Anheuser-Busch InBev Targets Super-Premium in China With Stella Artois Roll-Out
Anheuser-Busch InBev has lined up a push for Stella Artois in China as it looks to up the presence of its global beer brands in the country. (more…)
Foster’s Says No Contact With SABMiller Since Bid Rejected
Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL), Australia’s biggest brewer, hasn’t been in contact with SABMiller Plc (SAB) since rejecting a A$9.5 billion ($10 billion) takeover offer from the maker of Peroni and Grolsch last week. (more…)
Tsingtao to open new brewery in Jieyang
Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited, China’s largest and the world’s sixth-largest brewer, is building another new plant in China, this time in Jieyang city, Guangdong province, Chinese newspapers reported on Monday. The company and and Guangdong Jieyang City signed an investment agreement on June, 24. (more…)
SABMiller to enter speciality beer market
Global brewing giant SABMiller PLC /quotes/zigman/309144 SBMRY +3.38% said Thursday it will enter the high growth market of specialty beers, where its main competitors Belgian Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI.BT) and Dutch Heineken NV (HEIA.AE) are already active, with a distribution agreement with the Belgian Van Steenberge Brewery. (more…)
US. Firm unveils plans to build Iowa’s largest brewery
A brewery with one location in northeastern Iowa has announced plans to open the state’s largest brewing operation in Coralville next year. (more…)
SABMiller PLC’s Romanian Unit Invests over EUR 1.0 Million in New Brewery-SeeNews
SeeNews reported that the Romanian unit of SABMiller PLC will open a small brewery in the northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca in a week, following an investment of more than EUR 1.0 million (USD 1.4 million). (more…)
India. Carlsberg launches super premium strong beer
The world’s fourth largest brewer Carlsberg is positioning strong beer in the premium segment, a market so far restricted to mild beer. The Danish company will brew Carlsberg Elephant, a super premium beer to bet on strong beer which accounts for the lion’s share of the market. (more…)
Russia. Baltika Breweries share buy-back oversubscribed
On 20 June 2011, Baltika Breweries completed accepting registered share buyback applications. (more…)
US. Wisconsin Gov. Walker doesn’t veto beer provision
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker didn’t veto a controversial provision in the state budget that bans beer brewers from owning distributorships and taverns in the state. (more…)
US. Dick Yuengling Rewrites Family History
When Richard “Dick” Yuengling Jr. first took a job at his family’s brewery as a teenager, his grandfather’s secretary discreetly gave him this advice: “You ought to go out and do something else, because we’re barely making payroll.” (more…)