working with
Treasury Wine's getting better value for money by supporting its key premium brands and some bottom end commercial
wines that are popular with consumers.
«
Treasury Wines» management told the market on multiple occasions throughout the 2013 financial year that the
company's earnings would grow whilst it adequately managed its US distributors» inventory levels.
Beleaguered
wine giant Treasury Wine Estates has rejected a bid from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, claiming the $ 4.70 - a-share bid does not properly value the comp
wine giant
Treasury Wine Estates has rejected a bid from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, claiming the $ 4.70 - a-share bid does not properly value the comp
Wine Estates has rejected a bid from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, claiming the $ 4.70 - a-share bid does not properly value the
company.
The
Treasury board is understood to have held KKR to a price of about $ 5.20, which values Australia's largest
wine company at $ 3.4 billion.
This exposes parent
company Treasury Wine Estates to millions of dollars in fines for trading under a name they don't own.
Asia will be the biggest profit contributor to
Treasury Wine Estates within 18 months, outstripping the traditional heartland of Australia and the United States, where the
company ploughed $ 3 billion into big acquisitions under the ownership of Foster's Group.
Treasury chairman Paul Rayner has been under intense pressure after a series of missteps at the world's largest stand - alone
wine company over the past 15 months, with a change of ownership now highly likely for the owner of Penfolds, Rosemount, Wolf Blass, Wynns and Lindemans.
Foster's then split off
Treasury into a standalone
wine company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Deborah Knight, AFR Sunday: Australia's largest listed
wine company, Treasury Wine Estates, has run into trouble in one of its biggest markets and it couldn't have come at a worst t
wine company,
Treasury Wine Estates, has run into trouble in one of its biggest markets and it couldn't have come at a worst t
Wine Estates, has run into trouble in one of its biggest markets and it couldn't have come at a worst time.
It is part of
Treasury chief executive Mike Clarke's overhaul of the
Treasury business, as he cuts costs in the supply chain and steps up investment behind the more prominent
wine brands in the
company's portfolio.
Mr Clarke also revealed at the strategic briefing that
Treasury was still considering a potential de-merger of its lower - priced commercial
wine business among a range of future options, which also includes more acquisitions of higher - end
wine companies as it heads towards its goal of having profit margins above 30 per cent across the entire business.
Treasury Wines is Australia's biggest
wine company and has heavily re-positioned its portfolio to the premium and luxury end of the market, with brands including Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Wynns and has delivered booming profits with exports to China rising sharply.
Angus McPherson, the managing director of Australasia for
Treasury Wine Estates, said his company didn't sell any cask wine in Australia but such an ad - hoc approach to policy would be damaging to the entire $ 5 billion wine indus
Wine Estates, said his
company didn't sell any cask
wine in Australia but such an ad - hoc approach to policy would be damaging to the entire $ 5 billion wine indus
wine in Australia but such an ad - hoc approach to policy would be damaging to the entire $ 5 billion
wine indus
wine industry.
The value of withdrawn local mergers and acquisitions has more than doubled this year, as the level of competing bids climbed and tilts for
companies including SAI Global and
Treasury Wine hit a wall.
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Treasury Wine Estates as the wine company prepares to cut about 100 staff by June
Wine Estates as the
wine company prepares to cut about 100 staff by June
wine company prepares to cut about 100 staff by June 30.
More than $ 800 million in market value has been shredded from two ASX - listed
companies,
Treasury Wine Estates and quality assurance group SAI Global, since proposed takeover bids by private equity firms fell flat.
Consumer - facing
companies have been hardest hit, which is reflected in downgrades from Funtastic Furniture, Coca - Cola Amatil, Goodman Fielder,
Treasury Wine Estates, and weak results for Wesfarmers - owned Kmart and Target.
Stephen Millar, who ran the global
wine operations of Constellation Brands for three years until 2006, says being a public
company isn't the right place for
Treasury in its current state.
Wolf Blass, the man behind one of
Treasury Wine Estate's most successful international brands, says whoever ends up buying the
company needs to quickly sell off the ailing United States operations.
Treasury Wine's annual meeting is usually held in late October but was rescheduled months ago on the expectation it would coincide with a shareholder vote on one of the two private equity takeover proposals the
company had received.
Larger
wine companies like Australian Vintage and Foster's spin - off Treasury Wine Estates may be in a stronger position to respond to current market challen
wine companies like Australian Vintage and Foster's spin - off
Treasury Wine Estates may be in a stronger position to respond to current market challen
Wine Estates may be in a stronger position to respond to current market challenges.
Takeover activity has returned to the Australian market in a big way for the first time since 2011 as
companies such as David Jones,
Treasury Wine Estates and Australand find themselves in the sights of predators.
Takeover activity has returned to the Australian market in a big way for the first time since 2011 as predators circle
companies such as David Jones,
Treasury Wine and Australand.
The arrival of a takeover bid is usually welcome news for shares prices;
Treasury Wine Estates stock soared 18 per cent when the
company rejected a bid from KKR.
JPMorgan described
Treasury Wine's decision to reveal a takeover proposal a month after fielding it as «strange» and predicted the ailing
company will cling to its US division in an effort to turbo - charge earnings growth.
Penfolds has always been the jewel in the crown for
Treasury Wine Estates and its value to the
company will only increase as assets are written down.
After years of Australian winemakers either going bust or being bought out by larger
companies, Australian Vintage is one of three remaining ASX - listed winemakers, next to
Treasury Wine Estates and the much smaller Brand New Vintage.
Liquor retailers say the prospect of
Treasury Wine Estates» portfolio being owned by an overseas
company is unlikely to produce a customer backlash, but warn what will annoy them is price rises.