Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Majestic broadens cider staples with Normandy listing

Published: 19 May, 2021

Majestic its broadening its cider portfolio with a pair of gluten free, vegan, no added sugar products from Normandy cider and Calvados producer, Sassy.

Lay & Wheeler records ‘best year’ in a decade

Published: 11 May, 2021

Lay & Wheeler has announced its best year in over a decade, reporting a 57% value sales increase for the year ending 29 March 2021.

Majestic brand update ditches pink stores ahead of new openings

Published: 06 May, 2021

Majestic Wine has begun an estate-wide streamlining of its brand identity by flipping over 20 vibrant pink stores to its dark grey and green livery.

Majestic top rated retailer at Best Places to Work awards

Published: 13 January, 2021

Majestic Wine has been recognised with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, as one the Best Places to Work in 2020.

Balfour and Majestic launch English wine follow-up

Published: 08 December, 2020

Majestic Wine and Balfour Wines at Hush Heath Estate are following up the debut of their English wine partnership, with a sophomore release of limited edition labels.

Majestic pinpoints Beaujolais as ‘unexpected hit’ of 2020

Published: 20 November, 2020

Majestic has pinpointed Beaujolais as “one of the unexpected hits” of 2020.

Majestic rubber stamps new logo

Published: 24 September, 2020

Majestic has unveiled its definitive new logo and begun the process of rolling it out across its estate.

Majestic unveils ‘Diversity In Wine’ Scholarship

Published: 17 September, 2020

Majestic is launching a new, all expenses paid scholarship to put up to 50 candidates from BAME or diverse backgrounds through their WSET Level 2 qualification.

Majestic reverts back to traditional logo

Published: 02 September, 2020

Majestic has revealed it is reverting back to its traditional ‘bunch of grapes grape’ logo, which was used as the company’s identity between 1991 to 2018.

Majestic teams up with Olly Smith hosted podcast A Glass With

Published: 19 August, 2020

Majestic has teamed up with A Glass With, the wine focused podcast hosted by Olly Smith and produced by Richard Hemming MW.

Majestic reveals new own-label strategy as it expands range

Published: 20 July, 2020

Majestic has added 14 wines to its Definition label, at the same time revealing a change in strategy towards own-label.

Deliveroo and Majestic tie-in expands following lockdown growth

Published: 09 July, 2020

Deliveroo and Majestic Wine have announced another major expansion to their delivery partnership, taking the number of participating stores from 83 to 137.

Majestic re-opens across the Channel

Published: 08 July, 2020

Majestic Calais, the French arm of Majestic Wine, has reopened its doors to customers at its superstore over The Channel following the easing of travel restrictions in and out of the UK.