Beer consumption rises
In 2000, Lithuania’s beer consumption continued to rise and reached almost 60 litres per capita, up from 54.6 litres the previous year. Total beer consumption was 2.2m hl, an increase of 170,000 hl on 1999. Domestic brewers sold 2.15m hl of beer.
Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) has announced that it will sell its 87% stake in the Kalnapilis brewery, one of the three breweries owned by Carlsberg Breweries and Baltic Beverages Holding in Lithuania. The Lithuanian competition authority had approved of the merger between Carlsberg A/S and Orkla on the condition that one brewery was sold.
The sale could fetch US$40m to US$50m as Kalnapilis brewery has been heavily modernised since becoming a BBH brewery in 1994..
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