Carlsberg sells brewery in Dresden

Frankfurter Brauhaus, a private label producer, has been keen to increase capacity in Germany. It runs a brewery in Frankfurt/Oder near the Polish border, and one in France (sold by Kronenbourg in 2006). Last year it struck a deal with InBev Germany to have 100,000 hl of the Bergadler beer brand produced at InBev’s brewery in Hannover. Incidentally, the Bergadler brand (sold by the discount retailer Lidl) was once produced by InBev until 2007 when InBev moved out of licensed beer production.

Carlsberg said that the privately-owned Frankfurter Brauhaus has taken over responsibility for Feldschlößchen’s 172 employees under the transaction, adding that it has signed co-operation agreements with the German brewer for logistics and sales support in the Dresden area.

The DKK130 million non-cash loss will be included in special items for 2010.