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The Justice Ministry will follow a recommendation from CADE, as the country’s anti-trust agency is known, and open an investigation of AmBev’s executives, Mariana Tavares, the ministry’s anti-trust division chief was quoted as saying. The probe could result in civil charges against the executives.
The Americas
The news of higher beer prices will go down very well with consumers who have been told only a few weeks ago that AB-InBev’s compensation for their 13-member executive board nearly doubled in the first half of the year.
The Americas
The four-hour Siebel Institute Sensory Analysis Seminar is designed to train brewers and beer enthusiasts in the process of sensory evaluation of beer.
The Americas
The Siebel Institute, in conjunction with the Ethanol Technology Institute, is currently putting together a course in beverage distillation.
The Americas
Royal Unibrew (selling under the brands Faxe and Ceres) said on 12 August that it agreed to sell its three Caribbean breweries to the Dominican brewery CND for a total consideration of USD 31 million.
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In a statement, Mr Blaustein said: "This is not a decision that I made overnight. Given my own career aspirations and a different view of how to build our business/portfolio in the current economic climate, I thought it best that we part ways. Heineken USA has a passionate and talented team that will continue to bring success to the business, and I am personally looking forward to starting a new stage in my career."
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The notice of arbitration stated that the transaction between Anheuser-Busch and InBev violated provisions of a 1993 agreement through which Anheuser-Busch took a major stake in Grupo Modelo.
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Readers, should you ever need reassuring that you did the right thing when you joined the brewing industry – read this book. It’s called “Shine on. 100 years of history, legends, half-truths and tall tales about Texas’ most beloved little brewery” by Mike Renfro. Price: USD 23.99.
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Just as well the management guru, the late Peter Drucker, never publicly cast a verdict on the brewing industry’s managers. He would have found compelling grounds for a less than flattering assessment. Spurred by InBev’s Brazilian managers and their cost-cutting mantra, brewers the world over have re-written their management books. Their First Commandments now read unisono: “cut cost”.
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Ball Corporation is a supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball employs more than 14,000 people worldwide and reported 2008 sales of approximately USD 7.6 billion.
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