UK: Greene King planning a new ‘state-of-the-art’ brewery in Bury St Edmunds
A new £40m brewery could be built to produce premium craft beer and cask ale in the UK, BBC reported on April 30.
UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer Greene King announced plans to build a "state-of-the-art " facility in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, next to the Moreton Hall pub, where it was already creating a new distribution centre.
Construction could be finished by 2027 but in the meantime, brewing would continue at its Westgate Brewery site.
The company said the new brewery would significantly improve sustainability and help it become a "modern hospitality business".
Matt Starbuck, managing director for brewing and brands at Greene King, said: “We have been brewing in Bury St Edmunds for over 200 years.
"We are passionate about our craft and the development of this state-of-the-art facility will allow us to maintain brewing at the core of our business going forwards.
"We are excited by the opportunity that this affords and the chance to invest in innovation and the development of our world-class beer portfolio.”
The brewer said that at the new site, water usage in the brewing process would be reduced by more than 50% per pint, alongside improvements in energy efficiency.
It aimed to be carbon net zero by 2040 and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030.
Nick Mackenzie, chief executive officer at Greene King, said: “This investment represents a further and significant ongoing commitment to our brewing operations in a town which has such a rich and storied connection with our business and with brewing.
"As we seek to make our operations more sustainable, our new brewery will future proof our ability to brew our much-loved brands, as we create a thriving modern hospitality business.”
Jo Churchill, MP for Bury St Edmunds, said that modernising the brewery would help support hundreds of jobs and maintained the town’s heritage as a "pillar of British brewing".
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