| 1937 |
Rights to produce and market Bulmers in Ireland |
| 1960 |
Acquired ownership rights to Bulmers trademark in Ireland |
| 1968 |
Allied Breweries and Guinness Ireland merged |
| 1970 |
Grants of Ireland acquired (wines and spirits). Hollywood and Donnelly acquired (wines and spirits in Northern Ireland) |
| 1979 |
The export arm of the Group came into being with the launch of Carolans Irish Cream |
| 1985 |
Irish Mist acquired (liqueur company) |
| 1986 |
Ross Cochrane acquired (wholesale alcohol in Northern Ireland). WJ Dwan acquired (wholesale alcohol) |
| 1990 |
Majority interest in Barbero SpA acquired (liqueur business in Italy) |
| 1991 |
Barbieri Ltd acquired (aperitif business in Italy) |
| 1993 |
Ballygowan acquired (bottled water) |
| 1994 |
Tullamore Dew acquired (Irish whiskey) |
| 1995 |
Aquaporte acquired (dispensed water) |
| 1998 |
Allied Domecq acquired 100% of C&C |
| 1999 |
Funds advised by BC Partners, their co-investors and management acquired C&C from Allied Domecq. Tayto acquired (potato crisps and snack foods) |
| 2000 |
Buy out of minority shareholding
in Barbero |
| 2001 |
Findlaters acquired (wines) |
| 2003 |
C&C Group plc announces sale of 100% of Barbero S.p.A (“Barbero”) to Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A (“Campari”) Dec ‘03. C&C retained the Frangelico liqueur brand |
| 2004 |
IPO |
| 2005 |
Disposal
of Snacks
division
to Largo
Food Export
Limited |
| 2007 |
Disposal of Soft drinks and related assets
to Britvic plc |
| 2009 |
Acquires Irish, Northern Irish and Scottish businesses of Anheuser-Busch InBev, including the Tennent's brands |
| 2010 |
Disposal of Spirits & Liqueurs Division to Wm. Grant & Sons Holding Ltd. |
