The business of making beer continues to grow in Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties. At least five small breweries have opened in the Great Lakes Bay Region in the past decade, and most expect a good year ahead despite a tough economy. The Michigan Brewers Guild estimates the craft-beer industry generates $133 million in Michigan. (more…)
The Welde brewery in Plankstadt, Germany has switched its entire production process to BASF’s Crosspure filtration technology. (more…)
Humour and socialising feature heavily in Heineken ad campaigns, as they do in much beer marketing. The latest campaign from the Dutch beer company continues on the humour theme but adds in a satisfying cantankerous edge. By claiming that Heineken has been “social networking since 1873”, it dismisses, or implausibly claims for itself, one of the big business fads of the past few years. (more…)
The new Bluetongue Brewery is a multi-brand plant. In the future, the SABMiller Global Premium brands such as Peroni, Grolsch and Miller Genuine Draft will also be brewed here and the plant flexibility allows a wide range of other brands to augment the portfolio. (more…)
Heineken said today (31 January) that its new 6oz and 12oz cans will launch in the US in February. A 24oz can will launch this summer. (more…)
Greene King has bought the Cloverleaf Restaurants group in the UK for GBP55.8m (US$88.5m) as the brewer seeks to expand into pubs that serve food. (more…)
Group Business Editor, ROTIMI DUROJAIYE, examines the enormous growth potential in the Nigerian beer market, and why the country is fingered as the beer market by some of the world’s brewing giants. Netherlands-based Heineken NV, one of the world’s largest brewers of alcoholic beverages, among others, and parent company of Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc, recently announced the acquisition of five brewing plants across Nigeria. (more…)
Asahi Breweries Ltd. gained the biggest domestic market share for the first time in two years in 2010, according to data five major brewers released Monday. (more…)
Beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd will seek to boost annual sales in China to 100 billion yen from the current 30 billion yen by stepping up marketing of vintage wines, health foods and other high-quality products for wealthy Chinese. (more…)
Baxter Brewing in Maine has joined a growing number of small craft-beer breweries distributing their brews in cans — just like mainstream mass-produced beers — rather than in bottles. A decade ago, it’s believed there weren’t any U.S. craft breweries canning their suds. Nowadays, nearly 100 sell at least one beer variety in metal. (more…)
