Brewer Carlsberg A/S said Monday, as it reported a sharp rise in fourth-quarter net profit, that it will spend a up to DKK6.5 billion ($1.16 billion) to gain full control of brewer Baltika Brewery in a bid to swing its ailing Russian business back to growth. (more…)
Rexam has revealed that it will produce Europe’s first 75cl can, first launched onto the Russian and Eastern European markets at the end of 2011, and says the product also has promise further west. (more…)
The head of the world’s fourth biggest brewer, Carlsberg, said that the outlook for the group’s key East European and Russian markets appeared brighter. (more…)
According to the report, 2010-2011 were successful years for SUN InBev Legal Department: the company was the plaintiff in 10 hearings and defendant in 33 suites for the specified period. Herewith it won claims for more than 134 million rbl. and lost more than 10 million rbl. (more…)
The Kremlin plans to sell alcoholic and soft drinks under its own brand to increase revenue, RBC Daily reported, citing Victor Khrekov, an official in President Dmitry Medvedev’s administration. (more…)
Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR) and Carlsberg (CARLb.CO) showed sharply contrasting fortunes in the third quarter, the former persuading U.S. and Brazilian beer drinkers to swallow higher prices while the latter suffers a tax-rise hangover in Russia. (more…)
Ochakovo has its sights set on the American beer market and has tapped Ezgobz to oversee its branding visibility campaign through posters, slogans and other creative and innovative marketing techniques. (more…)
SUN InBev brewing company presents its innovation – Bagbier Bock dark beer. It is the second dark brand in the company portfolio in Russia. (more…)
The Russian market continued to hammer Carlsberg as the brewer reported a 20 per cent slump in organic operating profits to DKr3.3bn ($604m) in the third quarter. (more…)
Belarus insists on Russia’s no longer equating beer to alcohol. These conditions were laid down by Belarus during the negotiation of a draft technical regulation “On the security of alcoholic beverages,” planned within the Customs Union. (more…)
