Grupo Modelo SAB de CV (GMODELOC) discussed with its board of directors a proposal to make a joint bid with Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TAP) for Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL), though didn’t put the plan up for a vote at a meeting this week, said a person with knowledge of the matter. (more…)
Asahi Breweries Ltd. (2502.TO) said Monday it will postpone the planned shutdown of its brewery in Nishinomiya, western Japan, by one year to provide stable beer supplies amid concerns about power shortages in the east of the country after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (more…)
CRB laid the foundation stone for its 200-thousand-kiloliter annual production project in Loudi, Hunan Province. (more…)
Michigan Brewing Company’s plans to open a restaurant and small brewery in the old fire hall are rolling along, and they include producing a new beer with a Fenton trademark. (more…)
California-based craft beer brewer Sierra Nevada has a site in the Christiansburg area on its short list of places for a $75 million to $100 million East Coast brewery. (more…)
In a bar in the heart of St Petersburg, widescreen TVs show a match between local football team Zenit and Bayern Munich, two giants of European football – but this is not the only thing these two cities have in common. (more…)
How does a company adapt when it faces a reduction of its consumption base and radical changes in the way people buy its product? This is the conundrum facing Didier Debrosse, chief of Western Europe for Dutch brewer Heineken NV. (more…)
A fight brewing over beer in Wisconsin pits the growing market of craft brewers against a large, well-known brewer. (more…)
The launch of Heineken, the legendary Dutch beer in India from the stables of the United Breweries Ltd (UBL) is understood to have been delayed once again. (more…)
Grupo Modelo SAB de CV (GMODELOC), the Mexican brewer of Corona beer, will seek board support for a possible joint bid with Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TAP) for Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL) at a June 13 meeting in Mexico City, according to people with knowledge of the situation. (more…)
