Heineken’s Rwandan Unit Posts 63% Profit Increase as Sales Grow
Heineken NV (HEIA)’s Rwandan unit posted a 63 percent increase in full-year profit as sales jumped. (more…)
Asia Pacific Breweries Advances With New Brewery In Guangzhou
Asia Pacific Breweries Advances With New Brewery In Guangzhou
• Further extends Group’s advancement in South China
• Intensifies premium brand strategy (more…)
APB Increases brewing capacity in Vietnam for further growth
Expands brewery capacity in Vietnam by over 25%
Brewery in Ho Chi Minh City, already the Group’s largest brewery in Vietnam, will add another 1.4 million hectolitres in capacity
Aligns with vision to be the most responsible brewery group in Vietnam
On going expansion programmes to breweries in Danang and Hanoi. (more…)
“Snow” Beer Named Top Seller in China for the 6th Consecutive Year Brand Valued at US$1.688 billion
China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (or ‘CR Snow’), a subsidiary of China Resources Enterprise, Limited (or ‘the Company’) (HKEx: 00291) and a joint venture with SABMiller plc (or ‘SABMiller’), is pleased to announce that CR Snow has been ranked No.1 by sales volume in China’s beer industry (more…)
SABMiller opens new ?3 million research brewery, putting UK at heart of global brewing research
SABMiller today announces that it has commissioned a ?3 million global brewing research facility in Nottingham, with the aim of pioneering new developments in the science of brewing. (more…)
SABMiller plc announced annual results for fiscal year 2011. The group’s Ukrainian subsidiary showed excellent volume growth.
On 19 May in London, SABMiller plc, one of the world’s leading brewers with operations and distribution agreements across six continents, reported its preliminary (unaudited) results for the year ended 31 March 2011. SABMiller’s Ukrainian operation, Miller Brands Ukraine demonstrated excellent volume growth, achieving the 2nd highest growth rate within SABMiller’s European division. (more…)
Ukraine. “Slavutich” is going to invest more than 400 million UAH in the company’s development
On April 28, 2011 the general meeting of shareholders of the Public Joint-Stock Company Slavutich Brewery took place. During the meeting, the annual report was approved, it was decided to allocate profits and losses and organizational issues in the company’s activities were settled. The meeting was attended by 20 shareholders and their representatives who hold 94.33% shares of PJSC. (more…)
The Brewing Organic Beer Market
America’s craft beer market has grown rapidly in recent years, seemingly outpaced only by its niche organic segment, thanks in part to growing consumer fears about genetically modified foods. While a few of the largest regional breweries currently enjoy widespread distribution, craft brewing remains fundamentally an industry devoted to its local followers, and the results are undeniable. (more…)
Carlsberg CEO downplays threat of Russian PET beer bottle ban
The head of Carlsberg has downplayed a proposed ban on PET beer bottles in Russia, adding that he thinks it is not likely to become law.
Russian deputy Viktor Zvagelsky introduced a bill earlier in the year that now includes a proposal to ban sales of PET beer bottles by January 1, 2013. (more…)
US. Anheuser-Busch InBev roars against craft breweries bill in Texas legislature
Because it is “only” about beer and not regularly taken too seriously, citizens sometimes deny themselves the exquisite pleasure of watching money and power manipulate politics in the state Legislature. (more…)