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Tradeteam did lose big contracts, Enterprise, Wetherspoons, Greene King, Stonegate bottles, etc…………
.but look, WE ARE STILL GOING STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soon, and i mean very soon, MY OPINION ONLY, is that we will be taking over the deliveries on behalf of Daniel Thwaites!!!!!!

If kndl and dhl joined up carlsberg would be knackered, they get help now to keep it going from other bits of the business, they go in and win contracts offering to deliver three times a week to wetherspoons, for next to nowt.
kndl already do most of the carlsberg work now in scotland.
It wont be too long before there are only 2 ‘big firms’ left, it’s all to do with the big contracts, enterprise, punch etc. if anyone lost one of those to a competitor it would be catastrophic. Kndl still have all of the heineken pubs to do and the britvic work but it would be a hit. Cuk would be the biggest loser as kndl and dhl have diversified a bit. it wont be long before most of us work for one or the other for peanuts but thats two firms not three.

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What is Driver CPC?

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The Driver CPC is for LGV and PCV drivers who drive professionally throughout the UK. It has been developed as a requirement of the EU Directive 2003/59, which is designed to improve the knowledge and skills of professional LGV and PCV drivers throughout their working life. There are two parts to the legislation:

• The Initial Qualification must be achieved by new LGV and PCV drivers along with their vocational licence to enable them to use their licence professionally. Click here to download an information leaflet

• Periodic Training; 35 hours of training every 5 years must be attended by all professional drivers . Click here to download an inf
• Please note: This is a general DSA Call Centre number so be aware call volumes can be high, but please be patient.  Alternatively, you may visit www.businesslink.gov.uk/cpc  or www.direct.gov.uk/drivercpc

Samuel Smith’s Tadcaster Brewery

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we have now be invited to publish a latest ongoing issue at the Sam Smiths brewery in Tadcaster and the goings on, we would like to thank the Admin team For allowing us to publish the latest issues from their forum , we have also invited one of the Admin team to our site , perhaps things are not so good at the brewers next to John smiths in tadcaster

Brakspear pubs in Henley to hold tax-free beer day

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Ten Brakspear pubs in Henley-on-Thames are to stage a Tax-Free Beer Day on 28 February, as a way of highlighting the punitive taxation on beer in the run up to the Budget.

The pubs will be encouraging the town’s drinkers to sign a petition calling for a more pub-friendly tax regime.

From opening to last orders, all the pubs will be selling pints of Brakspear Bitter, Kronenbourg and Fosters at £1.30 off their normal selling price – usually around £3.10 to £3.30 for a pint of Brakspear.

Beer duty, VAT and other taxes together add around £1.30 to a pint of beer. The taxes break down as: excise duty – 48p; VAT – 52p; employment tax – 18p; business rates – 12p.

Tom Davies, Brakspear chief executive, said: “The great British pub has been hammered by beer duty and VAT increases, while the recession has forced people to cut down on leisure spending. It’s no surprise that pubs are struggling.

“Not only are pub closures bad for the economy, they’re also bad for society: pubs are the home of responsible, supervised drinking where beer, a low-alcohol drink, is enjoyed as part of a social interaction. This is far preferable to the uncontrolled consumption, often on park benches, of higher-alcohol drinks purchased from supermarkets.

“We hope our Tax-Free Day encourages more people to enjoy a pint or two in their Brakspear local and inspires them to sign our petition to help protect these pubs.”

Mark Dunlop, tenant at the Angel on the Bridge, said: “This is a great way of highlighting the tax burden that pubs have to bear. We’d love to sell Brakspear at this price every day – it would make us much more competitive with the supermarkets and we’d sell more beer. “

Carlsberg warns 2012 beer profits will stall

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Danish brewer Carlsberg warned operating profits would stall this year, hurt by falling beer markets in northern and western Europe while its biggest market, Russia, would only show a slow recovery.

The world’s fourth biggest brewer, which brews Carlsberg, Tuborg, Baltika brands said its 2012 results would be dented by the euro zone crisis hitting beer drinkers and also by a low single-digit percentage rise in its input costs.

“We have taken a cautious view for northern and western Europe, and assume a slightly declining market in 2012,” Chief Financial Officer Jorn Jensen said at an investor presentation.

“Consumers in Europe are assumed to remain under pressure from the macro economic situation,” Jensen added on Monday.

Carlsberg said it expected the Russian beer market to return to modest growth this year after a 3 percent fall in 2011 following big tax hikes, high inflation and tighter regulations.

The brewer gets nearly a third of its sales in Russia, the world’s fourth biggest beer market after China, the United States and Brazil, with a market share of close to 40 percent.

“We lost market share in Russia, which is not satisfactory and we continue to take actions to address that,” Chief Executive Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen said in a conference call.

Part of Carlsberg’s plan to reverse the falling market share in Russia would be to take full control of Russian unit Baltika through an offer to buy the 15 percent it does not already own, and Rasmussen said the net cost of the deal in 2012 would be up to 4.4 billion crowns.

Carlsberg said buying out Baltika minority stakes would be immediately earnings-enhancing once completed, and it expected the delisting of Baltika to happen not later than May 2012.

Rasmussen said the step would strengthen the business and bear fruit in 2012, though the group would still face a “challenging environment” in northern and western Europe where it has big operations in Scandinavia, France and Britain.

In Russia, inflation, especially on food products, would likely be significantly lower this year than in 2011, and the outlook for the economy was fairly positive, Rasmussen said.

OUTLOOK DISAPPOINTS

Fourth-quarter operating profit rose in line with forecasts to 1.83 billion Danish crowns from 1.13 billion a year earlier, but Carlsberg said 2012 underlying operating profits would be flat, which disappointed some analysts.

“2011 ended on a good note, on the earnings side it was due to the effects of cost cutting. On the other hand, their expectations for 2012 are on the weak side. I had hoped they would be able to raise operating profits in 2012,” Sydbank analyst Morten Imsgard said.

Group sales rose to 14.85 billion crowns in the fourth quarter from 13.40 billion a year earlier, exceeding a 14.30 billion average forecast.

Carlsberg shares reversed initial losses to trade up 3.3 percent at 443 crowns by 1110 GMT, outperforming a flat STOXX Europe 600 food and beverage index <.SX3P>. Shares in the Copenhagen-based brewer fell by 27 percent in 2011.

In the Russian market, Carlsberg’s volume market share declined to 37.4 percent in 2011 from 39.2 percent previously.

“Russia resulted in market share loss due to a high level of promotional activities from competitors,” the brewer said.

The Future is at risk in the on Trade

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We have all seen the latest statements from all the big Brewers in the last few months and its not looking good for us Draymen and beer workers in our trade and with the impending closure of Hams Hall by DHL Tradeteam , and the recent job cuts by KNDL (voluntary) , we perhaps will see things change in our trade , we have seen some logistics wanting 1 man drays , However in the last few days we have heard some depots from both DHL & KNDL cannot cope and from sources at KNDL Stretton they have let to many men go and are working saturday to cope , and other depots are sending men to work in other areas , can somebody explain this , Also we all know some of the pub operators are always looking at cutting cost and ,if the sudden change of supplier should happen then what will they do then Bring in Agency this is very bad practice and not practical in our industry , we do not have anything against agency but these men who are involved in the agency do deserve a fair crack of the job , What can we expect from the industry in the coming months ahead All is quite at Carlsberg uk , also rumours are Hydes Brewery in Manchester is to Downsize and from sources they only operate 2 drays now and all the free trade as been transferred to THWAITES Brewery in blackburn  , on this note we wish every success to Hydes Brewery in Manchester , and we have seen on the site here by a visitor DHL are hoping to win the beer logistics for  THWAITES Brewery in blackburn , however this is still to be confirmed and still not verified , i would like to add , if anyone would like to join the site or become more involved in the running of the site , please let us know  at beerworkers@gmail.com

Beer drinkers alarm over rising tide of pub closures across Calderdale

CALDERDALE has lost more than 100 pubs since the mid-1970s according to beer drinkers.

And, there has been a worrying spike in closures since the start of this year, reports the Halifax and Calderdale branch of the Campaign for Real Ale.

Pubs officer Peter Robinson said when the branch was founded there was a pub “for every day of the year.”

At the end of 2010 there were 255 pubs trading which remained static until the latter end of the year and at the start of 2012 there were 248 pubs open.

So far this year, members have reported closures at the Crown and Anchor, Mixenden; The Old Bore, Rishworth; Hole In The Wall, Hebden Bridge; Punch Bowl, Salterhebble; and the Brown Horse, Coley.

Mr Robinson stressed it was likely some closed pubs would re-open and during 2011 there were 16 closed pubs which reopened – one of Halifax’s historic pubs The Union Cross has reopened its doors in recent weeks.

The headline figure of trading pubs is the best indicator and Mr Robinson said it seemed there was a worrying trend developing from last October and into the new year.

“Pub closures seem to again be on a downward curve,” he said.

Consumers cutting back on leisure spend during the difficult economic times is an obvious factor but Camra has concerns that important social outlets are being lost in communities.

Nationally, Camra is running “Community Pubs Month” during April championing the importance of local pubs in the wake of new figures showing 16 pubs shut each week across Great Britain.

The aim is to increase footfall and promote events from a pub quiz to a charity bash.

Camra head of marketing Tony Jerome said: “We realise it’s a tough time out there for pubs at the moment – and this initiative will help pubs market themselves.”

UNI BANS SABMILLER BEERS

Students at the University of Edinburgh have banned the sale of all SABMiller beers on campus in protest at the brewer’s perceived treatment of poor countries.

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Carlsberg to expand in Enterprise Zone

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major development by Carlsberg UK in the Northampton Enterprise Zone has been given the go-ahead.

The British arm of the world’s fourth largest brewer is expanding its Northampton site with a 7,000 sq m bottling plant, creating up to 60 new jobs. The scheme, which includes related offices and covered car parking, has been approved by West Northamptonshire Development Corporation’s Planning Committee.

Located next to the River Nene, Carlsberg’s UK headquarters was constructed in the 1970s. The new bottling plant will be in the south east corner of their site and falls within the Northampton Waterside Enterprise Zone. Announced by government last year, the zone aims to regenerate over 120 hectares of mostly disused land along Northampton’s river front.

Matt Callan, Supply Chain Director at Carlsberg UK says, “Carlsberg UK is committed to Northampton and committed to brewing in the UK. The green light on our plans to expand our brewery means we will create up to 60 new jobs in Northampton and be able to bottle double the amount of beer.

“Investing in Northampton is extremely important to us. We’re proud to be part of such a great town, and now that the UK home of beers including Carlsberg, Tuborg and San Miguel has been cemented in Northampton, we can’t wait to see that first bottle roll off the production line in early 2013″

Adrian Arnold, WNDC’s Director of Planning Services adds, “We welcome Carlsberg UK’s expansion, which reflects the confidence of the business and investment community in Northampton. The bottling plant will be a high quality addition to their existing brewery, which is widely regarded as a local landmark.”

“Carlsberg UK’s expansion is the second scheme to be approved in the Northampton Enterprise Zone, following the Innovation Centre which was approved by Committee last month. It is a sign of further improvements to come, as the Enterprise Zone helps transform brownfield land into a leading business location”

Construction of the bottling plant, which is the brewery’s second and complements the three canning lines already in operation, is due to start in Spring 2012.  It follows the completion of a £40 million development of Carlsberg UK’s  site in October 2011, which saw brewing capacity increase, a third canning line installed and the introduction of an environmental programme to reduce energy consumption and waste.

MillerCoors Q4 up on price rises and savings

MillerCoors, the second-largest brewer in the United States, posted a 32.5 percent jump in fourth-quarter net income as price rises and cost savings offset soft industry beer volumes.

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The combined U.S. operations of SABMiller Plc and Molson Coors Brewing Co , with brands such asMiller Lite and Coors Light, said on Thursday underlying net income in the October-December quarter was $194 million (123.8 million pounds), with net sales up 2 percent at $1.75 billion.

“By raising the bar on execution, increasing net revenue per barrel and over-delivering on our synergy and cost savings goal, we grew underlying profit in a tough year,” said MillerCoors Chief Executive Tom Long in a results statement.

He added that in 2011 the group grew Coors Light to be the nation’s second biggest beer brand, surpassing Budweiser for the first time ever and now second only to Bud Light.

The company, formed in July 2008, said cumulative cost savings from bringing Miller and Coors together had reached $765 million as it topped its $750 million cost savings target at the end of 2011, one year ahead of originally planned.

The brewer has a U.S. beer market share of nearly 30 percent behind Budweiser-brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev’s share of almost 50 percent. Molson Coors, with its main operations in the U.S., Canada and Britain, is due to report later on Thursday.

Last month, SABMiller reported a 3 percent rise in its October-December quarter global underlying beer volumes, while in the United States sales to retailers at MillerCoors fell 3.3 percent.

SABMiller shares were 1.4 percent off at 2,528 pence in London by 12:20 p.m.

SABMiller, the world’s No 2 brewer behind AB InBev, has been busy deal-making recently, buying Australian brewer Foster’s in December for $11.9 billion, planning to swap its Russian and Ukrainian units for 24 percent of Turkey’s Anadolu Efes , and in January saying it would be keen to buy Castel’s African brewing business in a potential $10 billion deal after forging closer ties with the private French group.

ABV cuts all round

Carlsberg and Molson Coors are to follow AB InBev’s move to cut the ABV of three of its biggest brands from 5% to 4.8%.

Heineken UK reports rise in earnings

Heineken UK, Britain’s biggest brewer, has reported a rise in EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) in 2011 despite a decline in beer and cider volumes.

Beer volumes declined 2.8%, although managing director Stefan Orlowski said this was ahead of the total market and there had been a “modest share gain”, led by the Heineken brand (+14% by volume) and the “hugely successful launch of Foster’s Gold”.

Overall cider volumes “declined versus last year, following higher promotional activity in 2010, the voluntary discontinuation of Strongbow Black on social responsibility grounds and the launch of new entrants into the market”.

“We believe that the new entrants will support the positive long-term development of the cider category, where Bulmer’s No. 17 cider was successfully launched in 2011.”

He added: “In the UK, we managed to increase our EBIT contribution, driven by the benefit of cost saving programmes and better pricing.”

Orlowski said the 918 Galaxy pubs bought by Heineken from RBS in December “are already making a positive contribution to our UK business”.

“Freehold ownership allows us to continue the successful transformation of our pub business, concentrate on operational excellence and provide a fantastic shop window for our brands in a high-quality, well invested estate.”

The sites form part of the c.1,300-stong Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company estate.

Internationally, Heineken reported a 3.6% rise in revenue to Euro17,123m, driven by volume growth of 2.1% and growth in revenue per hectolitre of 1.5%.

Net profit increased 1.2% to Euro1,430m, and group beer volume increased by 3.6%. The company cited strong growth for its Heineken brand in Brazil, China, France, Nigeria and Vietnam, while the brand was also launched in Mexico and India in the year.

Beer duty call in SIBA Budget submission

The Society of Independent Brewers’ has called on the Government to introduce a more beer-friendly tax regime in its Budget in March.

Its Budget submission highlights the success of the Government’s investment in the local brewing sector through Progressive Beer Duty (Small Brewers Duty), and highlights the disastrous consequences of its disinvestment through the taxation of beer.

SIBA chairman Keith Bott said: “Once again, our submission to the Treasury points to the positive impact of SBR: local beer volumes are in growth and local brewers are investing to meet this growing demand, creating jobs and making a significant contribution to their local economy.

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“However, the Government’s beer taxation policies will, if unchecked, undo all the good created by SBR. For local brewing to thrive, so must pubs: 82% of our members’ production is draught beer.

“Yet the very existence of this vital route to market is threatened by successive hikes in duty that are rapidly turning a pint of beer into an unaffordable luxury – and encouraging drinkers away from a low-alcohol drink, enjoyed in the controlled environment of the pub, towards higher ABV drinks, consumed in unlicensed and unsupervised premises.

“The Government appears to want its cake and eat it, but the truth is that a flourishing local brewing sector, making a sustainable contribution to local and national economies, has to go hand in hand with a similarly prospering pub industry.”

At SIBA’s quarterly council meeting, its 21 trustees were armed with copies of ‘The Beer Story’, a leaflet produced with the British Beer & Pub Association and CAMRA, and other materials to help them to engage their local MPs and press. All SIBA brewers are being tasked to ask their local MP to write to the Treasury about beer taxation.

SIBA Budget Submission – key points

• SIBA brewers employ directly approximately 4,000 full-time (or full-time equivalent) people

• Each job in brewing generates an estimated 21 jobs across the supply and distribution chain

• Smaller brewers are more labour-intensive than larger producers – SIBA members average one job per 500 hectolitres, compared to one per 3,000 hectolitres in the industry overall

• In five years the headline rate of beer duty has risen by more than 35%

• The duty escalator on beer forces on-trade prices to rise, encourages cut-price off-trade purchasing, and is thus hastening pub closures

• Despite falling beer consumption in the UK, we contribute 40% of the total beer excise revenue raised by 27 EU nations, whilst accounting for only 13% of total EU beer volumes

• Overall revenue is reduced by falling on-trade employment and higher consequent social security payments, and by lower VAT returns from cheap supermarket sales

Russian beer gets German quality

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One of Russia’s biggest brewers has reached an agreement to have its beer brewed under licence in Germany. Ochakovo hopes this will increase is market presences in Europe by 30%.

Moscow based Ochakovo, is the country’s sixth biggest brewery producing 260 million litres a year, and has a 2.5% market share at home.

The company has concluded a license agreement with the German Kaiser Brauerei established by the Kampf Family in 1781.

According to the license agreement the first supply will make up 20 thousand litres. “We have been successfully collaborating with Germany for already 8 years and our beer is in demand there. In 2011 we exported about 950 thousand litres of Ochakov brand beer. We hope to increase the exports to 1.2 million litres due to the new license agreement”, says Sofia Sonina of Ochakovo.

The company says the decision to expand outside Russia was driven by an opportunity to produce beer in Germany using the best technology. Sofia Sonina points out that another reason to expand was caused by the state of the Russian market and increasing regulatory pressure.

“Beer brewing in Russia has been suffering a lot from the government regulations”, says Sofia Sonina.In 2010 the Ministry of Finance increased excise duty for absolute alcohol from 3 roubles per litre up to 9 roubles what cut beer production by 6% down to 9.8 billion litres.

“Government plans to equate beer to spirits which means it will require licensing. In 2013 beer sales will be banned at night. All this creates obstacles for the industry to successfully expand in Russia and we have to look for new opportunities to preserve our profit“, adds Sofia Sonina.

The half litre bottle of Ochakovo beer produced by Kaiser will cost 0.79 Euros, the bottom end of the prices for premium beers. But European customers will get something extra, a glass bottle, rather than the plastic used in Russia.

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Carlsberg Looking for Acquisitions in Asia as Europe Stagnates

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Carlsberg A/S, the world’s fourth- biggest brewer, said it’s seeking acquisition opportunities in Asia, including China, amid slowing growth in Europe.

“We look very actively across Asia,” Chief Executive Officer Joergen Buhl Rasmussen said in an interview in Beijing yesterday. In Europe, “we are assuming a cautious environment, very little growth, probably slight decline,” he said. Beer is “not completely recession proof.”

The beermaker is aiming to boost investment in China both organically and through acquisitions, the CEO said, without disclosing possible targets. The Danish company last year increased its ownership of its Indian unit, and expanded its partnership with Chongqing Brewery Co. in western China.

Brewers are looking to emerging economies to drive sales growth as markets in western Europe and the U.S. stagnate, restrained by already-high levels of alcohol consumption, growing competition and tough economic conditions.

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, Tsingtao Brewery Co. and China Resources Snow Brewery Co., a joint venture with SABMiller Plc, may bid for assets of China’s Kingway Brewery Holdings, the Wall Street Journal said last week, citing people familiar with the matter. Rasmussen declined to comment on the report.

China’s beer market will grow 6 percent to 7 percent annually over the next two to three years, said Rasmussen, who’s in Beijing to attend the European Union-China summit starting today. Retail beer sales in China, the world’s most populous nation, may have risen to 360 billion yuan ($57 billion) in 2011, according to researcher Euromonitor International.

China Competitors

China Resources Enterprise Ltd., the maker of Snow beer with SABMiller, has a 22 percent share of China’s beer market; Tsingtao Brewery, part-owned by Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., has 14 percent; and Anheuser-Busch InBev has 12 percent, according to London-based Euromonitor.

Carlsberg, the largest shareholder in Chongqing Brewery with about a 30 percent stake, sells Kronenbourg 1664 and Wusu among other beers in China.

Carlsberg reduced its annual forecast in August after bad weather and sluggish sales in Russia, along with headwinds from high prices of commodities including malting barley, weighed on profitability. It got almost half its operating profit from eastern Europe in its last fiscal year.

The volume of beer sold in eastern Europe slid 9 percent in the three months ended Sept. 30, the brewer said in November, compared with an 11 percent increase in Asia.

KNDL –  ALL Depots  – 22 Gallon Barrels

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We have been asked this by a member on the site and , it would be good to gain some feed back from all the KNDL Depot’s around the country on this subject are 22′s Topped up for Dray deliveries and if so please name the depots which are concerned please on here and if you have any suitable pictures of this , we would like to send us them so we can post them on here and i am sure that its not known at the the top by the senior Management at KNDL , perhaps this is only done by the Fleet Managers or Even to cut cost on the vehicles used at the depot but we urge all kndl workers dray to keep us informed of this please 

 

 

 

 

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Molson Coors to improve supply chain management

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Molson Coors, the multinational brewer of household name beers such as Carling and Coors Light, is to improve the functioning of its supply chain   with the help of logistics consultancy firm Davies and Robson.

The review, which has been carried out over the last year, looked at both primary and secondary areas of distribution to analyse costs and efficiency along the supply chain.

Primary distribution looked at the main distribution centre as well as subsidiary warehouses around the country.

The secondary area of distribution looked at the routes taken, distances and delivery times of the brewer’s vehicles over six weeks of real data.

Findings from the Davies and Robson consultancy should allow Molson Coors to launch cost saving initiatives with its third party logistics supplier, DHL Tradeteam.

The brewer is hoping improvements to its distribution will assist plans to successfully expand its focus on supply to supermarkets. A 40-person strong collaboration between Molson Coors and REL Field Marketing is working towards the objective.

Tory’s Plan Water your beer Down !

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A billion units of alcohol could be drained from Britain’s booze stocks in a bid to tackle binge ­drinking

A billion units of alcohol could be drained from Britain’s booze stocks in a bid to tackle binge ­drinking.

That is the figure Health Secretary Andrew ­Lansley is ­expected to set in the Government’s new ­alcohol ­strategy, to be ­unveiled in the next few weeks.

And he wants the drinks industry to volunteer to hit the target by ­watering down top- selling beers, lagers and spirits to ­weaken them, ­industry ­bible The Grocer claims.

“The Government wants a headline figure it can ­promote,” said an ­industry insider.

A billion alcohol units is equivalent to 333 million pints of beer or 111 million bottles of wine. An ­estimated 66 billion units are drunk in the UK each year.

Other tactics being ­considered are higher ­taxation on stronger drinks and a minimum price for booze.

The strategy has moved up the Government’s agenda amid rising concern about alcohol abuse, said to cost the economy £20billion a year through crime and health risks.

Figures show drinkers treated in hospital have doubled in 10 years.

Several big brewers such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck’s are ­already reducing alcohol in lagers by about 0.2 per cent from five per cent.

One unit is ­measured as 10ml – a single measure of whisky, a third of a pint of beer or half a standard glass of red wine.

The ­strategy comes after ­ministers announced plans to tackle rising obesity levels by ­cutting five ­billion calories from the UK’s daily food intake.

But there are fears it will be hard to persuade all firms to cut products’ strengths without regulation.

Foster,s  - Bottled Water

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We have just been sent this new Foster’s Product and would you believe it yes Foster’s now Bottle Water , we would like your comments on this new product of bottled Water

Carlsberg to expand Northampton brewery

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Danish brewing company Carlsberg plans to invest GBP20m to expand the brewing operations at its Northampton brewery, which will create 60 new jobs.

The expansion program will include a new bottling line that is capable of filling millions of bottles a year. Inside the new bottling hall, bottles will arrive before being filled, pasteurized, labeled and packed for delivery.

At present, the bottling work is being carried out at bottling factories in France, Glasgow and Cumbria, which are not owned by Carlsberg. The company expects the work to begin in March 2012 if planning permission is granted.

Previously, the company has invested around GBP40m at the Northampton brewery for expansion and development that was completed in October 2011.

The project saw brewing capacity increase from 4.5 million hectoliters to 6.1 million hectoliters, the installation of a third canning line and the introduction of an environmental program to reduce gas and electricity consumption and waste.

The company’s main brand is Carlsberg Beer, a 5% ABV pale lager, marketed as Carlsberg Export in the UK.

 

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EURO 2012 Fans will drink Carlsberg Non-Alcoholic at the stadiums

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Carlsberg Ukraine launches Carlsberg Non-Alcoholic Beer especially for sales at the stadiums during UEFA EURO 2012 TM. This sort will be brewed according to the original receipt similar to Carlsberg Non-Alcoholic beer brewed in Denmark.

Carlsberg Non-Alcoholic production will be based on the classical receipt and high-quality raw materials. That’s why it will have rich taste and strong flavour similar to alcoholic beers. Membrane technologies to eliminate carefully alcohol from the fresh beer are applied at the factories of Carlsberg Ukraine for production of non-alcoholic beer. Such technology makes it possible to reserve taste qualities of the alcoholic brand. Beer will be brewed at Carlsberg Ukraine Kyiv brewery of under supervision of specialists from Carlsberg Group Headquarters.

Carlsberg Non-Alcoholic will be sold exclusively at stadiums during the games of EURO 2012. First kegs of 30l of volume will be filled in May of this year. Sales volumes of Carlsberg Non-Alcoholic during EURO Cup are expected at the level of 15 000 dl.

Let us remind that Carlsberg Group as the Official sponsor of UEFA EURO 2012 TM is the sole company authorized to sell beer and kvas at the stadiums during the games. Carlsberg became the official beer of EURO Championships in 1988. EURO 2012 will be 7th tournament which is supported by Carlsberg, and will take place in Poland and Ukraine.

Yaroslav Koval, Vice President on marketing of Carlsberg Ukraine: “We are very happy to launch the productionvof non-alcoholic Carlsberg beer production in Ukraine. According to UEFA Rules, it is prohibited to sell alcoholic drinks at the stadiums during the games. We believe that this initiative is good and also support our believe in responsible drinking culture. That’s why we launch production of non-alcoholic brand of Carlsberg beer which is the most popular among the football fans. It is the official beer of UEFA EURO Football Cup since 1988. This will help the fans from the whole world to respect traditions and history watching one of the most challenging sport shows with the cup of their favourite beer in their hands”.

Brewer launches supply chain improvement programme

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Brewer Molson Coors has launched  a supply chain improvement programme following a strategic review and modelling exercise carried out by Davies & Robson.

The modelling covered primary distribution ex-breweries and a national distribution centre, warehouse operations at regional distribution centres, secondary distribution and direct delivery ex the NDC and breweries.

Using six week’s worth of real order data to accurately model each activity, Davies & Robson created daily vehicle routes, using actual road distances to model primary and secondary distribution. Synthetics were then applied to create activity times for order picking, dependent on whether product is picked from stock, batch picked or cross-docked and for activities such as goods receipt, put away and replenishment.

In addition to benchmarking the current primary and secondary distribution operations and identifying costs to serve various geographic markets, the model allowed Molson Coors to establish whether alternative infrastructures would produce significant savings, identify cost saving opportunities and predict future distribution costs based on different sales scenarios.

As a result, Molson Coors is now working with DHL Tradeteam on a number of initiatives under the direction of Victoria Segebarth, Molson Coors’ head of distribution transformation.

She said: “The modelling that Davies and Robson undertook for Molson Coors (UK & Ireland) gave us a strong platform from which to explore various future strategic distribution scenarios. We are continuing to use the output of their work to shape our future distribution network.”

Carlsberg announced today that it will shed up to 100 jobs in Denmarks in it’s packaging facility due to intended automation, brewers are under pressure to cut costs in Europe amid shrinking consumption of mainstream beer brands and higher commodity costs. In Denmark, Carlsberg plans to concentrate most of its packaging operations in its Fredericia facility and will significantly reduce operations at its Taastrup facility.

A pub landlord and landlady in the UK have been suspended for serving pints that were “too full” of beer.

Pete and Debbie Gibson were allegedly ordered to shut their pub in Oldham, Greater Manchester, on New Year’s Eve because a brewery told them the heads they were serving on their pints were not big enough.

Their daughter, Lisa Gibson Hunt, said: “It’s disgusting they’ve been treated this way.

“They’ve worked for Samuel Smith’s for 16 years. They’ve never been down in their stocks, they’re just not reaching the stock targets the brewery wants, it’s not right.”

One Enterprise lessee said that he would be adding 15p to the price of a pint of Foster’s to cover the cost.

He said: “We’re going to have a lot of upset customers but I think they will put up with it. We swallowed the price rises last year after the Budget but we can’t afford to do that again.”

An Enterprise Inns spokeswoman said: “We have communicated the outcomes of our 2012 pricing review directly to all our publicans, and do not discuss private and confidential matters between the company and its publicans with any other parties.

“We share a strong common interest in our publicans’ success and will continue to go to considerable lengths to assist and support them in dealing with current economic challenges.”

It follows price rises announced by brewers early last month, with Heineken UK adding 7p per pint and Diageo adding 5% to draught Guinness. Wells & Young’s increased the wholesale selling price of its own brewed beers by 4.9%.

Enterprise Inns has implemented a 4% to 5% rise in tied drinks products from 6 February.

 Top Totty Ale To Be Banned From House Of Commons Bar

A Labour MP expressed outrage at a beer by the same name being sold in a parliamentary bar.

Kate Green, Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston, said she was “disturbed” to discover that the current guest beer at the Strangers Bar in the Commons is called “Top Totty”, resplendent with a scantily clad woman on its pump handle label.

The MP said it showed the need for a debate on dignity in the workplace in Parliament.

She asked Sir George Young: “Would the leader of the house join with me in asking that this beer is withdrawn immediately from the bar?”

The beer is described by manufacturer Slater’s Ales as : “A stunning blonde beer full bodied with a voluptuous hop aroma.

“This award winning beer brewed soley with Whitbred Goldings Hops produces an initial burst of bitterness with a citrus fruity finish.”

Sir George Young said he would raise the matter with the appropriate officer in Parliament, adding: “I would very much regret it if any such offensive pictures were on display in any part of the House.”

Female Labour frontbencher Kerry McCarthy said “demeaning” and “this is the workplace of many female MPs, and other women too.”

“It’s the picture. The picture is so 1970s playboy. I just can’t believe, I suppose it would still be a bit offensive in a commercial bar. But something with a playboy bunny called top totty in the MPs’ bar just seems totally demeaning.”

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JUST AS WELL THEY WEREN’T SERVING THIS!!

Carlsberg launches UEFA EURO 2012 packs

Brewer Carlsberg UK has appointed Benet Slay, former managing director of Diageo GB, as its new chief executive.

Slay is to take over from acting chief executive Jesper Friis on 1 March. His most recent role at Diageo was managing director, Northern Europe, between 2009 and 2011. He has also worked for PepsiCo and Walkers Snack Foods.

Friis, senior vice president for Carlsberg Western Europe, said: “We are really pleased that Benet is joining us. He has an extensive knowledge of our industry; a deep-rooted understanding of both on and off-trade dynamics; has an excellent track record in delivering customer and consumer-led strategies; and has launched many successful innovations.

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Beer will be sold at the 12 venues of the 2014 World Cup finals, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has said in an attempt to close all further discussion on a controversial issue in Brazil.

Voting on the bill for the World Cup Law has been held up over differences between the tournament hosts and world football’s governing body, notably on the sale of alcoholic drinks at sports venues which is banned in Brazil.

The bill was scheduled to have been voted on by the chamber of deputies at the end of last year but it has been delayed by several issues including the sale of beer, with FIFA demanding protection of sponsors’ trademarks.

“Alcoholic drinks are part of the FIFA World Cup, so we’re going to have them. Excuse me if I sound a bit arrogant but that’s something we won’t negotiate,” Valcke said.

“The fact that we have the right to sell beer has to be a part of the Law,” he told the foreign press corps in an interview in Rio de Janeiro, where on Thursday he will hold a meeting with the World Cup local organizing committee.

Alcoholic drinks have been banned in Brazil’s stadiums since 2003 as part of the Supporters’ Statutes, aimed at preventing violence among hardcore fans at football matches.

Alexandre Padilha, health Minister in President Dilma Rousseff’s government, and other members of parliament linked to health matters have put pressure on Congress to maintain the ban in the World Cup Law.

One of FIFA’s longest-standings sponsors is the US brewer Budweiser, which belongs to the world’s biggest beer-selling group Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Police seized 1,000 aluminium beer kegs worth over £100,000 last Friday (13 January) after a coordinated raid on sites in north London.

Officers attended two addresses in Tottenham and Edmonton to seize the aluminium beer kegs which were being stored in shipping containers at the two sites.
A 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were arrested at one of the sites on suspicion of handling stolen goods. They are both currently in custody at a north London police station.
Officers from Haringey had been working closely with local public houses and Kegwatch to prevent keg thefts. Kegwatch work on behalf of the brewery industry to try and stop the theft of kegs, casks and dispense gas cylinders.
It is believed that each individual beer keg was worth between approximately £75 and £165, with the kegs retrieved ranging in size from 50 litre to 100 litre containers.
Detective Inspector Steven Dryden of Haringey CID said: “In the last ten years, the price of metal has soared 400%; it’s a valuable commodity that makes it an attractive prospect to thieves.
“Thieves and unscrupulous dealers will find industries are not prepared to suffer any further and police in Haringey will not hesitate to take action against anyone who is found to be involved in this form of criminality on the borough.”
Security director of Kegwatch David Belcher said:
“Stainless steel beer kegs are used in pubs and clubs across the country. Stolen kegs are often disposed of illegally through illicit outlets and scrap yards. We work hard with police forces up and down the country to stop this from happening and as a result we have had many successful prosecutions.

               HYDES CONTINUE TO REORGANISE.

Manchester brewer and pub operator Hydes has announced plans to close its Queens Brewery in Moss Side and move to a new facility as part of £2m investment.

Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln once said: “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.”

Lincoln had a point. Beer remains the universal drink of choice. Many a friendship is made over a beer and it can be a great mediator.

Having travelled the world myself, I found beer to be a great icebreaker. You can meet a complete stranger, share a beer and feel like you have known them for years within an hour.

Whether it is in a small village in South East Asia or a bar in Sydney CBD, beer brings people together. There is no language barrier when it comes to beer.

I came across some brilliant beers while I was on the road. It was usually a case of the cheaper the better. A large bottle of Beer Lao or Beer Chang would cost around 50p and would go down an absolute treat. I would put those beers above any of the others I drank on my travels.

Australian beers were disappointing. Tooheys New was my drink of choice but was the best of a bad bunch. I didn’t see one bottle of Foster’s while I was over there. It is essentially a British drink with an Aussie brand. Holly Valance is doing a good job of promoting its new Foster’s Gold Beer!

It is never easy meeting new people, but in beer you already have a friend. Beer settles nerves, inspires confidence and at the very least gives you something to do during awkward silences.

The next time you find yourself in an awkward social situation, crack open a bottle of beer – you won’t regret it.

JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has revealed details of 13 sites it plans to open in the first three months of this year.

The company, which plans to open 50 pubs this year, has earmarked eight sites for opening this month.

This includes five on 17 January: the Man in the Wall, West Borough, Dorset; the Willow Tree in Stowmarket, Suffolk; the William Tyler in Yardley, West Midlands; the Court of Requests in Oldbury, West Midlands; and the Butler’s Bell in Stafford.

Two are set to open on 20 January: the Carrick Stone in Cumbernauld, Glasgow, and the Bull’s Head in Walkden, Greater Manchester. The Castle Hotel in Ruthin, Clwyd, opens on 31 January.

Openings next month include the Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire (7 February); the David MacBeth Moir, Musselburgh, Midlothian (14 February); and the Company of Weavers in Witney, Oxfordshire (21 February).

Two pubs are earmarked for opening on 27 March: the Queens Hotel in Maltby, South Yorkshire, and the Watchman in New Malden, Surrey

The visits of US president Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth to Ireland last year helped boost visitor numbers to the Guinness Storehouse by 10%, bosses have said.

Some 1,025,677 people passed through the doors of the St James’ Gate attraction in Dublin, making it Ireland’s top fee-paying international tourist draw.

Paul Carty, managing director of the Storehouse, said one in every two visitors to the capital have the brewery on their itinerary.

“All eyes were on Ireland during the high profile state visits of US President Barack Obama and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II last May and this had a positive impact on our visitor numbers,” he said.

“A very successful St Patrick’s Day festival and the launch of Five, an entirely new experience dedicated to Guinness and food at the Storehouse also contributed to helping us achieve our second highest footfall figures ever recorded.”

Alex Connolly, communications head at Failte Ireland, said the figures reflected an increase in overseas visitors last year and maybe a “royal bounce” from the Queen’s visit.

Heineken is to take on the marketing, sales and distribution rights to Desperados premium tequila- flavoured beer.

BEER drinkers are facing a rise of up to 10p on a pint this month.

Brewers have been hit bya sharp increase in the cost of raw materials, fuel and distribution.

The price of many top brands will go up.

Carlsberg UK have confirmed they are increasing wholesale prices by around seven pence a pint.

All their beer brands, including Carlsberg, Tetley’s San Miguel, Tuborg and Staropramen, will be hit.

Chris Houlton, of Carlsberg UK, said: “The necessary price increase reflects the rising cost of raw materials, energy and fuel.

“We are acutely aware of the challenging on-trade market and have absorbed as much cost as possible to remain competitive and ensure the price increase is kept to a minimum.”

Drinkers will have to fork out between 7p and 10p extra for a pint of Carling and Worthington’s.

Brewers Molson Coors will be increasing their wholesale prices to the on-trade by £19.99 per barrel ofCarling and £17.99 for Worthington’s.

The firm’s David Heede said: “The increase is due to rising prices that affect all brewers, especially a sharp increase in energy, rawmaterials and distribution costs.

“We have worked hard to absorb these costs tominimise the increase required as we understand the difficult tradingconditions facing our customers.

“Unfortunately, there comes a point when we have to pass some of these on.”

The price of malting barley, which is used in the brewing process, has risen by 136per cent in the last two years.

A British Beer and Pub Association spokesman said: “Raw materials are between three per cent and 10per cent of the price of beer.”

Battle of the Brews: Coors Outscores Bud in Consumer Reports’ Taste Tests of Beer

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To determine the best brews, the experts at Consumer Reports conducted blind taste tests of ten lagers — eight top-selling regular and light beers plus two store brands.  Although none of the beers were scored a touchdown, Coors, which scored Very Good but not quite high enough to be rated excellent, came close, standing out for balanced flavors with citrus notes and no off-tastes.  In addition to earning the highest marks in Consumer Reports’

When it comes to choosing a beer, taste may be the most important factor to consider, but Consumer Reports tests found that consumers should also keep the following in mind:

Regular vs. light.  Light beer has 20 to 50 less calories per serving due to lower carbs and slightly less alcohol, but no tested light scored high enough to be very good.  Miller Lite, which had more flavor and is a little fruiter than most, was best of the bunch; Corona Light, a bitter brew with traces of tinny and sulfury off-notes was the worst.

Price vs. taste.  Corona Light costs far more than the higher-rated Miller Lite; and Corona Extra costs about twice as much as three better beers – Name Tag, Big Flats and Miller High Life.

Cans vs. bottles.  Consumer Reports tasted beer from cans which do a better job than bottles in keeping light, beer’s nemesis, from getting inside.  Light can react with beer within weeks or even days to create compounds similar to those a skunk uses to defend itself.

The complete beer Ratings are available in the February issue of Consumer Reports and online at www.ConsumerReports.orgstarting January 3.

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David Cameron plans minimum alcohol price in England

The Prime Minister has ordered officials to develop a scheme in England to stop the sale of alcohol at below 40p to 50p a unit in shops and supermarkets.

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Baltika has become the official beer supplier to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

Baltika has become the official beer supplier to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, the organizing committee said in a statement on Thursday.

The deal envisages Baltika Breweries, part of the Carlsberg Group, supplying alcoholic beverages at hospitality events in the run up to and at the Games. The sum Baltika paid to become a sponsor, which allows the company to use Olympic branding on their products, was not disclosed.

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Isaac Sheps, Carlsberg’s senior vice president for Eastern Europe and Baltika CEO, called the deal a “great honor” at an unveiling ceremony in Moscow on Thursday.

In September, Sochi officials claimed to have set a new record for domestic Olympic sponsorship, with some $1.2 billion raised.

Baltika has dominated the domestic beer market since 1996, currently enjoying a reported 38 percent market share. It has 10 breweries across Russia, and has market presence in 70 countries.

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Duet Group seeks to acquire stake in Dashen Brewery

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Duet Group, a global alternative asset management firm based in the UK, is in talks with Ethiopia-based Dashen Brewery for purchase of shares.

 

Earlier, the Ethiopian brewer and the Duet Group had teamed up to acquire Meta Abo Brewery. However, their bid was failed. Duet would have purchased a 51% share in Dashen, had the $173m bid to buy Meta been successful.

Dashen Brewery board chair Tadesse Kassa said the company is in the early stages of negotiations.

 

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Duet is expected to buy a 40% stake, worth $60m, in Dashen, 2merkato reported quoting some sources that referred to a draft agreement resulting from the negotiations.

Dashen brewery is head for launch of its subsidiary Gondar Malt Factory

 

 

 

 

 

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Worst christmas ever for beer deliveries – !

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Have we just seen the Worst christmas ever in the beer trade and deliveries , it has been a very dismal week and this is not good , if you have been busy lets us know please , pubs have not ordered any more and we have to remember its a normal weekend no double weekend so perhaps this why , also word on the street is the Primary deliveries to the major supermarkets is also on the down wood trend so we cannot blame the big supermarkets this year , it must be the Recession we are not according to our coalition Government mr Cameron and his sidekick Mr Nick clegg   ,  The beer trade has seen its worst christmas ever probally since records begun , but since this went on here we have heard the micro brewers are doing very well , only 1 problem is they don’t have any empty cask 9 gallons containers they are all stockpiled in the major logistics suppliers yard .  so please let us know what you have done and if you have been busy , and we can not blame the Snow this year or lazy landlords for not moving the snow , and we have to remember the price is going up in january Again oh its only 7 pence on carlsberg  .  imagine next year it might even be worst  but if their is less men it might be busy , so we shall see   post your comments on this very bleak christmas for our pubs and beer industry  , lets hope mr david cameron and his no2 /Mr Nick clegg have a good christmas and enjoy a pint

Fire in Leyland (Lancashire)

ROADS around Leyland near the scene of a massive blaze are still closed hours as 60 firefighters continued to battle one of the worst fires in the area in years.

Wheelton Lane and Centurion Way were closed earlier this morning while traffic was slow moving on Stanifield Lane as they try to control the fire at Lancashire Enterprise Business Park, off Centurion Way.

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It is believed a fireball engulfed a warehouse at 5.20pm on Wednesday night at H Parkinson Haulage and a Bowker storage unit was raised to the ground along with three other unnamed buildings.

At its height, 150 firefighters battled the blaze which could be seen billowing throughout the area.

Amazingly, no-one has been injured but the West Coast Mainline was closed during the night after concerns beer barrels were exploding and flying out from the inferno.

A police spokesman said Centurion Way and Wheelton Lane, Leyland, remained closed at 9am on Thursday but people could access some of the businesses on foot.

John Hampson, crew manager at Preston fire station who attended the blaze, said: “It was a big fire, we got reasonably close so we could put water on the fire.

“It was a big fire buy nothing out of the ordinary on respect that we occasionally get ones like this.”

Police evacuated much of the business park and many of the businesses and offices in the area, including Jubilee House NHS Central Lancashire, were closed today.

Leyland Leisure Centre was put on alert to take in residents from up to 80 homes within the vicinity of the blaze.

Rail services have also been suspended.

Up to 20 fire crews from across Lancashire are at the scene which is believed to be the biggest blaze in the county this year. A cordon of around half a mile around the site has been set up.

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PENSION OMBUDSMAN TO INVESTIGATE HEINEKEN

Unite welcomes Pension Ombudsman’s decision to investigate Heineken

21 December 2011

Unite, which has lent its support to the Scottish and Newcastle Pensions Group, has welcomed the Pension Ombudsman’s decision to investigate a complaint against Heineken’s refusal to pay pension increases.

The dispute between Dutch brewer Heineken, which bought Scottish and Newcastle in 2008, is over the brewers’ refusal to honour an agreed increase in staff pension plans.

Unite national officer for food and drink, Jennie Formby, said: “We welcome the Pensions Ombudsman’s decision to investigate Heineken’s refusal to honour its agreements to tens of thousands of pensioners.

“However, this type of action from Heineken is just another example of a multinational company buying out a firm and increasing its profits by cutting the terms and conditions of its workers. The sad fact is that this is now seen all too often.

“We hope the PO will find in favour of the workers as many are already struggling in the current economic climate with the ever rising cost of food, services and fuel. They are on very modest pensions and deserve better for all their years of service.”

Men give up on the pub! Beer drinking drops by a quarter in just five years as men stay at home

Britain is shaking off its reputation as a nation of beer drinkers.

Consumption has fallen by almost a quarter since 2006 largely because many men have given up on going to the pub,  research shows.

Increasingly, they are drinking at home with wives and girlfriends, where they are more likely to share a bottle of wine, cider or spirits

men prefer to stay at home than go to the pub ?

Beer sales through pubs, restaurants and the High Street are down from 4.1billion litres a year to 3.2billion over the past five years – a drop of 23 per cent.

The net effect is that the nation is drinking about 4.3million fewer pints each day, taking the figure to around 15.2million.

high cost of beer in pubs was a major reason for men staying at home.

Many have switched to buying from supermarkets, which have been selling beer at a loss for many years.

Indeed, while the market was worth £17.7billion in 2006, it will command revenues of just £15.5billion in 2011 – a £2.2billion revenue fall.’

He said: ‘The economic downturn and rising differential between on and off trade beer and alcohol prices has hit the pub trade heavily and led to more UK consumers migrating to in home drinking.

‘Beer has been particularly badly hit. It suffers from being perceived as less suited than its competitors for in home drinking.

‘This is because its male user bias makes it less of a compromise choice for couples than wine or spirits, and it is less associated with food matching or relaxing occasions than either of those drinks categories.

‘The reason why beer is reliant on pubs is that it remains a core drink for young men – almost a rite of passage – and many choose it because in pubs, the size and price of a pint seem so much better value than most other drink options.’

Britons routinely spend their lives binge drinking and tearing up town centres.

Its research found the proportion of people who drink beer is down from 89 per cent in 2004 to 82 per cent by 2011.

Mr Forsyth said: ‘Alcohol drinking has become so expensive and the gap between on and off trade so huge, that for many drinking out is now a luxury rather than a standard night out.

‘Indeed, today, more than two in five on-trade drinkers see drinking out of home as too expensive which has meant that a once regular night out occasion has become more of an occasional luxury.

‘Secondly, punitive duty increases have made alcohol increasingly expensive. However, this does not explain why beer has seen a 13 per cent value decline while wine has seen a value sales increase over the past five years of plus 15 per cent.’

there are ways that brewers could try and halt the decline.

Its research found that against a background of a nation raised on fizzy drinks and alcopops, some 57 per cent of those aged 18-24 would like the option to buy sweet tasting lagers.

A similar proportion of young people said they would be interested in low calorie lager.

Mr Forsyth said: ‘The beer market has been trying to appeal to a broader audience, more recently to females with products such as lite beers.

‘Beer is also belatedly catching on to the importance of flavour innovation – particularly sweeter variants which are proving hugely popular among younger consumers in the cider and vodka categories.’

The beer market has suffered a £2.2 billion fall in revenue since 2006, according to the latest figures from market research experts Mintel.

The beer market has suffered a £2.2 billion fall in revenue since 2006, according to the latest figures from market research experts Mintel.

Mintel’s new Beer UK 2011 report reveals how a decline of pub drinking and lack of broader consumer appeal beyond men has seen beer lose a significant loss of market share over the past six years.

The figures show that while the beer market was worth £17.7 billion in 2006, it will take just £15.5 billion in 2011.

Beer volume sales decreased by almost a quarter (23%) over the same period, down from 4.1 billion litres in 2006 to 3.2 million litres in 2011.

Beer’s total share of the off-trade has risen as drinking at home has become more popular across the UK. However, unlike spirits and wine it has still seen its volume sales decline in the off trade: from 2.38 billion litres in 2006 to 2.25 billion litres in 2010.

Jonny Forsyth, senior drinks analyst at Mintel, said: “The economic downturn and rising differential between on and off trade beer and alcohol prices has hit the pub trade heavily and led to more UK consumers migrating to in-home drinking. Beer has been particularly badly hit – it suffers from being perceived as less suited than its competitors for in home drinking.

“This is because its male user bias makes it less of a compromise choice for couples than wine or spirits, and it is less associated with food matching or relaxing occasions than either of those drinks categories.

“The reason why beer is reliant on pubs is that it remains a core drink for young men – almost a rite of passage – and many choose it because in pubs, the size and price of a pint seem so much better value than most other drink options.”

Mintel’s research goes on to show that more than two in five (44%) of on-trade drinkers today see drinking out of home as too expensive which has meant that a once regular night out occasion has become more of an occasional luxury.

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