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AB InBev Adds Citi, BAML To Banks Working On Asian IPO

The world's biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, has added Citigroup and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to the team of banks working on the sale of its Asi...

AB InBev's UK Operations Unveil New Identity

AB InBev's UK operations have been rebranded as the Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, with the business also announcing the opening of a new London hea...

Italy's Birra Peroni Sets New Production Record In 2018

Italian brewery Birra Peroni closed 2018 with a 6.4% of growth in production compared to the previous year, to six million hectolitres. Over t...

In Paris, British Punters Drown Sorrows With 'Brexit Beer'

If Prime Minister Theresa May or any other Briton needs some Dutch courage to see them through the fraught final countdown to Britain's departure from the...

Italy Sets New Beer Consumption Record In 2018

Beer purchases in Italy set a new record last year, hitting the €1 billion sales mark for the first time. In addition, beer consumption per head is...

Heineken Expects 2019 Profit Growth To Be In Line With Last Year

Heineken, the world's second-largest beer-maker, has forecast its operating profit to grow at nearly the same rate this year as it did in 2018, when beer s...

Healthier Lifestyles, Social Media Could Impact Tennent's Sales In Scotland: Analyst

Healthier lifestyles and the rise of social media could impact sales of Tennent's, the Scottish lager brand owned by C&C Group, in the coming years...

Italian Beer Sales Up Despite Unfavourable Summer

Beer sales in Italy grew by 2.7% in value terms in the period from January to November 2018, according to IRI’s latest report on the Italian beer mar...