Indian IPO and QIP fever in Vietnam. Came across an incense stick offering to a Chinese temple from Sharan Bansal of Skipper Ltd. asking for blessings for a successful QIP and high quality investors. 😀
@DrAnimeshSingh@iancowie@annabelbrodies@K_S_Caldwell FT was hit by a perfect storm. Peak gin, glass prices, cost of living crisis, transatlantic freight rates, etc. But it is morphing from a niche UK (tonic) brand to a global premium consumer blue-chip in the making, but there is quite a way to go.
@shiftingshares@InsiderIdeas@bruce_packard FT still has around 45% of the tonic market in the UK, not much down from peak. BTW Coke has discontinued its premium mixer range https://t.co/gXbEEUr0W5.
@Citizen004@RSHofer You will find that they are called FeverTree as their bark contains Quinine which was the only effective cure against malaria in those days https://t.co/cFp3k2DSlM
@vsihv @NyamenSedap FT is now #1 Ginger Beer in USA & Canada and #1 Tonic in USA (all by $ value!!)
and check out https://t.co/iLHIDpDYQk and https://t.co/wnYZk5erF3
@NyamenSedap @vsihv Pricey, but I would argue downside is limited. Upside is dependent on US execution. Once converted customers stay with FT. They have nearly a 50% of share in UK which hasn't budged and the category premium mixers with finest natural ingredients ethically sourced keeps on growing
@vsihv @NyamenSedap Rather if US goes the same way as UK (10 years ago) when FT single handedly created the premium mixer category, there is a long runway ahead
@NyamenSedap @vsihv or earnings to go up. Everything that could go wrong for FT went wrong last year, glass prices, freight rates, one off production issue, change in Aussie distribution, etc. In my view all these are one off.