The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given its approval for the takeover of Punch Taverns by Dutch brewing giant Heineken. In June this year, the CMA raised the issue of affecting competition in 33 places in the UK, if ...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has offered a loan of $2.28m to Berk group, a Turkmen brewing company, to foray into salty snacks business. The new salty business is expected to complement Berk’s beer ...
Tags: Berk, EBRD, loan, salty snacks business
Diageo is dropping Guinness from the name of its US beer business as part of a plan to expand its investment in the market. The name will change to Diageo Beer Company USA from Diageo-Guinness USA (DGUSA) to signal the company’s ...
Tags: Diageo, DGUSA, name changing
Flemish Fox Brewery & Craftworks, a new craft brewery founded by Christine Celis, and Atwater Brewery, have entered an agreement to brew beer in a new collaboration brewery in Austin, Texas. Flemish Fox Brewery & Craftworks has acquired ...
Belgian beverage giant AB InBev says it will allow a Chinese Government owned company to acquire SABMiller’s Chinese beer business if AB InBev itself can acquire SABMiller. AB InBev last week revealed it will allow China Resources ...
Tags: AB InBev, China Market
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has agreed to sell SABMiller’s Chinese beer business to China Resources Beer Holdings for $1.6bn, in an effort to gain regulatory approval for its pending acquisition of SABMiller. The Chinese ...
Tags: AB In Bev, SABMiller, China Resources, Chinese Beer
US-based alcoholic beverage maker Constellation Brands has agreed to acquire San Diego-based Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits for $1bn. Ballast Point is a US-based craft beer company with an expansive portfolio that includes almost 40 ...
Dutch brewing company Heineken is planning to build a new brewery in northern Mexico, which will see an investment of around $470m. The proposed plant will be capable of producing nearly 5 million hectoliters of beer annually. The ...
Constellation Brands, a beverage alcohol company, reported its third quarter 2015 results. "We achieved outstanding results for the third quarter driven by the exceptional on-going momentum for our beer business. This industry leading ...
American beverage alcohol company Constellation Brands has finalised the joint venture agreement with Owens-Illinois (O-I) and also completed the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's (ABI) glass production plant located next to ...
Tags: Constellation, beverage alcohol
Global brewing major SABMiller has agreed to expand its product presence to Brazil, under a partnership with Grupo Petropolis. Earlier in 2012, the company terminated its operations in Brazil citing a difficult exchange rate that made ...
Tags: Beer Market, SABMiller, Agriculture
Halberd Corporation subsidiary I-TAP announced that Anheuser-Busch InBev has scheduled a test of the I-TAP beer dispensing system at their research and development draught room in St. Louis. Anheuser-Busch InBev is the leading global ...
Tags: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Test, Food
Constellation Brands, a leading beverage alcohol company, reported today its first quarter 2015 results. "We posted a great quarter reflecting outstanding results for our beer business as well as wine and spirits performance that was ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The US Federal Trade Commission in July announced it had filed a complaint aimed at stopping Ardagh’s acquisition of the Verallia North America (VNA) unit, which makes jam jars and drinks bottles for the US market. Ardagh said that ...
Tags: Ardagh, Anti-Trust Issues
Coca-Cola Amatil has agreed to acquire all intellectual property and worldwide trademarks of Fijian brewer Vonu Beer. This transaction will enable Coca Cola to offer hand-crafted Vonu Pure Lager in Australia and New Zealand starting late ...