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Carlsberg is raising wholesale prices by an average of 2.3% from 6 October.
It becomes the third major brewer to announce a second price hike in 2008, following InBev and Coors. Carlsberg cited rising costs including raw materials, with malt up 50% and hops more than 100%, as well as rising utility prices.
A statement from Carlsberg said: "Carlsberg UK can confirm that it will be increasing its wholesale price by an average of 2.3% with effect from 6 October.
"We are committed to delivering efficiencies across all areas of business in order to absorb the increased costs and reduce the potential impact on our customers. This has been the case this year as our price increases have been significantly lower than our competitors.
"The rise in costs of such items as raw materials and utilities has been unprecedented, therefore on this occasion we have been left with no alternative.
"Customer support, brand growth and innovation remain at the heart of our strategy and we will continue wi
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Graham Barr 08/09/2008 12:19:56  |
RE: Carlsberg raises wholesale prices I’ve just done some calculations based on the next wave of price increases announced over the past weeks. If (and it’s a big if) the pubcos just pass on the increases without adding anything extra for themselves then Stella will have to increase 12p to maintain margins and Carlsberg will have to go up 8p. With all the managed chains slashing beer prices what hope is there for us tied tenants? It’s beginning to feel like a very slow and painful death, wouldn’t it just be easier to put us all out of our misery and the close down all the pubs now? At least us licensees would at last be spared any further financial ruin, the pubcos could then press ahead with re-developing all of their sites and for the government it would be ‘mission accomplished’. Drinks all round! Thoughts? This post replies to this thread |
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| chris thornton 08/09/2008 15:08:24 |
RE: Carlsberg raises wholesale prices I wonder how much (cost) will be passed to the off trade? Have the brewers forgotten it was inns that started mass brewing? Now it seems everyone is out to slay the cash cow that is pubs! Pass the increase onto the off trade they can afford the cut in their margins! After all, some of us have to foot the bill when their cheap beer goes wrong! LONG LIVE THE PUB!! This post replies to this thread |
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| Phil Taylor-Jones 08/09/2008 15:24:45 |
Carlsberg raises wholesale prices Wonder if Punch will put the price of Carlsberg up, bearing in mind that they negotiate an annual price for Carlsberg which is valid for 12 months - or have they changed the rules? This post replies to this thread |
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edward carpenter 08/09/2008 15:51:06 |
Carlsberg raises wholesale prices The ONLY rules Pinch operate by are the ones they write themselves and are subject to change at any time....and backdated if appropriate. This post replies to Phil Taylor-Jones > Carlsberg raises wholesale prices |
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martin kay 08/09/2008 17:45:20 |
RE: Carlsberg raises wholesale prices Graham, you asked for thoughts; "if" pubcos pass on (and please let us know) then you are proposing your own price increase in addition. Why? When you say "margins" I think you are talking %'s rather than money (which pays bills)? If the price to you doesn't go up yet, why not take your own c5p price increase you talk of now? It's a bit like doubling the last excessive duty increase to maintain margins. As a PS, I did read that E increases their prices but once a year? edited by: martin kay at: 08/09/2008 17:46:21 This post replies to Graham Barr > RE: Carlsberg raises wholesale prices |
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| Forum user 4045 08/09/2008 18:12:13 |
Carlsberg raises wholesale prices the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off. This post replies to this thread |
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| Graham Barr 08/09/2008 18:58:42 |
RE: Carlsberg raises wholesale prices Martin I’m not suggesting further increases of my own. Rather ‘if’ the prices go up it is only right that I pass on the increase to the customer. All I am doing is adjusting the bar price to ensure my margins (which are expressed as a percentage) remain the same. I have absolutely no wish to put my prices up, indeed I would not want or have to do so if my supplier ‘swallowed’ the increases. As for “doubling the last excessive duty increase to maintain margins” – it is not quite as simple as that. Surely you wait to see what the new price to you is and then play with the numbers until you achieve your desired margin? This post replies to martin kay > RE: Carlsberg raises wholesale prices |
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Peter Harvey 08/09/2008 21:48:22 |
RE: Carlsberg raises wholesale prices It was bound to happen first Stella then Coors now Carlsberg, after my comments about the Coors increase I had a long conversation with the head of Coors on sales and he explained the brewers side of the increase, just like us their utilities have gone through the roof and I don't know about the small profit he said they made was right or not but it seemed to me my conspiracy theory may be right, the Government and supermarkets are trying to put us out of business, why do they moan about binge drinking yet hit the pub with a sledge hammer and let the supermarkets sell bellow cost This post replies to this thread |
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| Chris Mason 10/09/2008 05:41:45 |
Carlsberg raises wholesale prices If you read this site more thoroughly you'd see that Punch currently have no plans to pass on these latest rises yet Edward. I'm sure they will do though once the normal wholesale increases come along early next year, but they won't be backdated. I'm sure all the pubcos are currently suffering as they find it harder and harder to let their vacant properties, and in the current climate of financial hardship for millions then the amount coming over our bars is set to decrease further. I'd like to know how they are now calculating their competent operator profits, probably still pie in the sky figures. This post replies to edward carpenter > Carlsberg raises wholesale prices |
