Ireland: Heineken is Ireland’s leading drinks brand - Checkout Top 100 Brands report

Heineken is Ireland’s leading drinks brand according to the latest Checkout Top 100 Brands report. The rankings are produced by Checkout Magazine in partnership with NIQ Ireland. The Checkout Top 100 ...
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World: Barley production forecast slightly up but not due to increased crops expectations in major producing nations

World barley production forecast sees a slight increase of 0.5 mln tonnes to 138.9 mln tonnes with the change coming entirely from crops outside the six major barley producers (Argentina, ...
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World: Malting barley prices move mostly down with the exception of Australia

World barley price movements are rather mixed with malting barley mostly down with the exception of Australia which has seen a considerable volume of barley traded to China, RMI Analytics ...
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South Africa: South African Breweries urge excise adjustment as beer sector volumes decline

The South African Breweries (SAB) has urged the government to consider an excise adjustment that is in line with, or below inflation in the upcoming Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement in ...
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India: United Breweries appoints Vivek Gupta as Managing Director and CEO

United Breweries Ltd (UBL), now part of Dutch brewing firm Heineken, on September 7 announced appointment of Vivek Gupta as Managing Director and CEO of the company, the Deccan Herald ...
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Australia: Western Australian Malt Barley Variety Receival Recommendations released for the 2024-25 harvest

The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia has released the Western Australian Malt Barley Variety Receival Recommendations for the 2024-25 harvest, the Grain Central reported on September 7. Observations indicate there ...
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UK: 2022/23 UK barley exports to the EU totalled 1.1 mln tonnes

Last season (2022/23) the UK exported 1.48 Mt of total wheat, and 1.10 Mt of barley to the EU, according to HMRC data, AHDB reported on September 7. The EU ...
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USA: Bill Gates' foundation trust buys AB InBev stock worth $95 mln

Bill Gates' foundation trust bought 1.7 million shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev after the company experienced a few months of controversy and declining stock prices. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ...
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USA, WA: Promising hop harvest season predicted in Yakima Valley

The hop harvest is underway across Washington State, and since the hops started growing in March, it looks to be a promising season in the Yakima Valley, KIMA reported on ...
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USA, TX: Labora Brewing getting ready to become Mathis’ first microbrewery

For more than a century, a cotton gin has stood in downtown Mathis. But for the past several decades that building has been bare and deserted until two brothers, Jake ...
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