USA: Molson Coors might suspend or discontinue some SKUs due to shortage of cans

Molson Coors is struggling with a shortage of cans, to the point where it might have to suspend or discontinue some SKUs, its top executives told analysts. Speaking at the quarterly ...
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Canada & USA: Cannabis giant Aphria Inc to purchase Atlanta craft brewer SweetWater Brewing Co

Canadian cannabis giant Aphria Inc said on November 4 it plans to buy Atlanta craft brewer SweetWater Brewing Co for $300 million as it looks to expand into the United ...
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USA: Molson Coors completes sale of California brewery to Pabst Brewing

Molson Coors Beverage Company and Pabst Brewing Company, LLC announced on November 5 that they have completed the sale of Molson Coors’s Irwindale, Calif., brewery property to Irwindale Brew Yard, ...
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USA, MA: Tree House Brewing to launch a third location in Cape Cod

Tree House Brewing is coming to Cape Cod, the Boston Business Journal reported on November 5. The brewery with the state's nine highest rated beers announced on its website that ...
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World: Beer sector suffers from COVID-19 pandemic across the globe - Rabobank

Global financial service company Rabobank has released a report on how the global beer sector reacted to the coronavirus pandemic and how it will fare looking ahead. The report said that ...
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China & Australia: China bans shipments of Australian barley by Emerald Grain

The Chinese Government has banned shipments of Australian barley from Emerald Grain in a move which is expected to further impact importers in China and processors who have been exporting ...
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The Netherlands: Heineken acquires Texelse Bierbrouwerij brewery

Beer brewer Heineken takes over its smaller peer, Texelse Bierbrouwerij. Both companies announced this on November 2. The Texel company employs eighty employees, all of whom will be transferred to ...
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Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania: Heineken appeals Sh1.79 billion compensation bill

Dutch beer maker Heineken has appealed a Sh1.79 billion compensation bill slapped on it for terminating a distributorship agreement with tycoon Ngugi Kiuna’s firm Maxam Ltd. In the appeal pending before ...
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Ireland: January-September alcohol consumption down 4.5%, beer alone falls by 14.9%

Despite reports that many people are drinking more due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Revenue has revealed that alcohol consumption in Ireland has fallen 4.5pc from January to September in comparison ...
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UK: Spring barley Diablo given full approval for brewing use

Spring barley variety Diablo has been given full approval for brewing use by the Malting Barley Committee, the Farmers Weekly reported on October 30. The variety already had full approval for ...
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