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It was to be expected that Belgium’s brewer Duvel Moortgat would increase its investment in Italy’s craft brewer Birrificio del Ducato to a majority stake – which they did in February 2018.
Europe/Russia
Don’t bet on cider’s golden future in the US. As consumers switch to alcoholic sodas, cider sales continue to decline. After registering buoyant growth between 2011 and 2015, when volume sales quintupled from 500,000 hl to 2.5 million hl, 2016 proved a turning point. Volumes dropped twelve percent. The trend has continued in 2017, although figures are not out yet. In the first half of 2017, cider sales declined 9.7 percent, according to market research firm IRI.
Europe/Russia
Thursday last week – 8 March – was International Women’s Day. To support women and their campaigns towards their fair share of the world, Diageo and BrewDog each launched one of their popular products in women-friendly packaging. Diageo brought out a special edition of its Johnny Walker Scotch, calling it Jane Walker, while Scottish craft brewer BrewDog released a satirical pink-branded “beer for girls”, which is basically a variation of Brewdog's Punk IPA with a pink label.
Europe/Russia
Thanks to Italy’s vibrant craft beer sector, the country has a beer trade show again. BeerAttraction’s predecessor Pianeta Birra, which was also held in Rimini, died several years ago, after the country’s Big Brewers pulled their support.
Europe/Russia
Thanks to Brazil rebounding after two tumultuous years in the region and the integration of SABMiller proceeding well, AB-InBev reported on 1 March 2018 that revenue increased 5.1 percent in 2017 to USD 56.4 billion (EUR 46.3 billion) while profits (EBITDA) rose 13.4 percent to USD 22.1 billion (EUR 18.1 billion). AB-InBev’s EBITDA margin stood at 39.1 percent in 2017.
Europe/Russia
Is it possible that AB-InBev’s job lot sale of the two breweries could be untied again? Insiders think that their new owner, the former banker and consultant Daniel Deistler, who acquired them from AB-InBev in January 2018 for an unknown sum (estimates range from EUR 150 million to EUR 200 million), might exactly do this.
Europe/Russia
Have the good times come to an end? Volatile markets and an acquisition in Brazil prompted the world’s number two brewer Heineken to forecast that its profitability in 2018 would improve by less than the target it had set for the previous three years.
Europe/Russia
Danish brewer Carlsberg reported 2017 profit well below analysts’ expectations, hit by a fall in sales and a large write-down in its key Russian market.
Brewhouse
Flora of the Fruktbygda | In the previous installment, we became acquainted with the “Fruktbygda”, the fruit-growing region around Gvarv, Norway, and the Lindheim Ølkompani, the family farmhouse brewery located there. In this installment, we take a closer look at the research presently underway at the Lindheim farm.
Market
Beer in Germany | Have a guess: how long do you need to work for a bottle of beer in Germany? Even on minimum wage it’s only four minutes. Our spectacularly low beer prices in the off-premise are great for consumers, but catastrophic for brewers. Nearly all brewers battle with declining volumes, aggressive retailers and dwindling profits. Premiumisation would be a way out but few have the courage to go down that path.
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