Heineken acquires additional brewery capacity in Nigeria Amsterdam, 12 January 2011 – Heineken N.V. today announced that it has strengthened its platform for growth in Nigeria via the acquisition of two holding companies from the Sona Group. The two acquired businesses have controlling interests in each of the Sona, IBBI, Benue, Life and Champion breweries [...] [...more]
C Dean Metropoulos being interviewed about his Company's acquisition of the Pabst business and Brands. This will commence what may be the most dynamic phase of the brands history to date. As broadcast on the Bloomberg TV channel in the USA. [...more]
MillerCoors, the US joint venture of SABMiller, one of the world’s leading brewers, has tapped into a new use for brewery waste water. The Ohio brewery of MillerCoors brewery teamed up with a company which produces animal feeds from renewable sources to run a full scale trial of an innovative technology which creates a fish [...] [...more]
Molson Coors has announced that Muller marketer Chris McDonough (pictured) will be its new marketing director from June. McDonough, currently marketing and R&D director and Ireland general manager at Muller UK, replaces Simon Davies who left in October to start his own marketing agency, MMIXX. Molson Coors said in a statement that McDonough’s “track record”, [...] [...more]
Heineken said Monday that it would buy the beer operations of Femsa, one of the biggest brewers in Mexico, in an all-share transaction that values the business at $7.6 billion. The move further consolidates the beer industry into a few global players. The move will make Heineken a “more competitive player in Latin America, one [...] [...more]
Foster’s Group could lose its licence to produce and distribute the Stella Artois beer brand in Australia. According to reposrts circulating in the Australian press – Anheuser-Busch InBev may give the licence to Lion Nathan when it expires, as it has already been granted the licence for the Budweiser brands in Australia and New Zealand. [...] [...more]
Title: American Homebrewers Conference Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Link out: Click here Description: Industry: food & beverages Keywords: Beer, Homebrewers, Minneapolis, National Conference, American Homebrewers Association, Minnesota, June, homebrewing, beer seminars, homebrew clubs, Awards Ceremony & Banquet, hospitality suite, Club Night, Pro Brewers Night, mead, cider Intended For: homebrewers, mead makers, cider makers, beer enthusiasts, beer [...] [...more]
Sab Miller Angola plans to invest US$120 million in a tin can factory that is due to start operating in October, 2010, in Viana municipality, Luanda province. [...more]
Amsterdam, 23 December 2009 – Heineken N.V. today announced that it has acquired the remaining syndicated bank debt of the Globe Group (Globe) in the United Kingdom at a discount to the GBP175 million (EUR195 million) face value. [...more]
A brief history of the Yuengling Brewery - The USA's oldest surviving brewery and an example of a lasting family business. [...more]
Three brewers are interested in acquiring Mexico's FEMSA Cerveza in a $7.5-billion plus auction, with SABMiller (SAB.L) seen front runner in a deal likely to be sealed in January, sources close to the situation said yesterday.
Europe-based brewers SABMiller and Heineken are both keen to buy one of the last big emerging market brewers, while Japan's largest brewer, Kirin Holdings Co , has asked for details on the brewer, which was effectively put up for sale last month. [...more]
Kirin Holdings Co. (TYO:2503) plans to invest roughly 23 billion yen to support beer production in Australia and New Zealand through Lion Nathan Ltd., which became Kirin’s wholly own unit last month. Kirin is looking to upgrade production lines at breweries in Sydney and Brisbane, and build a new brewery equipped with a warehouse in [...] [...more]