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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

THE TRUTH ABOUT: How fortunes turned flat at johnnie walker and guinness owner diageo - The Untold Story

bottles of Smirnoff vodka
Diageo owns premium spirits brands such as Smirnoff vodka, Gordon’s gin and Johnnie Walker whisky. It also owns Guinness. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

“Good things come to those who wait” may have been an effective slogan for selling Guinness but City investors are demanding more urgency to slake their thirst.

With a crucial half-year results presentation likely to take place on Tuesday, their patience with the boss of Diageo – the global drinks company that makes the “black stuff” – appears to be wearing thin.

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