Word: whitbread
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...increase over the same period of the previous year. But October saw a 6% slump. British brewers are now beginning to take stock, and what they see is grim indeed. Bass Charrington reported trade off by 4%. Vaux Breweries, losing money in Scotland, threatens to raise prices. Whitbread sees little prospect of improving profits in the year ahead. Bucking the Trend. Only Britain's second largest beermaker, Allied Breweries (Ind Coope, Tetley Walker, Ansells), is bucking the national trend. During four critical weeks ending Nov. 24, Allied actually showed a 1% increase in sales. An attempt to change national...
...forties. He willingly endorsed-for varying but plentiful fees-the products of dozens of companies, from Dunlop boots to Tupperware. After all, honoring the sponsors of his trip, he wore Daks slacks on the boat, flourished the coiled emblem of the International Wool Secretariat on his peaked cap, drank Whitbread ale and Squires gin en route and sent regular dispatches to the Times...