
Carlsberg will release it first-half and second-quarter results on Wednesday. Here, just-drinks takes a look at the brewer’s news in the three months to the end of June.
- In April, Carlsberg said it had agreed to buy a majority stake in Czech brewer Zatecky Pivovar as it targets demand in Europe for Czech beer.
- Also in April, Brooklyn Brewery and Carlsberg started production at a new joint brewery in Sweden.
- On 8 April, Carlsberg unveiled alcoholic lemonade Seth & Riley’s Garage in a bid to bridge the gap between sweet beverages and beer.
- Later in the month, Carlsberg bought a 51% stake in MayBev, the exclusive distributor for Ashai in Singapore.
- In an interview with just-drinks in May, a Carlsberg executive claimed that Western European firms lag behind their Eastern Europe and Asia counterparts in digital marketing.
- In the same month, Carlsberg’s UK unit said it was to offer a new portfolio of 28 craft beers through its on-trade distribution business.