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USA: Cargill reports earnings drop 7% in Q4 2011

Post published:12/08/2011
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Cargill, international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services, on Tuesday reported $404 million in earnings from continuing operations in the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter ended May 31, a 7 percent decrease from $435 million in the same period a year ago. For the full fiscal year, earnings from continuing operations totaled $2.69 billion, a 35 percent increase from $1.99 billion in the prior fiscal year. (more…)

Heineken completes acquisitions of two breweries in Ethiopia

Post published:12/08/2011
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Heineken N.V. today announced that it has completed the acquisitions of the Bedele and Harar breweries from the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for US$85 million and US$78 million, respectively. These transactions follow Heineken’s participation in the public auctions for the two breweries. (more…)

AB InBev cautious over challenging times in U.S.

Post published:12/08/2011
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Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world’s largest brewer, warned of challenging times in its biggest market of the United States after beer prices rises there and in Brazil helped it meet second-quarter profit forecasts. (more…)

Brazilian beer market is forecast to increase

Post published:11/08/2011
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Premium beer, which currently accounts for 5% of sales in the Brazilian beer market, is expected to increase its share by 3% to 8% in 2012. (more…)

India. United Breweries launches super-premium beer Heineken

Post published:11/08/2011
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United Breweries introduced locally brewed and botted Heineken lager in Mumbai and Pune this month and will roll it out across 7-10 other markets by the year end, the company said. (more…)

SABMiller preparing new Foster assault

Post published:11/08/2011
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Global brewer SABMiller is set to renew its assault on Australian bid target Foster’s later this month with a slightly higher offer likely to succeed after rival bidders fail to appear, bankers and investors. (more…)

US. Senators Tout Small Brewer Bill for Job Creation

Post published:11/08/2011
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Two senators visited craft brewers on Tuesday, August 8th, bringing attention to the proposed Brewer’s Employment and Excise Relief Act (S. 534). The Senators recognize the bill as a way to create jobs, and support “Main Street” businesses which help to keep money in local communities and states. (more…)

AB InBev to reap benefits of price hikes in Q2

Post published:11/08/2011
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* Group Q2 results on Aug 11 at 0600 GMT
* Core Q2 profits expected to rise 11 percent
* Beer volumes seen flat, after Q1 drop (more…)

UK tax cut for low-alcohol beer will have no major impact on industry, Euromonitor

Post published:10/08/2011
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The UK tax duty reduction on reduced alcoholic beer will not have a strong impact on the beer industry, at least not in the short-term, according to Euromonitor. (more…)

Japan. Retailers move into brewing

Post published:10/08/2011
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Major retailers are stepping up efforts to compete with leading beer manufacturers by developing and marketing low-priced house-brand beer. (more…)

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 […]...

Beer Business #2-2019. Russia: beer market gets more complex
21/05/2019
The trend of complication of Russian beer market is going on and in several directions at the same time. The range has got wider, the import and small segments are growing, namely craft beer, alcohol-free beer and special flavor beer. At the same time, all ex-mega brands and light lagers by Russian brewers are experiencing […]...