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SABMiller’s Fosters bid loan totals $12.5 billion

Post published:19/08/2011
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Global brewer SABMiller is raising a $12.5 billion syndicated loan to back its hostile bid for Fosters , banking sources said on Thursday. (more…)

Asahi buys NZ firm for $1.3 bln in pre-mixed drinks push

Post published:19/08/2011
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* To buy 100 pct of Independent Liquor from private equity firms
* Asahi aims to hike overseas sales to 2-2.5 trln yen by 2015
* Japanese companies compete with foreign firms for deals
* Asahi president indicates more overseas deals likely
* Asahi shares rise 1.7 pct in broader market down 1.3 pct (Adds details) (more…)

Poland. Beer exports flow into German, Czech markets

Post published:19/08/2011
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“We brewed the beer that the Czech, the Hungarian, the German and the Slovak drink,” headlines Dziennik Gazeta Prawna writing that 2010 was a record year for Polish breweries. (more…)

China. SABMiller Joint Venture In Pact To Invest In Guizhou Moutai Beer

Post published:19/08/2011
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SABMiller PLC (SAB.LN), the brewer, Thursday announced that China Resources Snow Breweries Limited, or CR Snow, its joint venture with China Resources Enterprise, has entered into an agreement with China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co. (more…)

Why Asahi Isn’t Buying Foster’s

Post published:19/08/2011
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With SABMiller PLC taking the gloves off in a $10 billion hostile offer to buy Australia’s Foster’s Group Ltd., it’s tempting to imagine what might have been for Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. (more…)

Carlsberg cuts 2011 outlook on weak Russia

Post published:18/08/2011
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Danish brewer Carlsberg on Wednesday posted a drop in second-quarter profit and more than halved full-year growth prospects as drinkers in its key Russian market struggled to absorb higher beer prices. (more…)

Greek local breweries looking to secure competitive edge

Post published:18/08/2011
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The so-called hot market of home consumption has drawn the attention of Greek breweries as the cold market (restaurants and hotels) is expected to shrink even further with the value-added tax increase that is set to come into force on September 1. (more…)

Plze?sk? Prazdroj has a New Marketing Director

Post published:18/08/2011
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After three years, Karel Kraus, Senior Brand Manager of Pilsner Urquell and Master brands is being promoted to a new position. (more…)

SABMiller Takes $10 Billion Foster’s Offer Hostile After Board Rejection

Post published:18/08/2011
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SABMiller Plc (SAB), the world’s second- largest brewer by volume, will take its A$9.5 billion ($10 billion) bid for Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL) directly to shareholders, going hostile after the board rejected the price as too low. (more…)

SABMiller Seen Winning Foster’s With 6% Boost

Post published:18/08/2011
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While SABMiller Plc (SAB)’s A$4.90 offer for Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL) is unlikely to win over shareholders, the Peroni maker may not have to go as high as the market anticipated two months ago to win Australia’s biggest brewer. (more…)

Beer Business #4-2021. Poland beer market analysis
20/02/2022
Current data The influence of export and import Non-alcoholic boom Output and market by value Beer prices Who can afford beer? Segmentation by price Segmentation by channels of sales Beer sales in HoReCa Segmentation by tastes Positions of major companies Kompania Piwowarska (Asahi) Grupa Żywiec (Heineken) Carlsberg Polska Van Pur Polish craft brewers Is there […]...

Beer Business #3-2021. Russian beer market. Beer market of Ukraine.
16/10/2021
In 2021 Russian breweries have not lost their consumers, it even turned out that they started drinking more beer at home and more often. The market has held the high bar of the previous season, yet now it is growing by value and polarizing by price segments. The competition in the market has been determined […]...

Beer Business #2-2021. Kazakhstan beer market: bigger, more complex and more expensive
26/07/2021
Kazakhstan beer market is still growing by volume and value. The consumers’ demands are gradually becoming more complex, there is the market polarization by price and taste segments as license, canned, strong and mild beer popularity is growing. Eye catching new products have a big impact on companies’ positions in the situation of limited advertising. […]...

Beer Business #1-2021. Ubrew – Catalogue of Ukrainian breweries
06/05/2021
The catalogue of Ukrainian breweries contains 251 producers ranging from transnational groups to craft and restaurant breweries. In the catalogue we have combined open official data, information from social networks and where possible, from brewers themselves. The previous “census” was made by us in 2011-2012. So, what has changed over the recent ten years and […]...

Beer Business #4-2020. Russia: regional beer markets
21/01/2021
In the seven regions of Russia we have analyzed: the share of companies of various scales – from federal breweries to minibreweries popularity of brands (license, national and regional); market segmentations by price; the dynamics of output, sales and prices...

Beer Business #2-2020. 2020 what’s new?
20/11/2020
Russian beer market 2020 1) The market positions of the major companies and brands in the first half of 2020; 2) Production structure – from craft to federal breweries; 3) The market segmentation by the price and package. In 2020, the roles of sale channels have changed especially at the draft beer market. The relations […]...

Beer Business #2-2020. The market of non-alcoholic beer in Russia: companies, brands and consumers
01/07/2020
Where is the non-alcoholic beer market heading to? Companies and brands. Baltika as a democratic leader. Heineken – how do you shake up the market and shove up the competitors. AB InBev Efes – premium corner. Non-alcoholic import beer. Non-alcoholic beer – Who drinks it? General conclusions. Summer beer....

Beer Business #1-2020. Russian beer producers (catalogue/database)
27/04/2020
“Catalogue of Russian Beer Producers 2020” includes 1285 businesses ranging from large subsidiaries of international companies to rather small restaurant and craft breweries. This issue has 171 more breweries compared to 2018 (155 business have been excluded and 326 have been included). Starting from 2019, FTS has been publishing data on excise payments by brewers […]...

Beer Business (Pivnoe Delo) #4-2019
09/02/2020
Dmitry Nekrasov’s Philosophy — on the Past, Present and Future of Ukrainian Brewing Industry A meeting with Dmitry Nekrasov always turns into a training course: “Introduction to brewing business“. We are talking to a clever “playing trainer“ a person that can be called a godfather of the Ukrainian craft. He has a dozen of successful […]...

Beer Business (Pivnoe Delo) #3-2019
10/11/2019
Russia: Positions of Brewing Companies The review contains an analysis of interim performance of brewers in the first half of 2019. There are rather dynamic changes behind a modest industry growth. Baltika is again experiencing a stage of volumes and market share slid due to competition with AB InBev Efes. Because of the price competition […]...