Taste the difference: Microbrews on the march
Major breweries are battling for market share as the taste for “quality” beer takes hold in supermarkets and pubs. Geoff Cumming follows the consumer-led revolution. (more…)
Batista Loses Title as Brazil’s Richest to InBev’s Lemann
Eike Batista is no longer Brazil’s richest person after shares of his natural-resource startups plunged today. The title now belongs to Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI) investor Jorge Paulo Lemann. (more…)
United Breweries CFO moving to Heineken France
United Breweries’ CFO is stepping down at the end of the year to transfer to the same role with Heineken France. (more…)
New Semi-Dark Beer From Radegast Is Bitter Just Right
Master brewers from Radegast brewery have created the first semi-dark beer in the brewery’s history. (more…)
SABMiller Joins Bond Rush in Europe as Credit Markets Rally
SABMiller Plc (SAB) raised 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) from its first sale of bonds in the currency in three years as companies from G4S Plc (GFS) to TeliaSonera (TLSN) AB tapped into Europe’s credit-market rally. (more…)
UK: Marston’s bottled ale volumes up, but profits flat in FY
FY operating profits flat at GBP16.4m (US$26.3m)
Net sales up by 6.8% to GBP113.7m
Ale volumes up 2% year-on-year
Bottled ale volumes up 18% (more…)
US: Goose Island brewer quitting to form new craft beer firm – report
Goose Island’s core staff are continuing their exodus with the company set to loose one of its key brewers, according to reports. (more…)
Would some of the best selling beers be as global a success if they were advertised less?
There is no doubt that advertising is one of the most important tools that a company can use in order to push sales and to make a name for itself, but I want to look at how advertising has affected particular breweries and what life was like before advertising was used. (more…)
Information on all aspects of process hygiene at drinktec 2013
Hygienic design makes process technology safer and more efficient (more…)
Carlsberg Group became 100% owner of Baltika Breweries
On November 28 the procedure of compulsory redemption of shares of Baltika Breweries has been completed after which the Carlsberg Group owns 100% of Baltika Breweries. (more…)