Diageo has its head office in Park Royal and in the London Borough of Brent, on a former Guinness brewery property.

Neglect of Burger King by new owner Grand Met and its successor Diageo, further hurt the standing of the brand, causing significant financial damage to BK franchises and straining relations between the parties.

After a number of lawsuits, Smirnoff successfully reclaimed its trademark, while in 2006 Diageo concluded a joint venture deal with the Smirnov company.

Andrew Barclay, Son's & Co is now owned by Wabtec ( Wabtec Rail Scotland ) and Johnnie Walker still survives and it currently owned by Diageo, who however decided to announce plans to pull the whisky out of Kilmarnock after 192 years and has been its home sine the 19th century.

Diageo has its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Diageo also distributes Unicum ( Hungarian liqueur ), its lighter-bodied variant Zwack, and Jose Cuervo tequila products in North America.

Diageo previously owned the Port Dundas Grain Distillery in Glasgow prior to its closure and demolition in 2010, and jointly operates the North British Grain Distillery in Gorgie, Edinburgh, with The Edrington Group.

Diageo moved its employees to the Park Royal site.

In December 2003, Diageo provoked controversy over its decision to change its Cardhu brand Scotch whisky from a single malt to a vatted ( blended ) malt whilst retaining the original name and bottle style.

PTI is sponsored by alcoholic beverage company Diageo, via its brand Jeremiah Weed.

The successful introduction of the Chicken Whopper was one of the few noted positive highlights of the company during negotiations for the sale of Burger King by its the owner Diageo to a group of investors lead by the TPG Capital ; Chicago-based consulting firm Technomic Inc. president Ron Paul was quoted that he was encouraged by recent product changes at Burger King such as the new Chicken Whopper, but he said it's too early to tell whether the changes have been successful.

In 1989, the British company Grand Metropolitan ( later Diageo ) purchased the food maker, and during this ownership period the company divested itself of all production and distribution facilities ( contracting these functions to other companies ), making itself simply a marketing entity for its own brands ( Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Totino's, etc.

Simon Mann's father, George Mann, captained the England cricket team in the late 1940s and was an heir to a stake in the Watney Mann brewing empire that closed in 1979, having been acquired by Grand Metropolitan ( which, in 1997, became Diageo plc on its merger with Guinness ).

In 2004 the multinational Diageo company agreed to build extra Central line platforms at Park Royal tube station to the east, as part of its First Central business park, built on the site of the ( now demolished ) Guinness brewery.

In 2004, the multinational Diageo company agreed to build Central line platforms at Park Royal station to the west of North Acton, as part of its First Central business park, built on the site of the now demolished Guinness brewery.

The major employer now is the drinks manufacturer Diageo which has its main bottling plant in the town, and one of the largest distilleries in the world at Cameron Bridge, near Windygates.

Dalwhinnie has become famous worldwide because it is marketed by its owners, United Distillers unit of Diageo, under their Classic Malts brand, launched in 1988.

In 1996, Diageo moved to a head office facility in Henrietta Place, Westminster, City of Westminster.

In 1998 the company acquired Dewar's scotch and Bombay Sapphire gin from Diageo for $ 2 billion.

* Nicholson's-made in London from 1730, now a Diageo brand

The twenty-first century saw the company return to independence when it was purchased from Diageo by a group of investment firms led by TPG Capital for in 2002.

Bushmills was part of the Irish Distillers group from 1972 until 2005 when it was sold to Diageo.

These steps included the acquisition on June 2, 2008 of substantially all of the assets of the Pennsylvania Brewery from Diageo North America, Inc. From 2007 to 2009, core product volume brewed at company-owned breweries increased from approximately 35 % to over 95 %.

In 2002, The Coca-Cola Company acquired the line of Seagram's mixers ( ginger ale, tonic water, club soda and seltzer water ) from Pernod Ricard and Diageo, as well as signing a long term agreement to use the Seagram's name from Pernod Ricard.

Smithwick ’ s was purchased from Walter Smithwick in 1965 by Guinness and is now, along with Guinness, part of Diageo.

Protest and backing from the Scottish Government took place in 2009, after Diageo, the owner of Johnnie Walker announced plans to close the bottling plant in the town after 289 years.

Diageo was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan.

On 9 May 2012 Scottish Craft Brewery Brewdog revealed that Diageo had threatened to withdraw funding from BII Scotland's annual awards if Brewdog was to be named winner of the Best Bar Operator award.

It was sponsored by Diageo in promotion of the Tanqueray brand from 2010 and 2011 and by Audi since 2012.

Support for such legislation comes from groups fighting underage drinking and drunk driving, including alcohol companies such as Diageo and industry groups such as the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States ( DISCUS ), among others.

In July 2002, TPG, together with Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, announced the high profile $ 2. 3 billion leveraged buyout of Burger King from Diageo.

Pernod-Ricard have bought Montana Wines, Diageo own Blossom Hill, and Constellation Brands have a portfolio that span the New World, from Ravenswood and Vincor to Nobilo and Hardys.

With high-profile assignments from multinationals such as BP, Diageo, Philips, France Telecom, InBev, British Airways, Scottish Power, Endesa, and Vodafone, Sullivan & Cromwell has carved out a niche in cross-border M & A.

Diageo made an announcement on June 24, 2008 that it intends to build and operate a new rum distillery on St. Croix, Virgin Islands beginning in 2010 and to source from it beginning at the end of their current supply contract in 2012.

The company is now a part of Diageo, a company formed from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan in 1997.

In July 2002, Bain together with TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, announced the high profile $ 2. 3 billion leveraged buyout of Burger King from Diageo.

According to the Diageo web site, Myer's rum uses only " pure Jamaican molasses " and is " produced from continuous and pot still distillation and is then matured for up to four years on white oak barrels ".

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Shares in Diageo began trading on the London Stock Exchange on 17 December 1997.

The parental disregard of the Burger King brand continued through Grand Metropolitan's merger with Guinness in 1997, when the two organizations formed the new holding company Diageo.

Diageo owned Pillsbury until 2000 when it was sold to General Mills.

* Gullane Entertainment owned the Guinness Book of World Records when it was sold by Diageo.

The Distillers Company was subsequently purchased by Guinness plc in 1986 and Pimm's became part of Diageo when Guinness and Grand Metropolitan merged in 1997.

The brand is currently owned by Diageo, which purchased it when the Seagram portfolio was dissolved in the year 2000.