Allied Domecq PLC was an international

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, headquartered in

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, United Kingdom, that operated spirits,

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, and quick service restaurant businesses. It was once a

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constituent but has been acquired by

Pernod Ricard Pernod Ricard () is a French company best known for its anise-flavoured pastis apéritifs Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis (often referred to simply as ''Pernod'' or ''Ricard''). The world’s second-largest wine and spirits seller, it also produ ...

. They had one distillery in India.

History

Allied Domecq was the result of a 1994 merger between Allied Lyons and Pedro Domecq S.A.Corporate History of Dunkin' Brands
from the Dunkin' Brands website Allied Lyons itself was the result of a 1978 merger between Allied Breweries and the food and

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group

J. Lyons and Co J. Lyons & Co. was a British restaurant chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate founded in 1884 by Joseph Lyons and his brothers in law, Isidore and Montague Gluckstein. Lyons’ first teashop opened in Piccadilly, London in 1894, and ...

. In early 2005, a takeover bid for the company was launched by French-based rival

S.A. Pernod Ricard successfully completed acquisition on 26 July 2005 and sold off the overlapping spirits brands to U.S.-based competitor Fortune Brands and British-based multinational

Diageo Diageo plc () is a Multinational corporation, multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It operates from 132 sites around the world. It was the world's largest distiller before being overtaken by Kweich ...

. On 12 December 2005, Pernod Ricard announced that it had agreed to sell the restaurant businesses ( Dunkin' Brands) to a consortium of three US

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firms (Thomas H. Lee Partners, the

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and Bain Capital LLP) for $2.43 billion. The closing of the sale occurred on 1 March 2006.Pernod Ricard sells Dunkin' Brands to Bain Capital
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Portfolio at time of takeover

Allied Domecq's spirits division operated a combination of nine core global brands, plus a selection of local market leaders. Their product portfolio included: * Ballantine's whisky *

Teacher's Highland Cream Teacher's Highland Cream is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced in Glasgow, Scotland, by Beam Suntory, the US-headquartered subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. The Teacher's Highland Cream brand was registered in 1884. (The lab ...

whisky * Laphroaig, a malt whisky from

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Courvoisier Courvoisier () is a brand of cognac, with production based in the town of Jarnac in the Charente region of France. It is the youngest and smallest of the "big four" cognac houses (the others are Hennessy, Rémy Martin, and Martell). Courvois ...

cognac *

Canadian Club Canadian Club is a brand of Canadian whisky produced by Beam Suntory. Popularly known as CC, Canadian Club was created by Hiram Walker and Sons, an evolution of a brand around a product that took place over the second half of the nineteenth ce ...

whisky *

Kahlúa Kahlúa () is a brand of coffee liqueur owned by the Pernod Ricard company and produced in Veracruz, Mexico. The drink contains rum, sugar, and arabica coffee. History Pedro Domecq began producing Kahlúa in 1936. It was named Kahlúa, meanin ...

coffee

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* Malibu, a

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-flavoured rum-based spirit *

Maker's Mark Maker's Mark is a small-batch bourbon whisky produced in Loretto, Kentucky, by Beam Suntory. It is bottled at 90 U.S. proof (45% alcohol by volume) and sold in squarish bottles sealed with red wax. The distillery offers tours, and is part of ...

, a

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bourbon whiskey Bourbon () is a type of barrel-aged American whiskey made primarily from corn. The name derives from the French Bourbon dynasty, although the precise source of inspiration is uncertain; contenders include Bourbon County in Kentucky and Bourbo ...

Montana Wines Brancott Estate is the brand adopted since 2010 by Pernod Ricard for New Zealand's largest wine producer, formerly Montana Wines, which now operates as the New Zealand division of Pernod Ricard Winemakers. The name comes from its Brancott winer ...

, a large

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wine producer. *

Mumm G. H. Mumm & Cie is a Champagne house founded in 1827 and based in Reims, France. G.H. Mumm is one of the largest Champagne houses and is currently ranked 4th globally based on number of bottles sold. The company is owned by Pernod Ricard. G. ...

champagne * Perrier-Jouët champagne * Don Pedro

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Tia Maria Tia Maria is a dark coffee liqueur made originally in Jamaica using Jamaican coffee beans, but now made in Italy. The main ingredients are coffee beans, Jamaican rum, vanilla, and sugar, blended to an alcoholic content of 20%. History The hi ...

liqueur * Cockburn's Port * Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry * Curtis No. 1 whisky Brands acquired by Fortune Brands: * Sauza Tequila * Courvoisier cognac * Canadian Club whisky * Clos du Bois and other Sonoma and Napa wine brands * Laphroaig malt whisky * Maker's Mark bourbon * Teacher's Highland Cream whisky * Cockburn's port * Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry * Larios gin *

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* Fundador Spanish brandy * Centenario Spanish brandy *

Kuemmerling Kuemmerling is the brandname of a type of Kräuterlikör (herb liqueur) from Germany, belonging to the group of Halbbitter (semi bitters). This 35% by volume alcohol is a type of bitters. It has been in production since 1963 in Bodenheim, near Mai ...

German bitters

References

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