Consumers decide on the new launching of Cusque?a Red Lager
Local premium market innovation will continue (more…)
SABMiller’s cassava beer plans mature
SABMiller’s pioneering cassava beer – aimed an entire new market of drinkers in Africa – has been delayed by nearly a year following a number of setbacks. (more…)
Brazil’s Ambev to invest $1.5bn in new factories
Ambev, Brazil’s biggest brewer, promised to invest up to R$2.5bn in new factories and distribution centres this year in spite of concerns that the country’s slowing growth could hurt beer sales. (more…)
AB InBev: a developing taste
The king has returned. After 20 consecutive years of falling volumes, Budweiser finally became a growth story in 2010. The “king of beers”, though, needed its own version of a stimulus programme to arrest its decline, including relentless exposure at the world’s biggest sporting event, the football World Cup. (more…)
AB InBev Fourth-Quarter Profit Beats Estimates on Cost Savings
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI), the world’s largest brewer, reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and more than doubled its dividend as cost savings exceeded the company’s target. (more…)
New Zeland. Cheap supermarket beer ‘doing harm’
Beer is often cheaper in supermarkets than it is for pubs to buy direct from breweries, MPs have been told. (more…)
Pilsner Urquell to be exported to Poland directly from Pilsen
Beginning April 2011, Pilsner Urquell will be exported to Poland directly from Pilsen. Since 2002, licensed production of Pilsner Urquell has been carried out in the Polish town of Tychy in response to a capacity shortage in the Pilsen brewery (more…)
New Krones energy recovery system promises big brewery savings
A new energy recirculation system for brewers from Krones subsidiary Steinecker promises to slash energy consumption during wort production. (more…)
China. CR Snow announces three acquisitions in Anhui, Liaoning and Zhejiang
China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (or “CR Snow”), a subsidiary of China Resources Enterprise, Limited (or “The Company”) and a joint venture with SABMiller plc, announced that it has agreed to acquire three breweries in each of Anhui, Liaoning and Zhejiang Provinces in three separate transactions. (more…)
AB InBev wants to actively take part in consolidation within the market
AB InBev, the world’s leading global brewer, intends to use cash generated through sales and cost cuts for acquisitions and organic growth (more…)