Comments on: Messages of Support

By: Rick Brokensha

Rick Brokensha — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:35:55 +0000

How could a good scotch be made any where but Scotland sounds like nonsense to me. Johnnie Walker should keep on walking the World but should start the trip from Kilmarnock

By: john paisley

john paisley — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:41:08 +0000

Here in Beijing I’m often asked to recommend a good whisky. If Kilmarnock is abandoned I will be less inclined to mentioned Johnny Walker, except perhaps negatively. I urge other Scots in countries which import the label to do the same, if the dirty deed is done.

By: david law

david law — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:11:56 +0000

stayback.proud of your heritage. you could never create Johnie walker with the original feel in another place.

By: Sanquhar Black Joan Burns Club

Sanquhar Black Joan Burns Club — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:49:28 +0000

We support the efforts of all concerned to keep Johnnie Walker in Kilmarnock. Diageo should be happy their workforce and product is sufficiently good to turn a vast profit these days. Better a wee bush than nae biel!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:57:33 +0000

This is an outrage. Some of my family worked in the Johnny Walker plant in Kilmarnock all their lives. JW is synonymous with Kilmarnock. The government should nationalise JW – with no compensation to Diageo shareholders, and sell it back to the managers and workers in Kilmarnock for 1p. What other country would allow foreigners to destroy their traditional industries?

By: Brian Macklin

Brian Macklin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:14:20 +0000

Diageo,
If anyone is listening out there.
Closing Johnnie Walker in Kilmarnock, would be like the English shutting down the Tower of London and removing the Crown Jewels. Both are National Treasures.
Take my advice and reconsider this proposal both for social and economic reasons.

By: Michelle Topham

Michelle Topham — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:21:17 +0000

Oh come on Johnny Walker – stop being so greedy for profits. The people of Kilmarnock have supported you for over 200 years – shouldn’t it now be your turn?

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:09:59 +0000

Throw the bums out and buy back your company. As soon as the word “global” is mentioned, you know you are in trouble.
From their home page:
“Diageo is a global company, trading in over 180 markets around the world.”

By: Colin Liddell

Colin Liddell — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:27:35 +0000

Diageo,

Leave Kilmarnock by all means, but leave the name Johnnie Walker as well. The name belongs to the town. I’m sure the workers you’re laying off can set up their own company and do a better job representing the brand than you.

By: Anna Trindall

Anna Trindall — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:49:54 +0000

Its just CRIMINAL what Diageo are doing to Johnnie walker & Kilmarnock. they cant be allowed to dump 200 years of history like that