Daily Archives: August 14, 2018

Champion Breweries posts 7% profit decline in half year as costs rise

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Champion Breweries plc, said that net profit for the six months to the end of June 2018 fell by 6.53% to N80.5m from N86m in the same period in 2017.

The Akwa Ibom based brewer blamed the decline on rising cost of selling and distribution expenses, which rose 95% in the period to N347m. The second quarter saw a 127% spike in selling and distribution cost to N226m.

Int’l Breweries sustains sales growth in first half despite loss

International Breweries Plc, the Nigerian subsidiary of AB InBev has seen its losses widen in the first half of 2018 to N2.8bn, from N2.2bn in the first quarter.

The loss came despite a strong revenue boost of N53bn in the first half.