South Korea: Oriental Brewery facing increasing competition from rival HiteJinro

Oriental Brewery (OB), Korea's leading brewer, faces increasing competition in the local beer market from long-time rival HiteJinro, which has been catching up quickly due to soaring sales of its ...
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UK: Production starts at Bairds Malt’s new facility in Inverness

Production has now started at a new state-of-the-art malting plant in Inverness, the Inverness Courier reported on March 27 The expansion at Bairds Malt in Longman Road will more than double ...
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World: Diageo appoints Debra Crew as CEO to replace retiring long-time boss Ivan Menezes

Diageo on March 28 appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) Debra Crew as CEO to replace retiring long-time boss Ivan Menezes, becoming one of only a handful of women to lead ...
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UK: JD Wetherspoon could stop serving Stella Artois and Budweiser it its pubs

JD Wetherspoon could stop serving Stella Artois and Budweiser if the pub giant loses a legal dispute against beer supplier AB InBev, The Caterer reported on March 27. AB InBev's UK ...
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World: Japan’s Kirin Brewery looking overseas to expand its Fuji whisky brand

Kirin Brewery Co., a relatively new and unknown player in Japan’s whisky market, is looking overseas to make its mark, Asahi.com reported on March 28. The company, known more as a ...
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Jamaica: Red Stripe launching beer production expansion project

Red Stripe will launch its $2.2 billion cellars expansion for beer production, known as the CERS project, on March 28, the Loop Jamaica reported. The project represents a significant investment in ...
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Belgium: Uncertainties hover over the future of Trappist beer production as vocations run dry

For nearly 190 years the monks of Westmalle in northern Belgium have been involved in making beer. They began brewing in this corner of Flanders in 1836 to have an ...
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World: AB InBev continues to lead global most valuable beer companies list

The importance of the alcohol industry, and the beer industry in particular, considering the fact that a quarter of the global population or around 1.8 billion doesn't drink at all, ...
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China: Tsingtao Brewery’s full-year net profit increases 17%

Tsingtao Brewery Co. posted a 17% increase in its full-year net profit, supported by an improvement in its product mix and digital marketing efforts, the Market Watch reported on March ...
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USA, GA: Orpheus Brewing to close current facility in Atlanta

Orpheus Brewing’s founder and brewmaster Jason Pellett announced on March 27 on social media that the brewery will close their current facility on Dutch Valley Road in Atlanta on April ...
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