They wear jeans to work now. It no longer feels odd. They walk by flower beds that might not be tended as obsessively as in years past. Certainly fewer of them report to work each day on Pestalozzi Street, at the brewery and adjacent brick-and-glass rectangular office building. This was once the global headquarters of Anheuser-Busch. Today it’s the North American headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev. (more…)
Europe’s biggest brewers may be forced to cut jobs and close breweries to cope with the escalating euro zone crisis and Danish brewer Carlsberg is already preparing for the worst. (more…)
* Beer division sales up 19.3 pct in Q3
* Retail sales rise 27 pct, same-store sales up 11.6 pct
* Says consumer sentiment hit by global economic woes (more…)
In what should prove a cautionary tale for those hoping to ride the rise of China, Dutch beer giant Heineken International is in full retreat from its operations in the country, the world’s biggest beer market (the U.S., despite its Homer Simpson-esque reputation, is a distant second). (more…)
Following strong growth in its African division, SABMiller plc [SAB: LSE/SAB:JNB] announces a US$260m investment programme to fund capacity expansion in its subsidiaries in Uganda, Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania. (more…)
SABMiller plc [SAB:LSE/SAB:JNB] announces a US$295 million capital investment programme in its Peruvian subsidiary, Backus. (more…)
Brewing giant SABMiller Plc narrowly missed forecasts with an 11 percent rise in half-year earnings on Tuesday and cautioned that trading in Europe and North America will stay tough as its input costs ticked higher. (more…)
Global brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev has revealed its intentions to launch the Belgium bar concept to the US, with plans to open ten locations of ‘The Belgian Beer Cafe’ during the next few years. (more…)
Craft Brewers reports net sales increase of 10 percent for the third quarter of 2011; Significant net income growth of $0.9 million to $1.2 million (more…)
Three years ago, Heineken N.V. announced the acquisition of the Romanian brewery Bere Mures. This transaction would strengthen Heineken’s leadership in Romania increasing both its market share – 31 percent, and volume to 6 million hectoliters. (more…)
