The owner of liquor brands like Guinness, Crown Roꦆyal and Johnnie Walker saw its shares rise Thursday on optimism that a bleak consu🐓mer spending environment may be improving. 

Diageo (DEO) CEO Debra Crew said in a statement Thursday that “when the consumer environment improves, growth will return and the actions we are taking will position us well to outperform the market.”

The UK company’s 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:American depo✃sitary receipts (ADRs) plunged in July after 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:disappointing quarterly results, which it said were hampered by a weak North American markꦏet. 

Diageo ADRs rose about ♏5% 💞Thursday but are down nearly 4% year-to-date. 

In July, steakhouse chain Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) said its diners were buying 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:fewer alcoholic beverages, with the company’s senior director of investor relations and financial analysis saying it "would not surprise me to see some al🧜co🏅hol negative mix remain” in future quarters. 

"That seems to be not a Roadhouse-specific issue, but more in the industry and societal at this point,” they added.