Allied Domecq

{{Short description|1994–2005 British alcoholic beverages manufacturer}}

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| fate = Acquired

| successor = Pernod Ricard

| foundation = 1994

| defunct = 2005

| location = Bristol, United Kingdom

| industry = Drink industry

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Allied Domecq PLC was a multinational company, headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom, that operated spirits, wine, and quick service restaurant businesses.

It was once a FTSE 100 Index constituent and the world's second-largest spirits group but has been acquired by Pernod Ricard.{{Cite web |title=Allied Domecq {{!}} Scotch Whisky |url=https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/5896/allied-domecq/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=scotchwhisky.com |language=en-GB}}

History

Allied Domecq was the result of a 1994 merger between Allied Lyons and Pedro Domecq S.A.[http://www.dunkinbrands.com/aboutus/history.html Corporate History of Dunkin' Brands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423151925/http://dunkinbrands.com/aboutus/history.html |date=2013-04-23 }} from the Dunkin' Brands website Allied Lyons itself was the result of a 1978 merger between Allied Breweries and the food and catering group J. Lyons and Co.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6544797.stm Vanished UK drink is toast of Caribbean], an April 2007 article from the BBC website In 1999 the 3,500 strong pub division was sold to Burton-based Punch Taverns for £3bn after a bidding war with Whitbread.{{cite news |last1=Cope |first1=Nigel |title=Mr Punch aims at Allied Domecq |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/mr-punch-aims-at-allied-domecq-1101719.html |access-date=1 October 2024 |work=The Independent |date=22 June 1999}}

In early 2005, a takeover bid for the company was launched by French-based rival Pernod Ricard 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.[http://www.pernod-ricard.com/en/pages/2707/Press-releases/Pernod-Ricard-successfully-completes-acquisition-of-Allied-Domecq.html Pernod Ricard successfully completes acquisition of Allied Domecq] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603213513/http://pernod-ricard.com/en/pages/2707/Press-releases/Pernod-Ricard-successfully-completes-acquisition-of-Allied-Domecq.html |date=3 June 2012 }}, from the Pernod Ricard website On 12 December 2005, Pernod Ricard announced that it had agreed to sell the restaurant businesses (Dunkin' Brands) to a consortium of three US private equity firms (Thomas H. Lee Partners, the Carlyle Group and Bain Capital LLP) for $2.43 billion. The closing of the sale occurred on 1 March 2006.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200512/ai_n15917959 Pernod Ricard sells Dunkin' Brands to Bain Capital]