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(beveragemanager.net) - Lager beer volumes for the 3Q were 3 percent ahead of the prior year, SABMiller said on Thursday as it released its interim management statement for the group's 3Q ended December 31, 2011. The company added that there had been good growth in all its regions with the exception of Europe and North America. Soft drinks volumes grew by 6% for the quarter...
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M&A: Agthia Group acquires 100% of Pelit Su
(beveragemanager.net) - Agthia Group, one of the leading Food and Beverage companies in the UAE, signed a share purchase agreement for acquisition of 100% shares of Pelit Su, the Turkey based Spring Water Company.
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NEW ZEALAND: Coca-Cola Amatil has opened its new $15 million plant
(beveragemanager.net) - The $15 million investment in world best-practice technology enables Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand (CCANZ) to design and self-manufacture its own PET plastic beverage bottles using fewer raw materials.
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Heineken to increase shareholding in Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti
(beveragemanager.net) - Heineken announced today the intention to increase its shareholding in Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti S.A. (Brana), the country’s leading brewer, from 22.5% to 95%.
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Warsteiner withstands difficult market conditions in 2011
(beveragemanager.net) - While the new beverages Warsteiner Radler and Warsteiner Radler Grapefruit grew by more than 42% in 2011, Warsteiner Alkoholfrei (non alcoholic beer), showed an increase of more than 45%.
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Stevia is the way forward
(beveragemanager.net) - We will soon reach a point at which there is hardly any money to be made with classic sweeteners. In any case, stock market analysts are now discussing with high expectations a plant known as ‘stevia rebaudiana’, its cultivation, which predominantly takes place in the South American border region between Brazil and Paraguay (and has recently also begun...
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Reducing waste in beer production
Every year, over 2,000 million hectoliters of beer is produced globally, corresponding to around 400 billion bottles and cans (plus numerous kegs) with a retail value worth some EUR 130 billion.
