Dan Murphy’s gets ‘forensic’ with app deals as drinkers hunt bargains

Dan Murphy’s gets ‘forensic’ with app deals as drinkers hunt bargains

The pubs and pokies giant has notched higher sales but lower profits as high interest rates and cost of living pressures eat into profits.

  • byJessica Yun

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Hard Solo and Gen Z are driving a new wave of lemon drinks,says Endeavour boss

Hard Solo and Gen Z are driving a new wave of lemon drinks,says Endeavour boss

Lemon-flavoured drinks are in,says the CEO of Dan Murphy’s and BWS’ parent company,and spritzers are about to make a comeback.

  • byJessica Yun
Dan Murphy’s old boys watch on as new guard tackles ambitious targets

Dan Murphy’s old boys watch on as new guard tackles ambitious targets

Endeavour chief executive Steve Donohue is looking for $290 million in cost savings by 2026.

  • byColin Kruger
Woolworths flags $1.5b write-down for New Zealand business

Woolworths flags $1.5b write-down for New Zealand business

Transformation plans for its New Zealand operations are progressing slower than expected as high rebranding costs,a tough economy and high interest rates hit home.

  • byJessica Yun
Cash ban for unsupervised betting machines after pubs allegedly failed to stop child gambling

Cash ban for unsupervised betting machines after pubs allegedly failed to stop child gambling

Victoria’s gaming regulator issued a statewide direction to move betting terminals close to the counter or go cashless,after a 16-year-old was found to have gambled at a string of pubs.

  • byAmelia McGuire
Board shake-up at Dan Murphy’s owner after brawl with pubs billionaire Bruce Mathieson

Board shake-up at Dan Murphy’s owner after brawl with pubs billionaire Bruce Mathieson

Peter Hearl,the chair of drinks giant Endeavour Group,and billionaire activist Bruce Mathieson’s son will both step down following a prolonged public spat between the men over the future of the business amid a plunging share price.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Bad blood and a billionaire in the Dan Murphy’s liquor aisle

Bad blood and a billionaire in the Dan Murphy’s liquor aisle

The men who built Endeavour into the world’s largest poker machine operator – and a pubs and liquor juggernaut – have triggered a public brawl over the future of a business.

  • byColin Kruger
Resign or I’ll call an EGM:Mathieson threatens Endeavour chairman after Wavish defeat

Resign or I’ll call an EGM:Mathieson threatens Endeavour chairman after Wavish defeat

Endeavour chairman Peter Hearl was forced to defend the company’s leadership and share price performance,as well as a prolonged attack from former Woolworths chief Roger Corbett.

  • byJessica Yun
The shareholder meeting that felt like a pub brawl

The shareholder meeting that felt like a pub brawl

A showdown between the Endeavour board and the company’s largest shareholder,billionaire activist Bruce Mathieson,had everything but fisticuffs.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Endeavour boss defends Dan Murphy’s mojo as fiery AGM looms

Endeavour boss defends Dan Murphy’s mojo as fiery AGM looms

The liquor and gaming giant faced questions from analysts about growth ahead of a fiery annual meeting this week.

  • byJessica Yun andEmma Koehn
Proxy firms advise against Mathieson’s man for Endeavour

Proxy firms advise against Mathieson’s man for Endeavour

CGI Glass Lewis,ISS and Ownership Matters have told their clients not to put retail veteran Bill Wavish on the board of the gaming and liquor giant.

  • byEmma Koehn