Mozambique’s parliament has approved legislation that will cut the tax on beer made from cassava to 10 percent compared with 40 percent for beer made from malt to encourage the use of locally grown crops. (more…)
Carlsberg Group is pleased to announce it has appointed Dr. Isaac Sheps, currently CEO of Carlsberg UK, to take over the leadership of Baltika Breweries (Baltika), the Group’s significant Russian business. (more…)
COCA-Cola Amatil has given its strongest signal yet that it will push back into the beer market after selling out of its Australian joint venture with global brewing powerhouse SABMiller. (more…)
Creating an entirely new beverage category, high-end beer brewer, Kirin Brewery of America LLC (Kirin), today announced it is introducing Kirin Free, the world’s first 0.00% alcohol content beertaste malt beverage to the United States, with the initial launch in three select Southern California counties — Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego. (more…)
East African Breweries Ltd said yesterday that the sale of its 20% stake in brewing giant SABMiller’s Tanzanian unit, expected to raise 121.5-billion shillings (R562-million), was delayed indefinitely. (more…)
The town’s only brewery has started to expand on South Bedford Street, increasing its beer production from about 3,000 barrels a year to close to 10,000. (more…)
It has long been the lament of small business owners that so-called big business controls too much of the economy, and there remains little room for effective competition. (more…)
Belarus insists on Russia’s no longer equating beer to alcohol. These conditions were laid down by Belarus during the negotiation of a draft technical regulation “On the security of alcoholic beverages,” planned within the Customs Union. (more…)
Beer shipments by state fell in September, according to the Beer Institute. (more…)
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA , the world’s largest brewer, has extended its sponsorship of the soccer World Cup to 2018 and 2022. (more…)
