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Nigerian Breweries Plc, the nation’s largest brewer celebrated International Women’s Day on March 9, 2020 at its corporate headquarters.
As part of activities commemorating the event, it organized a symposium at its headquarters, which was livestreamed across nine of its brewery locations and business units.
Nestle Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of Mrs Juliet Ehimuan to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director. According to the company, the appointment became effective on 24 February 2020.
The company said that Mrs Ehimuan, who is the Country Manager for Google in Nigeria since 2011 has over 25 years of professional work experience.
She started her career in 1995 and has worked for several companies in Nigeria and abroad including Shell Petroleum and Microsoft United Kingdom, Strategic Insight Consulting Limited, which she started and Chams Plc Strategic Business Unit.
Nestle Nigeria Plc has reported earnings growth of 6% for the full year 2019. The food and beverage giant said that profit rose to N45.6bn from N43bn in 2018.
The company benefited from a 6.7% growth in revenue to N284bn. Nestle was also helped by operating profit rise of 19% to N72bn.
Nigerian Breweries Plc has restated its commitment to business partners across the country. The brewing company made this known when it held its 2020 Distributors Award ceremony on Friday, 21 February 2020 at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. The event honoured and rewarded the company’s outstanding trade partners who excelled in 2019.
The Nigerian Senate last week tried to mediate between two warring soft drinks companies who are fighting for market share and economic survival.
According to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, it said it received a petition from the management of Rites Foods Limited, an indigenous soft drinks company and makers of Bigi soft drinks over alleged threat to its security and existence by Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited, bottlers of Pepsi cola, Mountain Dew and others.
Nigerian Breweries Plc reported yet another decline in profit for the full year 2019. The company said that profits fell by 17% to N16.1bn from N19.4bn in 2018. It would be the eight consecutive quarterly declines by the company.
Dutch brewer Heineken NV said that profits increased by 13.2% in 2019 to €2.2bn from €1.9bn in the previous year, helped by robust pricing and focus on premiumisation.
Net revenue in the period was up 6.6% to €23.9bn, with total beer volume growth of 3.1%, driven by South Africa, Russia, Mozambique, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
New York-based PepsiCo, Inc said its sales grew by 4% in fiscal 2019 to $67.1bn, with the fourth quarter recording a 5.7% growth in sales to $20.6bn.
The company noted that its Frito-Lay North America snack business and PepsiCo North American business unit were partly responsible for lifting the company’s sales by 4% and 3% respectively.
PepsiCo Inc said it has received approval from the South African Competition Commission to acquire South African-based Pioneer Foods. The Commission has recommended to the country’s Competition Tribunal the approval of the proposed transaction in which Simba (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, intends to acquire Pioneer Foods Group Limited subject to certain conditions.
PepsiCo, through Simba, supplies several ready-to-eat products in South Africa under well-known brands which include Simba, Lays, Dorito’s, NikNaks and Fritos.
Beta Glass Plc reported higher sales and profit for the full year ended 31 December 2019.
The glass bottle maker said that sales grew by 12% to N29.4bn from N26.3bn in the previous year. Cost of sales rose by 9% to N22bn.
Selling and administrative expenses saw a modest increase of 19% and 5% respectively.
