SABMiller plc (SAB.L) one of the world’s leading brewers, today announces that China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (“CR Snow”), its joint venture with China Resources Enterprise Limited (“CRE”), is launching a trial of SABMiller’s international premium brand, Miller Genuine Draft, in the Zhejiang region of China. (more…)
Anheuser-Busch Inc., part of the AB InBev NV international brewing giant, took a crucial step in its fight with state-owned Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar over the Budweiser brand when it acquired its local Czech rival. (more…)
Diageo claims its new acquisition of Meta Abo Brewery in Ethiopia allows it to gain access to a fast-growing market. In beer to complement its existing spirits business. (more…)
China-based Tsingtao Brewery plans to open new breweries in neighboring countries in Southeast Asia. (more…)
Japanese brewers are looking past China’s $57 billion beer market to a country with less than one- tenth the population: Vietnam. (more…)
FIFA and Budweiser are lobbying hard for Brazil to loosen its beer regulations ahead of the 2014 Soccer World Cup. Under normal circumstances, the country’s soccer stadiums don’t sell beer. A bill pending approval by Congress could change that. (more…)
Dow Jones reported that Anheuser-Busch InBev plans a euro-denominated, benchmark ten-year bond. (more…)
Global brewer SABMiller Plc (SAB.L) said it would be interested in acquiring the African brewing operations of French group Castel if it were available, as the two announced on Monday that they were strengthening their links in Africa. (more…)
SABMiller Plc (SAB), the world’s second- biggest brewer by volume, issued $7 billion of debt in the largest U.S. bond sale since 2010 as it seeks to pay back debt tied to last year’s acquisition of Foster’s Group Ltd. (more…)
British drinks giant Diageo Plc is to expand its Guinness brewery in central Dublin in a 153 million-euro ($194 million) investment to focus all its Irish brewing on one site, while plans to build a new super brewery remain on ice. (more…)
