Canada, ON: Ontario will not raise drinking age or stop alcohol sale in corner stores

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will not consider raising the drinking age or reducing the number of stores that sell alcohol amid health-related concerns made by the province’s top ...
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Japan: The Japan Spirits and Liqueurs Makers Association brings in new definition of Japanese whisky

Japanese whisky is world-famous, often eye-wateringly expensive, and from Monday, April 1 will be more strictly defined in an industry push to deter foreign-made imposters, the Yahoo News Singapore reported ...
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Ethiopia: BGI Ethiopia’s legal wrangling pile up

BGI Ethiopia’s legal wrangling pile up as the brewer adds a lawsuit from some of its largest distributors to the property sale saga with Purpose Black. Fourteen leading BGI distributors, ...
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UK: UK’s brewer Adnams exploring outright sale amid funding squeeze

Adnams, one of the most historic names in British brewing, is to explore an outright sale amid a funding squeeze across the industry which has triggered a growing wave of ...
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Malaysia: Price hike by Carlsberg and Heineken likely to result in alleviated operational cost pressure, analysts say

The hike in prices by local breweries Heineken Malaysia Bhd and Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd will likely result in alleviated operational cost pressure, say analysts, The Star reported on April ...
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World: Asahi sets 2040 as its ‘value chain’ net-zero target

Asahi Group Holdings has set 2040 as its “value chain” net-zero target as it tries to commit to the Paris Agreement’s global heating limit of 1.5°C, bringing forward its net-zero ...
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World: Barley crop 2024 expected to increase improving security of supply for 2025 requirements globally

Barley crop 2024 is expected to increase over the crop 2023 level by 6.2 mln tonnes to 148.8 mln. This result, if achieved, greatly improves the security of supply for ...
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EU & UK: Barley crop forecast is down 1.1 mln tones amid weather concerns

RMI Analytics’ crop 2024 EU+UK forecast is down 1.1 mln tonnes to 60 mln as weather raises concerns about crop potential. Winter crops across Europe have suffered from extremely wet conditions ...
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France: Winter barley crop rating drops, soft wheat rating stable this week

The state of French soft wheat crops remained stable last week, although still at their worst in four years, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on March 29. Some 66% of ...
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Namibia: Namibia Breweries reports increased sales, revenue in the half year to December 31, but net income drops

Namibia Breweries Limited reported earnings results for the half year ended December 31, 2023. For the half year, the company reported sales was NAD 2,511.18 million compared to NAD 2,389.61 ...
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