Here’s a round-up of this week’s highlights in the global beer category. We are also running similar round-ups for spirits & wine and soft drinks & bottled water.
SABMiller CEO Alan Clark was very happy last week to talk about the future of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, the bottler his firm is setting up with The Coca-Cola Co. He was predictably more tight-lipped when asked if the partnership lays the groundwork for further bottler purchases, in Africa or other emerging markets such as South America.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has lost its appeal in Norway against Budejovicky Budvar’s registration of the Budweiser Budvar trademark in the country.
As the end of the year approaches, Larry Nelson looks back at the impact the craft beer segment has had on the broader beer category in 2014. The multi-national brewers’ need to play in craft is no longer about simply riding the growth wave, argues Nelson, it’s much more about basic survival.
The US’s Beer Institute (BI) has admitted that brewers can still do more to combat drink driving and underage consumption in the US despite recent successes.
Plans to merge Heineken’s Nigerian subsidiaries Nigerian Breweries and Consolidated Breweries have moved a step closer after the units’ shareholders approved the deal.
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