South Korea: Diageo accepts applications for voluntary retirement amid deteriorating profitability

Diageo Korea, the purveyor of Windsor and Johnnie Walker, has recently carried out large-scale restructuring to cope with its deteriorating profitability, the U.K.-based distiller's local subsidiary said on August 1. According ...
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Australia & China: China importing Australian malting barley at ever-increasing rate

China has an unquenchable thirst for Australian malting barley, with the nation importing barley for beer making at an ever-increasing rate, The Weekly Times reported on July 31. China imported almost ...
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New Zealand: Lion buys Harrington’s boutique craft brewery

Lion New Zealand has clinched a deal to buy Harrington's craft brewery - one of the pioneers in the boutique sector, The Press reported on July 31. When John Harrington set ...
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New Zealand: MyFarm launches NZ17.64 mln investment in what will become New Zealand’s largest hop garden

MyFarm has launched a NZ$17.64 million investment into what will become New Zealand’s largest hop garden, newsroom.co.nz reported on July 30. The opportunity to invest in Tapawera Hop Garden Limited Partnership ...
Published 30/07/2018 Di più

World: Heineken reports higher beer sales, earnings below market expectations in H1

Heineken, the world’s second-largest beer maker, cut its full-year margin forecasts due to currency weakness in some more profitable markets and expansion in Brazil, knocking its shares on July 30, ...
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Germany: Beer sales up 0.6% in last six months

Germans love beer at the best of times, but they are drinking even more this summer, with the hot weather and the football World Cup driving up sales, The Local ...
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EU: Brewers facing shortage of malting barley because of scorching weather this summer

First it was carbon dioxide. Now it is malting barley. After grappling with a shortage of the gas that adds bubbles to lager and the head on a pint of beer, ...
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Vietnam: Sabeco’s Q2 net profit down 6.37%

Vietnam’s largest brewer Sabeco reported on July 30 second-quarter net profit of 1.29 trillion dong ($55.46 million), down 6.37 percent from a year earlier, Reuters said. The company’s total revenue in ...
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UK: Overall beer sales increase 3.6% in Q2 2018

UK’s overall beer sales in the second quarter of 2018 were up 3.6% - but down 1% in the on-trade - versus the same period in 2017, according the latest ...
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USA: Craft beer production, number of breweries grow in first half of 2018

Growth for small and independent craft brewers remained stable for the first half of 2018, according to new mid-year metrics released by the US Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association ...
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