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Asahi readies £2bn bid for SABMiller brands Grolsch and Peroni

11-Jan-2016 By Ben Winstanley

The next chapter of the AB InBev-SABMiller “megabrew” saga looks set to begin as national reports suggest Japanese drinks company Asahi Group Holdings Ltd will enter the bidding for Grolsch and Peroni beer brands later this week. 

AB InBev plans to sell Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime

03-Dec-2015 By M&C Allegra

AB InBev has confirmed it intends to explore the sale of a number of SABMiller’s premium brands, including Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime.

What pubs can learn from the ABInBev/SABMiller deal: What does success mean to you?

11-Nov-2015 By Jessica Mason

There are some incredible parallels between the role pubs play and the reasons great brewers exist.

AB InBev and SABMiller agree merger

11-Nov-2015 By M&C Allegra

AB InBev has announced it has reached agreement with the board of SABMiller over its £68bn takeover.

AB InBev makes revised SABMiller offer

07-Oct-2015 By MC Allegra FS

AB InBev has made a revised offer to the board of SABMiller to combine the two companies and “build the first truly global beer company”.

SABMiller announces Meantime acquisition

15-May-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

London craft brewer Meantime has been bought by SABMiller for an undisclosed sum.

SABMiller scholarships to help enforce responsible drinking

26-Nov-2013 By Lewis Brown

Scholarships giving people a qualification in responsible retailing are being offered by a brewer as part of the Government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal on alcohol.

New look for Pilsner Urquell

25-Mar-2013

New-look fonts and glassware have been unveiled for the Czech beer brand Pilsner Urquell.

The Big Interview: Gary Haigh, Miller Brands UK

05-Dec-2012 By Robyn Black

Miller Brands supremo Gary Haigh tells Robyn Black about bouncing back from a double disaster in Poland, how he cannot abide the beer-duty escalator, and why we should blame him for the soggy spring.

SABMiller defends tax claims following student protest

20-Feb-2012 By Adam Pescod

SABMiller has defended itself against allegations of tax evasion after the University of Edinburgh banned all of the brewer’s beers from its student union.

SAB Miller: volumes and revenue up

21-Jul-2011 By Ewan Turney

SAB Miller has reported a 5% growth in beer and soft drinks volumes for the first quarter to 30 June with a 7% increase in group revenue on an...

Peroni sales boost SAB Miller in UK

19-May-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

SAB Miller increased lager volumes 23% in the UK premium segment fuelled by the continued success of Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Peroni grew volumes 21%...

SABMiller: Duty rises depressing demand

22-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ

The European lager market was continuing to toil under tough economic conditions, brewing giant SAB Miller said today. In an interim management...

Peroni gives SABMiller a welcome lift

20-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ

UK pubgoers' thirst for Italian lager appears to be far from quenched, as booming sales of draught Peroni helped SABMiller grow its overall beer...

Peroni does SABMiller proud in the UK

19-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ

Italian lager Peroni Nastro Azzuro has continued to be a star performer in the UK for brewer SABMiller, the group said today. Announcing a trading...

SABMiller to 'push boundaries of brewing'

28-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney

SABMiller is to plough £2m into a new global brewing research facility to "push the boundaries of conventional brewing technology". The 1,000-litre...

SAB Miller volumes up 3%

14-Oct-2008 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

SABMiller has recorded a 3% growth in lager volumes for the second half of its financial year - despite warning that prospects for the year are...

Nick Miller lands MD post

19-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Sales director Nick Miller has landed the job as managing director of Miller Brands. The move follows current MD Gary Whitlie's appointment as...

'China setback hits SABMiller'

01-Aug-2008

Shares in SABMiller, the maker of Peroni and Pilsner Urquell beers, dropped 54p to £10.49 after the brewer said lager sales volumes fell 1.6 per...

SABMiller 'talk alcohol' on new website

17-Jul-2008

A new consumer-friendly website has been launched to provide a comprehensive guide to alcohol - from how beer is made to how drink impacts on the...

MillerCoors opens for business today

01-Jul-2008

MillerCoors, the combined US beer interests of SABMiller and Molson Coors, launches today in what Graham Mackay, chief executive of SABMiller,...

Premium status

01-May-2008

"Worth-more" brands are the key to SABMiller's UK strategy, as MD Gary Whitlie tells the Morning Advertiser After being founded in 1895, South...

What the Sunday papers said

14-May-2006 By Hamish Champ

Undercover policemen pretending to be lager louts will be attempting to catch out licensees who sell to drunks. Anyone who ignores their 'condition'...

What the Sunday papers said

24-Jul-2005

Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has come under fire from Russian investors - and even President Putin - over what are claimed to be its...

SABMiller buys Bavaria

20-Jul-2005

UK-listed SABMiller has bought Bavaria, Latin America's second largest brewer, for US$7.8bn.The announcement comes three months after rumours first...

SABMiller volumes expected to fall in the US

03-Sep-2003

The City is expecting a fall in brewer's SABMiller's American volumes later this month when it reveals poor trading in its key US market.SABMiller,...