Archive of all AB InBev articles – Page 10
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Rankings
91-100: Britain's Biggest Alcohol Brands 2012
Some of Carlsberg’s brands are struggling, but the same can’t be said of Holsten…
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NewsAppletiser brings Tony Holmes back to drinks
Appletiser has hired ex-Health Lottery sales director Tony Holmes as commercial director for Europe. The move is a return…
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RankingsBritain's 100 Biggest Alcohol Brands 2012
These are dark days for Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands. In the face of tax hikes, cost increases and the minimum…
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Rankings21-30: Britain's Biggest Alcohol Brands 2012
The rand’s strength makes South African wine good value, so this year’s slump is disappointing…
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Rankings41-50: Britain's Biggest Alcohol Brands 2012
JP Chenet sees its 5.5% abv wines as key to future growth…
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Rankings
71-80: Britain's Biggest Alcohol Brands 2012
Success in the super-strength lager category comes down to distribution…
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ProfilesPower List 2012: Graham Mackay to Michael Clarke
Not afraid of flexing his muscles, last August Graham Mackay said he’d take his offer to buy Foster’s direct to shareholders after talks broke down.
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NewsNow Stella launches a pear ‘Cidre’
AB Inbev is extending Stella Cidre into the pear cider market.
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NewsPeroni helps UK buck Euro trend for SAB Miller
Emerging markets were again the key to growth for SAB Miller in the past year. The Peroni brewer said beer volumes were…
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NewsBudweiser ad rapped for linking drinking with sex
AB InBev has been rapped by the advertising watchdog over a radio spot for Budweiser that linked drinking with sexual success.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs there a thirst to fight minimum pricing?
Some retailers and brewers may have decided to work with the government but the industry may still mount a legal challenge.
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Comment & Opinion
Tax is key to low beer abv
Your coverage of changes in beer strengths shows there is change and innovation in the UK beer market…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs a lower abv a small price to pay for Stella Artois?
AB InBev can play the health card by cutting its premium lagers to 4.8% and save £9m a year in duty - but may regret the move.
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Comment & Opinion
Most drinkers won't bat an eyelid at Stella's lower abv
Let’s be clear. This is not about Stella’s ‘wifebeater’ tag. With brewers struggling with duty hikes and cost increases, something had to give.
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NewsAB InBev lowers abv of Stella, Bud and Beck's
Stella Artois, Budweiser and Beck’s are being cut from 5% to 4.8% abv as rising input costs bite across the market.
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Comment & Opinion
Disconcertingly expensive
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. About this time yesterday, Stella brewer AB InBev announced it was hiking wholesale prices by just short of 8% in response to continued upward pressure on costs.
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NewsAlcohol prices soar 10% as cost pressure mounts
Beer and spirits prices have soared almost 10% in the wake of commodity cost rises, duty and VAT hikes and weakened sterling as predicted by The Grocer in January. The retail price of spirits shot up 9.7% in the year to July and beer…
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NewsAB InBev’s MacFarlane moves to Eastern Europe
Stuart MacFarlane is giving up leadership of AB InBev's UK operations and moving to Moscow to run its Eastern European business. MacFarlane, who becomes zone president for Central and Eastern Europe from 1 January next year, will be...
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NewsStella Cidre ‘running out of apples’ as sales soar
AB InBev is struggling to source enough Jonagold apples to keep up with “unprecedented demand” for its new Stella Artois Cidre.
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Comment & Opinion
The only thing worse than being talked about
Few people these days will believe there’s really no such thing as bad publicity. Even so, most marketers would consider a few snarky comments from internet critics a price worth paying for acres of free coverage.