Krombacher: a brand built on purity
Krombacher is Germany’s best selling beer but is relatively un-known in the UK market. Ewan Turney visited the brewery to find out more about the brand looking to take on the UK market. (more…)
Krones reports rising sales and profit in H1 2011
During the first half of 2011, Krones AG, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, achieved significant increases in all important ratios compared with the preceding year, the company announced on Wednesday. Krones has been profiting from the cyclical upturn and the extensive initiatives it has taken to upgrade its corporate performance, it said. (more…)
Hop market remains in need of recovery
A necessary downsizing process that has already begun in hop production: In 2010, worldwide acreage totalled 52,000 hectares of hops – a drop of over eight percent when compared to the previous year, the Bath-Haas Group said in its Barth-Report Hops 2010/2011 released on Monday. 35% of acreage is in Germany and 24% in the USA. (more…)
World beer output grows 1.6% in 2010
Following a slight decrease in output in 2009, world beer production increased again in 2010. Production totalled 1.85 billion hectolitres, representing an increase of 29 million hectolitres or 1.6% on the previous year, Heinrich Meier, editor of the Bath report said in a statement for the press conference on Monday in Munich. Looking back over the last decade, beer output has grown by an average of 45 million hectolitres, or 3%, every year, the Bath-Haas Group said in its report. The increase in output in 2010 can be attributed to different developments throughout the world. (more…)
UK beer sales see largest drop in 14 years
Second quarter UK beer sales saw the biggest drop since 1997, according to new figures from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). (more…)
CR Snow’s third strike in Henan to add Shangqiu Blue Beer to its porfolio
China Resources Snow Breweries (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “CRB”) officially announces that China Resources Snow has wholly acquired Shangqiu Lanpai Brewery Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Lanpai”). (more…)
MGD 64 Lemonade Dies An Early Death
Earlier this year, the MillerCoors marketing machine decided that people really wanted a lemonade version of its successful MGD 64 low-calorie beer. Alas, there must have been a mistake in the algorithm and after only a few months on shelves, the beverage is no more. (more…)
“Slavutich” returns the Guinness beer to Ukraine
“Slavutich”, Carlsberg Group, one of the largest manufacturers of beer and drinks in Ukraine, and Diageo, a leading manufacturer of premium beverages in the world, signed an agreement about distributing the cult Irish beer brands — Guinness, Kilkenny and Harp in Ukraine and Moldova. (more…)
Grolsch chooses Alfred as advertising agency
Starting August 2011, beer brewer Grolsch will join forces with advertising agency Alfred. (more…)
India. Shivsu Canada forms JV with Belgian brewery equipment firm
Shivsu Canada Pure Fillers (SCPF), an India-based manufacturer of integrated botlled water solutions, has created a joint venture with Belgium-based brewery equipment company, PRODEB Brewery & Technology, in attempt to capitalize on the growing beer market in India. (more…)