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Given that he stood at the helm of stock market-listed SABMiller, the brewer had to make a personal misfortune public knowledge for fear it might affect its share price negatively: its Chief Executive Graham Mackay has had surgery for a brain tumour. Therefore, he will be replaced by the group’s Chief Operating Officer Alan Clark with immediate effect.
Europe/Russia
In the carnival-mad city of Cologne revellers usually fall into a deep depression with the onset of Lent. Thanks to the on-going and highly publicised spat between the brothers Heinrich and Johannes Becker for control of the Gaffel brewery it’s now carnival all year round.
Europe/Russia
Global brewer SABMiller reported on 17 April 2013 that it saw a 7 percent rise in its full year organic revenue (until end March 2013), boosted by strong demand in Africa and a surprisingly resilient demand in Europe.
Europe/Russia
That’s what you get for being dependent upon Europe. Heineken, the world’s number three brewer, tempered its expectations for annual growth after reporting an unexpected decline in first-quarter sales on 24 April 2013.
Europe/Russia
Oops – what can it possible mean that Carlsberg’s head of the brewer’s Asia division decided to leave all of a sudden? The world’s number four brewer announced on 24 April 2013 that Roy Bagattini, 49, is leaving to take a job at fashion group Levi Strauss & Company as Executive Vice President and President of Commercial Operations, Asia Pacific, in June 2013.
Europe/Russia
So brewers have woken up and smelt the coffee? Several families with interests in – rival – breweries have clubbed together with Germany's Joh. A. Benckiser (JAB), the investment vehicle of the Reimann family, to make a bid for Dutch company DE Master Blenders, best known for its Douwe Egberts coffee brand.
Europe/Russia
That's it. Heineken hopes to exit Finland. According to media reports on 11 April 2013, Heineken has initiated sales procedures for its Finnish beer and beverage business Hartwall.
Europe/Russia
Why does the passing of Margaret Thatcher on 8 April 2013, aged 87, make me think of gin? Don't get me wrong. I did not plan to join the hundreds of opponents of Margaret Thatcher for a "mass party" in London’s Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death on 13 April with a G&T (Gin and Tonic). I don't think it tasteful or called for to rejoice in her death, irrespective of what you think of her politics or legacy.
Europe/Russia
Who on earth is Harbin? It was only a small news item on 9 April 2013 that Dutch brewer Heineken, via its Austrian unit Brau Union AG, bought a 3.21 percent stake in brewer Zywiec from the minority shareholder Harbin.
Europe/Russia
What can it mean that Alexis Nasard, formerly Heineken’s Chief Commercial Officer, has been appointed President Western Europe & Chief Marketing Officer as of April this year?
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