Budweiser Brewing Group

Summer beer drought threat after BBG workers take industrial action

27-Apr-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) workers could strike after more than 200 of them voted in favour of downing tools over a real terms pay cut, which a union has labelled "insulting".

JDW signs 20-year deal with Budweiser, ends 41 years with Heineken UK

29-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) will end its 41-year association with Heineken UK after announcing a new 20-year supply partnership with Budweiser Brewing Group that will begin on 15 December – it has also signed deals with other industry heavyweights.

AB InBev sees volume decline in on-trade due to restrictions

06-May-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Global beer company AB InBev saw a total volume drop of low-single digits as a result of pub closures, it has reported.

Beer demand has ‘surpassed expectations’ but big brewers coping

28-Apr-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Clamour for pints amid the on-trade reopening for outdoor trading has exceeded predictions, but a number of the big brewers have stated they are keeping up.

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How Budweiser will do things a bit differently on reopening

15-Mar-2021 By Stuart Stone

Jean-David Thumelaire describes 2020 as a ‘weird year’ to be pushing Corona in the on-trade – for obvious reasons. Now, with what he sees as the ‘real’ reopening in sight, he discusses the 'art' of post-pandemic planning.

AB InBev sees volume sales rise

29-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Global beer brand AB InBev saw total volume sales increase by 1.9% in the third quarter of this year, with own beer volumes up by 2.6%.

Grolsch makes UK return

21-Sep-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Grolsch will return to the UK on-trade after its 35-year presence here ended last November.

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From bombs to beer – AB InBev’s new UK head of on-trade talks pubs

04-Aug-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Yes that’s right, from bombs to beer. As it turns out, Budweiser Brewing Group’s (BBG) recently appointed on-trade sales director for the UK and Ireland Ryan Fritsch has an extensive background in bomb defusal, a skill he’s hopefully unlikely to need...