Ukraine: Barley crop forecast to be lowest in five years

Spring barley planting in Ukraine is drawing to an end, and the forecasts about its shortfall are coming true, UkrAgroConsult repoted on May 8. As the analysts expected, the late start ...
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India: Craft brewer B9 Beverage preparing to more than quadruple production

India’s B9 Beverages, which sells the popular Bira 91 brand of beer, has just completed its largest round of fund-raising, and is now preparing to more than quadruple its production, ...
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Australia: CPTPP provides significant new market access opportunities for Australian grain

The recently signed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) provides significant new market access opportunities for the grain and other agricultural industries in Australia, according to a May ...
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EU: Stella Artois heads list of 12 best-selling beers in Europe

According to Research & Markets, the Europe beer market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% during 2016-2022. Changing consumer preferences and improving lifestyles have led to the ...
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New Zealand: Lion causes stir in craft beer world trying to trademark ‘dank’

Corporate giant Lion has caused a stir in the craft beer world with a move to try to trademark the word "dank", the New Zealand Herald reported on May 6. Traditionally ...
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UK: Scotland introduces minimum price per unit of pure alcohol

Scotland introduced a minimum price per unit of pure alcohol on May 1. The move is aimed to curb the sale of cheap and strong drinks, the Deutsche Welle reported. "This ...
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World: AB InBev’s first-quarter core profit rises by 6.6%

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, forecast faster growth in the rest of the year helped by the soccer World Cup after strong earnings in most of Latin America outweighed ...
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World: Budweiser sales down in the US but up 2.5% in the rest of the world

Americans are drinking less Budweiser. But India, Paraguay and South Korea are picking up the slack. Anheuser-Busch InBev said on May 9 that overall sales were up slightly from a year ...
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Brazil: Ambev’s Q1 profit growth of 13% misses analysts’ estimate

Ambev SA, the Latin American unit of beverage company Anheuser Busch InBev NV, missed quarterly profit estimates on May 9 due to the timing of Carnaval and rising competition in ...
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Spain & China: Grupo Damm enters China’s beer market

Grupo Damm has entered the Chinese beer market as it moves to the next phase of its global expansion plan, the company's international brands director confirmed in an interview. The Spanish ...
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