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Heineken Rwandan subsidiary to start brewing Heineken brand locally

November 20, 2018   Editor   No comments

Bralirwa, the Rwandan subsidiary of Heineken NV has announced it will start making the Heineken brand locally from next month in a bid to cut down on import and distribution costs.

Heineken will be brewed at Bralirwa’s Gisenyi factory in Northern Rwanda, very close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

“We believe that this innovation will create additional business opportunities for Bralirwa and for our business partners in Rwanda as well as through export to neighbouring countries,” said Mr Sander Bokelman, Bralirwa’s Supply Chain Director, in a statement on Monday.

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Heineken sustains growth in Qtr3 as beer volume rise 4.6%

October 25, 2018   Editor   No comments

Heineken N.V. said its profits grew 8% in the third quarter to €1.6bn from €1.48bn in the same period in 2017, benefiting from a 4.6% consolidated beer volume growth across all regions.

In a trading update on Wednesday, the Dutch brewer said that its Heineken brand grew 9.2% in beer volume with much of the growth coming from Brazil, Mexico, Vietnam and South Africa.

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Heineken agrees to Cross-Shareholding deal with China Resources

August 04, 2018   Editor   No comments

Heineken N.V has agreed to sell its China business to China Resources Beer Holding Company Limited (CRH Beer Ltd) in exchange for a 40% stake in the company. CRH Beer is the parent company of CR Beer, China’s largest beer company and maker of popular Snow beer in China.

The $3.1bn investment will give Heineken a strong local partner in a market where it has struggled to break into ever since entering the market in 1983.

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Heineken sees growth acceleration in first-half despite lower operating profit warning for second-half

August 01, 2018   Editor   No comments

Dutch brewer Heineken N.V said that net revenue for the first six months of 2018 grew by 4.2% to €10.7bn, from €10.3bn in 2018.

Consolidated beer volume grew by 4.5%, while Heineken brand own volume rose 7.5%, with positive momentum in all regions especially in Africa, Middle East & Eastern Europe and the Americas. The growth came from double digit gains in Brazil, South Africa, Russia, UK, Nigeria, Mexico, Poland, Germany and Romania. The company notes that it continues to benefit from global sponsorship platforms such as UEFA Champions League and Formula 1.

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Heads of FrieslandCampina, Heineken commit to increased investments in Nigeria

July 17, 2018   Editor   No comments

The leadership of Dutch firms in Nigeria have pledged to increase their investments in the country.

The commitments were made when Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, met with some of the CEOs of the Dutch firms during his official visit to The Hague, Netherlands.

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Heineken introduces limited edition world labels in Nigeria

June 24, 2018   Editor   No comments

Heineken brand, the world’s most international premium lager beer has launched a limited edition world label in the Nigerian market. The initiative which is billed to run from June 2018 to 31st August 2018 is meant to celebrate the brand’s presence in 192 countries.

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AB InBev withdraws funding for alcohol study as industry’s influence is questioned

June 11, 2018   Editor   No comments

The world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) said it is withdrawing its financial support for a controversial study that will look into whether there are any health benefits to drinking alcohol in moderation.

The ten-year long clinical study which was announced last year had the financial support of the alcohol global heavyweights such as Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Heineken, Carlsberg and AB InBev.

According to the New York Times, the total amount so far raised by the drinks companies for the study is $66 million, of which AB InBev gave $15.4 million.

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Doing business in dangerous places: How Heineken beer survives in Congo

April 21, 2018   Editor   No comments

Brewers are rare colonial-era holdouts in a notorious trouble spot.

Bralima brewery in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is an island of modernity in a city where chaos is the norm. Inside a building near the docks where barges begin the journey up the Congo river, conveyor belts rattle as thousands of glass bottles are washed and filled with amber liquid. A generator hums to power the new brewing machinery, creating enough booze to fill 28,000 crates every two days.

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Heineken sold 4.3% more beers in Q1 than same period last year

April 19, 2018   Editor   No comments

Heineken NV said on Wednesday that consolidated beer volume for the first quarter grew 4.3% organically, with the biggest growth coming from markets in Asia Pacific, Americas, and Africa, Middle East & Eastern Europe. The growth was against a backdrop of lower volume in Western Europe which was impacted by the cold spell in places like France, Spain and Austria. Total volumes in Europe fell 1.7% as the benefit of an earlier Easter was more than offset by colder weather.

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Heineken accused of not doing enough to protect female sales agents from sexual abuse in Africa

March 26, 2018   Editor   No comments

Dutch brewer Heineken said it will do more to protect is sales agents in Africa after a Dutch newspaper, NRC published allegations of widespread sexual abuse of sales agents in 10 countries where the company operates.

According to the report, Heineken indirectly employs about 2,000 women as “promotional girls” in Africa out of a 15,000 women global sales force based on internal research done in 2007.

The sales agents job involve going around to bars, cafes and restaurants with promotional crates to persuade owners to stock the company’s brands.

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