USA: Molson Coors’ worldwide sales up 0.2% in 2017

Despite continued negative domestic volume trends for its flagship light lager brands, Molson Coors’ worldwide sales increased 0.2 percent to more than $11 billion in 2017, according to company earnings ...
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World: Heineken warns of lower profitability this year

Volatile markets and an acquisition in Brazil prompted the world’s second largest brewer Heineken to warn its profitability in 2018 would improve by less than the target it had set ...
Published 13/02/2018 More

Brazil: Heineken to challenge AB InBev in Brazil

Heineken NV, the world’s second-largest brewer, wants to challenge leader Anheuser-Busch InBev NV in Brazil, one of its key markets, - and that’s going to cost the Dutch brewer some ...
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Ireland: Whisky industry on track to meet and exceed sales target by 2020

The Irish whiskey industry is “on target” to reach its 2020 goal to grow sales to 12 million cases, the Irish Whiskey Association (IWA) has said. Speaking at the Heritage Malting ...
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Ireland: Growth of whiskey sales leads to increased demand for Irish barley and malt

The continuing global growth in Irish whiskey sales means that ensuring a sustainable future supply of barley and malt is critical to the continued growth of Irish whiskey, according to ...
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Australia: AB InBev’s Pirate Life to build the largest craft brewery in South Australia

Craft brewer Pirate Life has announced it will develop a A$15 mln site at Port Adelaide, creating the largest craft brewery in the state of South Australia, the Business Chief ...
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The Philippines: San Miguel Corp planning largest ever equity deal in the Philippines

San Miguel Corp., the biggest Philippine company by revenue, has asked investment banks to pitch for a role in a planned sale of shares in its listed food business this ...
Published 13/02/2018 More

Australia: Barley production estimated to be down 33% this season

Australia’s barley production is estimated to have decreased by 33 per cent to 8.9 million tonnes in 2017-18, ABARES said in its latest report published on February 13. In New South ...
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USA: Speciality hop market sent to bust by slowdown in craft beer sales

A sharp slowdown in US craft beer sales growth has sent the speciality hop market from boom to bust with its effects starting to be felt by growers beyond its ...
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USA, OH: Cloven Hoof Brewing Co.’s owner shooting to open it by late summer or early fall

Ryan Sposito said he started brewing beer five years ago in his Harbor District apartment in Ashtabula — he first made a simple, no-malt recipe cooked up in a home ...
Published 13/02/2018 More