· Average drinker faces further levies and taxes, despite declining alcohol consumption
· Lack of evidence to support key recommendations in the report
· Sponsorship ban will present major challenge for sporting and cultural organisations (more…)
Kirin Holdings Co., Japan’s largest brewer by market value, forecast 2012 earnings 23 percent less than analyst estimates as falling sales in Australia and Japan crimp profitability. (more…)
SABMiller, the huge brewing company which owns the Grolsch and Miller brands, is to invest $80m in a new brewery for its Ugandan subsidiary, Nile Breweries. (more…)
A new group chief brewer has been appointed at SABMiller to replace the present one, who plans to retire in July, the company said on Wednesday. (more…)
Beer producer Ursus Breweries named Mihai Barsan (in picture) as marketing vice-president, replacing Grant McKenzie, who will lead parent company SAB Miller’s marketing team in the Czech Republic. (more…)
•Attributable net profit rose 34% to S$154.7 million
•Profit before interest and taxation gained 29% to S$267.9 million
•Revenue grew 16% to S$994.3 million (more…)
Plze?sk? Prazdroj sold over 9.9 million hl of beer during 2011 in its domestic and fifty export markets, achieving a 1% growth in brewery output. (more…)
Traditional Czech beer Gambrinus is answering its consumers’ call, and widens its assortment of beer packaging. (more…)
Carlsberg is currently the world’s fourth largest brewer, commanding nearly a 6% global beer volume share in 2011. However, as the company has faced falling demand in its main European markets in the past couple of years, it has been losing share, with fifth-ranked China Resources already threatening the Danish brewer’s position in the global rankings. (more…)
A new study has showed a major decline in average Irish alcohol consumption over the last ten years. The study by economist Anthony Foley of Dublin City University Business School on behalf of the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland* shows that average consumption has declined 17% between 2001 and 2011. (more…)
