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Carlsberg pitched Beo as a “bio refreshment” (in other parts of the world this translates as “organic refreshment” with “purely natural ingredients”). However, the soda contained only 5.5 percent of bio-stuff, namely sugar and malt extract, the German consumer watchdog Foodwatch.org noted with glee. For extra taste Carlsberg had added flavours plus citric acid (E 330) and ascorbic acid (E 300). Proper apples and pears, as advertised, had never got near the product.
Europe/Russia
Berlin, Germany’s capital city has little to boast about. The city is broke and unemployment is rife. Still, the cosmopolitan arty set regularly jets to Berlin to take a look at its edgy art galleries, which thrive on low rents and a never-ending stream of hopeful young artists keen to make a name for themselves. In early September, right at the start of this autumn’s art season, 60 of Berlin’s estimated 400 galleries were pressed into service as tasting rooms, with an average of three different VDP producers serving their wines to paying members of the public. Jancis Robinson, the wine writer, admitted that initially she could not quite imagine how wine & art would work out. In London it could all too easily have degenerated into a sleazy booze-up - provided there would have been enough galleries volunteering for such an event in the first place.
Europe/Russia
This move is part of the ongoing optimisation of the production network in the Carlsberg Group. For Carlsberg, Switzerland is just a tiny country in the heart of Europe. Why respect Swiss patriotism and maintain a network of costly production sites, if the beer volume can be split between two breweries less than a 90 minute drive apart – albeit in two different countries?
Europe/Russia
For too long for us to remember there has been talk in the Czech Republic about selling the Budvar brewery. Everybody with half a brain thought that the buyer would be Anheuser-Busch. Moreover, they believed they would have the Americans over a barrel. The reasoning went that in order to end the accursed trademark dispute, the Americans would be prepared to pay far more for Budvar than the brewer’s fair market value.
Europe/Russia
Seven of the capital’s brewers met at the Redemption Brewery in Tottenham in late August to brew a porter. The seven brewers were Brodie’s in East London, Camden Town Brewery, Fullers, The Ha’Penny Brewing Company, The Kernal Brewery, Meantime Brewery and Redemption Brewery.
Europe/Russia
The volume of beer sold declined. The decline was led by a 9.4 percent slump in central and eastern Europe. Volumes in western Europe, the company’s biggest profit contributor, fell 2.5 percent. In Africa and the Middle East, volumes jumped 7.2 percent, the company said, helped by output growth in Nigeria and South Africa. Heineken is working to expand capacity at the Sedibeng brewery, which opened near Johannesburg this year.
Europe/Russia
By contrast, in the U.S. sales by volume were down 2 percent and net sales 3 percent lower, while in Europe volume rose 1 percent but net sales fell 2 percent.
Europe/Russia
In its consultation paper, the UK’s Home Office says it wants to overhaul the Licensing Act, which regulates the sale of alcohol in the UK, to give local communities a greater say in these decisions.
Europe/Russia
Russia is the second-largest producer of barley in the world after the EU, and while much of its production is feed for livestock, a growing proportion of it is used for malting.
Europe/Russia
The brewer of Stella Artois said its so-called organic EBITDA grew 5.6 percent, even though in North America, the company’s biggest market region, beer sales fell 3.4 percent. Volume had dropped 6.1 percent in the region in the first quarter. The decline in sales to retailers in the U.S. slowed to 1.7 percent compared with 4.4 percent in the first three months of the year.
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