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Byline: Conor Reynolds India’s Som Distilleries and Breweries has sought to distance the company from reports of child labour, pointing to contractors. According to the National Commission for Protection of [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu 'Survival' was listed as the main priority for 43% of UK independent brewers following further closures in the opening three months of 2024, according to a recent [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu Several major FMCG companies have been labelled as 'slow payers' as they take months to pay small businesses, new research has revealed. Drinks giants, including Bud Light [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring Privately-owned Aspall has declined to comment on reports linking the UK cider producer to takeover talks with Molson Coors. Late yesterday, Sky News claimed the Suffolk-based company, [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Anheuser-Busch InBev is in line to end its first year on the Johannesburg stock exchange well down on its debut price, according to a report. The company, [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Ever wondered what fuels Anheuser-Busch InBev's acquisitional drive? Is it naked ambition? Faith? The good of mankind? It could well be any of those things. Or it [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Heineken has declined to comment on a report it is on course to buy Kirin's Brazil operations. Brazil Journal on Friday said the Dutch brewer is in [...]

Byline: Lucy Britner South Africa's competition commission has extended today's deadline for the conclusion of its investigation into the impending takeover of SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev. A spokesperson for AB [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Asahi Group is to make a JPY400bn (US$3.4bn) bid for SABMiller's Grolsch and Peroni, according to a Japanese media report. The brewer and soft drinks maker could [...]

Byline: Andy Morton It's all over bar the shouting, as they say in football circles. So, it was particularity apt that World Cup sponsor Anheuser-Busch InBev's H1 report yesterday, which [...]

Byline: Ben Cooper The latest joint-report from just-drinks and The IWSR, published this week, looks at the non-scotch whisk(e)y category. Ben Cooper considers what the findings of this research mean [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Cains has called a halt to production at its Liverpool brewery, with plans to sub-contract its operations to a third-party, according to local reports. The move comes [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Anheuser-Busch InBev has been granted more time by a judge to iron out any remaining anti-trust concerns over its US$20.1bn takeover of Grupo Modelo, according to reports. [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Beer volumes in emerging Asian markets will continue to grow strongly but it will take ten years before they 'materially matter' to global brewers' profits, according to [...]

Byline: Andy Morton China's massive beer volumes are set to rise further, but market fragmentation and weak margins may sink SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch InBev's profit hopes in the country indefinitely, [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Goose Island's core staff are continuing their exodus with the company set to loose one of its key brewers, according to reports. John Laffler, “innovation brewer” at [...]

Byline: Andy Morton AmBev, the Brazilian unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev, has overtaken Brazil's state-run oil company to be the country's most valuable company by market value. The maker of Brahma [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Sun InBev, the Russian subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, is to raise up to RUB22bn (US$692.3m) in a private share sale, according to local reports. Part of the [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week: * US: KPS to sell North American Breweries to Cerveceria Costa Rica The private equity owners of North [...]

Byline: Andy Morton Singha maker Boon Rawd Brewery Co is to invest THB16bn (US$518m) in a new brewery and upgrading an existing facility, according to local reports. The extra production [...]

Byline: Andy Morton It was a comment from the boss of the Coca-Cola Co, but it dove-tailed beautifully with yesterday's Anheuser-Busch InBev results. The soft drinks firm's CEO, Muhtar Kent, [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Kirin Holdings is considering launching its own bid for Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), according to reports. The Japanese firm, which holds a stake of around 15% in [...]

Byline: Ben Cooper Premium beer sales are set to grow in 'every continent' over the next four years according to a new just-drinks report, with Asia expected to show particularly [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Kirin Holdings has made an informal approach to Brazil's third largest brewer Petropolis with a view to acquiring it, according to local reports. However, Petropolis owner Walter [...]

Byline: James Wilmore San Miguel Corp is considering building three new breweries in south-east Asia, according to local reports. The company, a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, is looking at [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer Bud Light Platinum is helping Anheuser-Busch InBev to beat the blues in the US beer market, but Western Europe continues to be a drag and Brazil is [...]

Byline: James Wilmore Anheuser Busch InBev and Heineken are understood to be competing to buy the Dominican Republic's biggest brewer, Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana (CND), for US$1.5bn, according to reports. The [...]

Byline: just-drinks editorial team The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week: * just On Call - CAGNY 2012: Luxury calls for Diageo Emerging markets may be increasingly driving [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer Anheuser-Busch InBev's US president, Dave Peacock, is to stand down and will be replaced by Luiz Edmond, according to a report. Edmond, a native of Brazil, will [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring Here's a run-down of some of the top research reports currently available in the just-drinks research store: BEER * Top 500 Beer Brewers This report is an [...]

Byline: Olly Wehring The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week: * AFRICA: SABMiller, Castel shake up Africa JV SABMiller and Castel have updated their African partnership, with one [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer Tsingtao Brewery is reported to be considering opening more breweries in South East Asia, to supplement growth in its native China. Tsingtao, which is 20%-owned by Japan's [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery is planning to raise up to CNY2.21bn (US$350m) via a share issue in order to expand capacity in China's growing beer market, according to [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer European brewers are likely to need extra price increases in 2012 to cover high malting barley costs, but face a challenge to do so amid weak economic [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer Speculation that Anheuser-Busch InBev might scoop up SABMiller just won't go away, but is perhaps more a result of boredom than anything else. A potential merger between [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Castel Group's African beer business, Brasseries & Glacieres Internationales, has reportedly formed a joint-venture with Raya Brewery in Ethiopia. Brasseries & Glacieres Internationales (BGI) has agreed [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week: * MEXICO: Grupo Modelo, Anheuser-Busch InBev to discuss Foster's bid - report Grupo Modelo is set to [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Heineken is eyeing a possible bid for Brazil's second largest brewer, Schincariol, as it seeks to compete more strongly with Anheuser-Busch InBev in the country, according [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week: * UK: Diageo enters bidding for Stock Spirits Diageo is one of several parties in the running [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Suntory Holdings is set to follow domestic rival Sapporo Holdings into South Korea, through a tie-up with Oriental Brewery in the company, according to reports. Local [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer The brewing venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors in the US, MillerCoors, is investing heavily in its new craft and import beer business as it anticipates niche [...]

Byline: Chris Mercer Anadolu Efes is an attractive proposition for international suitors, but analysts are cautious on speculation that the brewer's management could sell the business. Anadolu Efes denied today [...]

Byline: Michelle Russell Danone has remained tight-lipped on a report that it has entered talks to sell its water business, but analysts believe a deal could make sense for the [...]

Byline: Lubomir SedlÈík Brewers in the Czech Republic are facing their worst crisis for 20 years, according to the country's beer union. Tax increases on beer and Government austerity measures [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Here's a run-down of some of the top reports currently available in the just-drinks research store: * Offering Ethicality & Sustainability in Alcoholic Drinks Concern for [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Molson Coors has declined to comment on reports out of Australia claiming it has cooled on Foster's Group's brewing division. The American brewer was responding to [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week: * UK: Diageo calls for alcohol tax reform Diageo wants duty tax on beer, wine and cider [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Australia's competition watchdog could raise concerns about Asahi Breweries' deal to acquire the country's third largest soft drinks maker, P&N Beverages, according to a report. Analysts [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Diageo has renewed a deal to brew and sell Budweiser in Ireland under licence from Anheuser-Busch InBev, according to a local report. Diageo has signed a [...]

Byline: just-drinks.com editorial team Tsingtao Brewery is looking to buy a stake in Hangzhou Xihu Beer Asahi Co in China, according to local reports. Tsingtao will buy Hangzhou Industrial Assets [...]