
Constellation Brands sells Ballast Point: ‘Trends in the US craft beer segment have shifted dramatically’
Constellation Brands is selling Ballast Point: four years after it paid $1bn for the California craft brewer.

Constellation Brands is selling Ballast Point: four years after it paid $1bn for the California craft brewer.

Multinational food giant Nestlé has announced plans to make all packaging in its Buxton water brand from 100% recycled materials.

Australia’s Balter Brewing Company – whose founders include professional surfers Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson – is joining Carlton & United Breweries.

Avery Dennison Corporation is to acquire Smartrac’s Transponder (RFID Inlay) Division, for €225m, closing in the next few months.

Stora Enso is merging its container board business in the Packaging Solutions division with the Consumer Board division to create a Packaging Materials division, effective January 2020.

Global beer production has increased for the first time in five years to reach 191 million kilolitres, according to a new report from Japanese brewing giants Kirin.