SABMiller has announced that its Peruvian subsidiary, Backus, in co-operation with Packaging Products Peru, has developed a new, low-gauge bottle crown that will significantly reduce the amount of steel used in production and have a positive impact on the group’s raw material costs and C02 emissions. (more…)
Failing to acquire two state owned breweries, Harar Brewery and Bedele Brewery, and losing them to its archrival Heineken, BGI Ethiopia has secured a deal its managers believe will help them conquer the northern market. (more…)
Snow Beer is worth 46.368 billion, and was ranked 29th in “the leader board of the most valuable Chinese brands,” which was released in the 2011 (8th) Global Brand Conference and Top 500 Valuable Chinese Brands Press Conference recently. (more…)
Heineken UK is launching a bottled, premium version of its Foster’s lager in the off-trade to go head-to-head with brands such as Budweiser and Stella Artois. (more…)
Diageo Plc (DGE), the maker of Guinness stout and the world’s largest liquor company, dropped plans to bid for Primo Schincariol Industria de Cervejas & Refrigerantes SA of Brazil, two people familiar with the matter said. (more…)
Raisio plc has sold its malt business to Viking Malt Ltd, the largest malt manufacturer in the Nordic Countries. (more…)
SABMiller plc [SAB:LSE/SAB:JNB] announces that it has entered into a distribution agreement with the Van Steenberge brewery in Ertvelde, Belgium, to distribute SABMiller’s first Belgian beer in select markets. (more…)
SABMiller Plc (SAB), whose A$9.5 billion ($10.2 billion) offer for Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL) faces resistance from the Australian brewer, may find its ability to pay more hampered by a paucity of cost savings. (more…)
Bob Pease, COO of the Brewers Association (BA), appeared live this week on Fox Business to discuss the Brewers Association’s efforts in support of legislation that would recalibrate federal excise taxes for America’s small and independent brewers. (more…)
Heineken NV (HEIA) and Google Inc. (GOOG) have agreed to cooperate on digital advertising, including YouTube video and mobile adverts, in a deal that will cover more than 20 international markets, the Financial Times reported. (more…)
