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Beer Category Helping To Lift Italian Retail Sector, Study Finds

Beer is one of the fastest-growing categories in the Italian food and beverage sector, with growth of 18% between 2014 and 2017, compared to 3.2% for the w...

Beer Brand Corona Tackles Waste With Plastic-Free Six Pack Rings

Beer brand Corona has announced it is to pack its products in ‘plastic-free’ six pack rings in order to improve its environmental footprint....

France Slakes EU Brewers' Thirst After Drought Hits Barley Crop

A big barley harvest in France has rescued Europe's beer brewers from supply shortages after parched conditions across the continent this summer ravaged cr...

Carlsberg Sees Revenue Growth Of 9.0% In Q3, Boosted By Good Weather

A pleasant summer across Europe helped boost sales at Carlsberg Group in Q3, with the brewer posting organic revenue growth of 9.0% for the period. Repo...

Molson Coors Sees Net Sales Rise 1.8% In Third Quarter

Beer giant Molson Coors has posted a 1.8% increase in net sales in the third quarter of its financial year, however branded volumes were down 1.0% in the p...

Spar Austria Introduces Organic Bread Beer

In a move to tackle food wastage, Interspar bakery in Austria has introduced an organic beer - Young & Urban - brewed from excess bread. The ret...

Carlsberg Germany Appoints Knepper To Off-Trade Director

Carlsberg Germany has announced the appointment of Kay Torsten Knepper as sales director for the off-trade, commencing 1 January next year. Knepper prev...

AB InBev Halves Dividend As Beer Sales Notch Up

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, slashed its proposed dividend by half on Thursday as improved beer sales in Mexico, Europe and parts of A...