Miller Lite brewer Molson Coors (TAP) says it will expand its U.S. soft drinks business through a strategic partnership with UK-based

By Shashwat Awasthi (Reuters) -Shares of Fevertree Drinks surged almost 24% after Molson Coors took an 8.5% stake in a $88 million deal that gives the beer giant exclusive rights to market the British company's cocktail mixers and tonic water in the United States.

The London-listed mixer-maker said Molson Coors would acquire an 8.5% shareholding in Fevertree.

Molson Coors Beverage Company has announced a strategic partnership with Fever-Tree in the US, aiming to fuel its premiumisation and ‘Beyond Beer’ strategies. Through the deal, Molson Coors will assume exclusive commercialisation rights to Fever-Tree’s range of tonics, ginger beers, cocktail mixers and more in the US, starting from 1 February 2025.

By Shashwat Awasthi (Reuters) -Shares of Fevertree Drinks surged almost 24% after Molson Coors' took an 8.5% stake in the firm, in a deal giving the beer giant exclusive rights to market the British company's cocktail mixers and tonic water in the United States.

Molson Coors Beverage Company ("Molson Coors" or “the company”) (NYSE: TAP, TAP.A) is expanding its U.S. non-alc portfolio through a new strategic partnership with Fevertree Drinks plc (“Fever-Tree”),