On Wednesday, Heineken will report its first-quarter numbers. Here, just-drinks looks at the group's activities in the three months to the end of March:
- In January, Heineken said it would build a "multi-beverage" facility in Timor-Leste as part of an investment of up to US$45m in the south-east Asian country.
- Heineken's EUR110m (US$129m) brewery in Ethiopia hit full capacity in mid-January, six months after it was completed.
- Heineken confirmed at the end of January that it will remove caramel colouring from its Newcastle Brown Ale brand globally.
- In February, Colombian authorities waved through a deal allowing private conglomerate Postobón and Compania Cervecerias Unidas to brew and sell Heineken's brands in the South American country, according to reports.
- In the same month, the Dutch brewer completed the sale of Mexican packaging business Empaque to Crown Holdings, and launched a share buyback using most of the proceeds.
- Also in February, Heineken confirmed plans to invest MXN7.35bn (US$470m) in building its seventh brewery in Mexico.
- In March, Slovenian brewer Pivovarna Lasko looked set to welcome a new majority owner as the auction process entered the home straight. Heineken was announced as the winner of the auction last week.
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