UK: Pub and beer company Greene King sold to Hong Kong’s richest family

Hong Kong’s richest family is to buy UK’s 220-year-old pub and beer company Greene King for £2.7 bln, the equivalent of £1 mln for every one of its 2,700 pubs, ...
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Brazil: Beer exports decline in January-July this year

Brazil’s beer exports grew for the second month in a row in July totalling USD8 mln in money terms, data by the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) ...
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Malaysia: Heineken Malaysia Bhd sees Q2 net profit increase by 19.7%

Heineken Malaysia Bhd's net profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019 (2QFY19) grew 19.7% year-on-year to RM65.7 million from RM54.9 million amidst higher beer sales, The Edge Markets ...
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Japan & Australia: Asahi acquires Queensland craft brewer Green Beacon Brewing

Japanese brewing giant Asahi is active at both the small and big end of Australia's A$14 billion beer market, swooping on Queensland craft brewer Green Beacon Brewing, The Australian Financial ...
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India: Diageo increases stake in India’s United Spirits

Spirits giant Diageo has announced that it has increased its shareholding in India's United Spirits Limited (USL) to 55.2%, ESM reported on August 21. The company has acquired more than 3.3 ...
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Nigeria: International Breweries takes number 2 market share from Guinness Plc

Nigeria, just like most alcohol drinking countries around the world, is in the middle of a brutal beer war that has seen competing beer makers suffer declining bottom lines in ...
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Canada: Barley exports expected to reach 3.13 mln tonnes in 2018-19

For 2018-19, Canadian barley exports are expected to increase from 2017-18 and reach an all-time high since 2008 – 3.13 mln tonnes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada reported on August 21. ...
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USA, NY: Noble Savage Brewing Company officially open in Glen Cove

Bottoms up Glen Cove — Noble Savage Brewing Company is officially open for business, Patch.com reported on August 19. The craft beer brewery at 27 Glen St. opened its doors on ...
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USA, MA: Bay State Brewing Co. to open another brewhouse in Worcester

Bay State Brewing Co., currently brewing out of production breweries in Williamsburg and Leicester, will open a 10-barrel brewhouse and taproom at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center later this ...
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USA, NJ: Source Farmhouse Brewery opens its doors in Colts Neck

Along Route 34 in Colts Neck, beers with names like Hoppy Farmhouse Ale and Colts Necktar are on tap at the latest brewery to open in New Jersey, inside of ...
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