World: Heineken withdraws all guidance for 2020 due to Covid-19

Heineken N.V. issued on April 8 the following statement. With the spread of the Covid-19 crisis to all geographies, multiple countries have taken far-reaching containment measures such as restrictions of movement ...
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Pakistan: Pakistan’s only brewery to manufacture hand sanitizers

Murree Brewery Co., Pakistan’s only maker of alcoholic beverages, plans to manufacture hand sanitizers after a surge in demand led to fake and ineffective hand washes propping up at stores, ...
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Belgium: Jupiler offering ten free beers to people to postpone their birthday celebrations

Jupiler is offering ten free beers to people who “postpone” their birthday, as they cannot celebrate properly until after the lockdown imposed because of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), The Brussels ...
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Malaysia: Federal government cancels operating permits of Heineken and Carlsberg

Malaysia’s federal government has cancelled the operating permit of Heineken Malaysia Berhad and Carlsberg Malaysia's factories during the ongoing movement control order (MCO) following public backlash, the Malay Mail reported ...
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EU: Barley exports in 2019/20 reach 5.37 mln tonnes so far

Barley exports from the European Union in the 2019/20 season that started last July had reached 5.37 million tonnes by April 5, up 52pc from the year-earlier period, official EU ...
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UK: Inver House Distillers and the North British Distillery set to reopen

Whisky bottling plants operated by the Edrington group, Inver House Distillers and the North British Distillery, are to reopen after production was halted due to coronavirus, The Drinks Business reported ...
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Bulgaria: 20% of beer market lost because of closure of catering establishments

Twenty per cent of the beer market in Bulgaria has been lost because of the closure of catering establishments – among measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 – and ...
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Mexico: Constellation Brand’s Mexican breweries still operational

Constellation Brands Inc , the U.S. distributor of Corona beer, said on April 3 its Mexican breweries were still operational and supply to the United States was intact even as ...
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USA: Constellation Brands delivers stellar Q4 fiscal 2020 results

Constellation Brands Inc. STZ has delivered stellar fourth-quarter fiscal 2020 results, wherein the top and bottom lines surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. With this, the company has reported earnings and ...
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Mexico: Mexicans panic-buying beer amid brewing plants temporary shutdown

Shoppers in Mexico are panic-buying beer as brewing plants across the country have temporarily shut down in response to the government's order that all nonessential industries and businesses close in ...
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