Editing Diageo (section)

===International expansion===
The business has grown with purchases of alcohol businesses around the world, including the 2011 part-ownership and 2013 full acquisition of the Chinese [[baijiu]] manufacturer Sichuan Shuijingfang Company in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Close of partial tender offer for shares in Sichuan Shuijingfang Company Limited |url=https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-media/press-releases/close-of-the-partial-tender-offer-for-shares-in-sichuan-shuijingfang-company-limited/ |website=Diageo Plc |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208075925/https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-media/press-releases/close-of-the-partial-tender-offer-for-shares-in-sichuan-shuijingfang-company-limited/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Diageo proposes upping stake in Shui Jing Fang Baijui Company |url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/02/diageo-proposes-upping-stake-in-shui-jing-fang-baiju-company/ |website=The Drinks Business |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018110656/https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/02/diageo-proposes-upping-stake-in-shui-jing-fang-baiju-company/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The company further acquired Turkish liquor company Mey Icki for US$2.1&nbsp;billion in 2011,<ref>{{cite web |title=Diageo in $2.1 Billion Deal for Turkish Liquor Maker |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/diageo-to-buy-turkeys-mey-icki-for-2-1-billion/ |website=The New York Times |date=21 February 2011 |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617082238/https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/diageo-to-buy-turkeys-mey-icki-for-2-1-billion/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Diageo's Turkish delight at raki swoop |url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/diageo-s-turkish-delight-at-raki-swoop-1-1502201 |website=The Scotsman |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005745/https://www.scotsman.com/business/diageo-s-turkish-delight-at-raki-swoop-1-1502201 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2012 followed this with Brazilian [[cachaça]] manufacturer [[Ypióca Group|Ypióca]] for £300&nbsp;million,<ref>{{cite web |title=Diageo gets the taste for a cocktail with Brazilian |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/diageo-gets-the-taste-for-a-cocktail-with-brazilian-spirit-7799805.html |website=The Independent |date=29 May 2012 |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=5 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051107/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/diageo-gets-the-taste-for-a-cocktail-with-brazilian-spirit-7799805.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Indian [[United Spirits]] which they acquired a majority stake for £1.28&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Diageo buys majority stake in India's United Spirits |publisher=BBC News |date=9 November 2012 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20267619 |access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825104359/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20267619 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Diageo does $2.1&nbsp;billion deal for India's United Spirits |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-unitedspirits-diageo-idUKBRE8A712E20121109 |work=Reuters |date=9 November 2012 |access-date=10 November 2012 |last1=Davies |first1=Sumeet Chatterjee |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141350/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-unitedspirits-diageo-idUKBRE8A712E20121109 |url-status=dead }}</ref>