World: Molson Coors suspends quarterly dividends, furloughs employees in Europe and North America

The Molson Coors Beverage Company has said that it has suspended quarterly dividends for fiscal 2020 and furloughed some employees in Europe and North America as it looks to save ...
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Australia: AB InBev completes sale of Carlton & United Breweries to Asahi Group

Anheuser-Busch InBev has completed the sale of Australian subsidiary Carlton & United Breweries to Asahi Group Holdings, BeverageDaily.com reported on June 1. Carlton & United Breweries’ portfolio include Foster’s, Victoria Bitter ...
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India: Growing demand for beer expected to boost demand for Australian malting barley

The growing demand for beer from the emerging middle class in India could see the subcontinental giant grow as a malting barley customer, the North Queensland Register reported on May ...
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UK: Norfolk’s grain stores struggling with huge surplus of malting barley

The closure of pubs and a slump in lockdown beer demand has created a huge surplus of malting barley in Norfolk’s grain stores – leaving farmers worried about where they ...
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Thailand: ThaiBev delays potential listing of beer business until economic outlook gets better

Thai Beverage PCL's potential listing of its beer business could be delayed, with the Bangkok-based beverage company saying it is waiting for a better global economic outlook before reviewing such ...
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Malaysia: Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia share price slumps on profit miss

Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd topped Bursa Malaysia's leading decliners on June 1 after its share price closed down RM2.70 or 9.35% at RM26.18 as investors weighed the company’s first quarter ...
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Ireland: Alcohol consumption falls by 35.6% in April 2020

New figures confirmed on June 2 that alcohol consumption has fallen in Ireland as a result of Covid-19 restrictions and the closure of the on-trade, with the total volume of ...
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Russia & Ukraine: Dryness leads to reduced barley crop forecasts in Russia and Ukraine

The Russian government had limited old crop grain sales to 7 mln tonnes. Sales against the quota have reached the limit, but shipments against existing contracts will continue. Nevertheless the ...
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Germany: Decline in January-March exports leads to 7.4% slump in total beer sales

Germany’s consumption of alcohol-free beer and other non-taxable malt drinks was 6.7 mln hl in 2019, a minus of 0.2%, H. M. Gauger GmbH reported. Beer sales in January-March 2020 ...
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Latin America: Situation different from country to country but altogether negative for beer and malt industries

The situation looks different from country to country in Latin America, but altogether negative for the beer and malt industry, H. M. Gauger GmbH analysts said in their May report. ...
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