Category: In the News
Diageo tries draught cocktails in UK
The new spirit and mixer dispense system, being tested in some UK pubs, is fount-operated and allows bartenders to quickly serve drinks with consistent quality. Read the full …
A-B InBev to cut 2,065 jobs
About 75 percent of the job cuts will come from A-B’s St. Louis headquarters, and most will be engineers, IT and corporate positions. Read the full …
Sopporo releases world’s first space beer
Sapporo Breweries has released a beer that uses barley that was grown on the International Space Station (ISS). Read the full story at the Telegraph.
Gift card sales down
Gift card purchases will slip 5 percent this season to $25 billion, says study. Read the full story at the East Valley Tribune.
MillerCoors Hires Bromley Communications to handle hispanic media
MillerCoors continued shuffling agency assignments today, appointing Publicis Groupe-backed Bromley Communications in San Antonio to handle its Hispanic media planning and buying chores. Read the full …
Peter Coors to Succeed Eric Molson as Molson Coors Chairman
Molson Coors Brewing Company today announced that Pete Coors, the current vice chairman of the Molson Coors Board of Directors will assume the role of chairman, …
InBev cleared to purchase A-B if Labatt sold
U.S. antitrust enforcers give the green light for InBev to purchase Anheuser-Busch as long as InBev sells Labatt. Read the full story at Bloomberg.com.
Mich. State House bill would bar direct shipments
Last Thursday, a state House committee in Michigan introduced and approved a bill that would bar residents in the state from recieving alcohol shipments directly from …
SABMiller warns of cutbacks as beer demand falls
Brewing giant SABMiller warned it is looking to cut back investment spendingas a global economic slowdown hits beer drinking, after the group reportedhalf-year earnings growth at …
Anheuser-Busch shareholders officially OK InBev sale
The $52 billion sale to Belgium-based InBev SA was approved on Wednesday by Anheuser-Busch shareholders. The new company will be named Anheuser-Busch InBev. Read the full …