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Heineken has taken back its Amstel beer brand in South Africa, leaving previous licence owner and rival brewer, SABMiller, facing an uphill struggle to maintain sales in the country.
Heineken today reported organic revenue growth of 6.3 per cent during the first half of 2006 compared to the previous year, held up by strong US demand for the company's light beer and sales increases in central and eastern Europe.
The European Commission has fined French dairy Groupe Danone and Dutch beer giant Heineken €2.5 million for colluding to control the wholesale beer market in France.