Molson Coors has broken ground on a new $65m variety packing warehouse in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of its long-term plan to bring more hard seltzer production in-house.
A mass shooting on Wednesday afternoon left six people dead, including the suspected gunman, at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin brewery campus of Molson Coors Beverage Company.
Makers of the Brizzy hard seltzer drink have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Molson Coors, who plans to release a hard seltzer called Vizzy this year.
Third quarter results for Molson Coors Brewing Company this week revealed major restructuring plans for its North American business. Relocations and job cuts will occur in order to ‘revitalize’ the company.
Molson Coors has set out its new sustainability strategy: which includes achieving zero waste to landfill across its major manufacturing facilities, improving water efficiency by 22%, and reducing absolute carbon emissions by 50% in its direct business...
Heineken and Molson Coors Brewing Company have signed a 10-year joint agreement where MillerCoors (Molson Coors’ US division) will import, distribute, and market Mexican beer brand Sol in the US market.
Molson Coors Canada and union workers at the Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, facility reached a collective agreement on employee benefits after nearly seven weeks of protests.
SABMiller has paused the process of integrating its operations with AB InBev, as a new takeover offer from AB InBev is considered, according to reports.
The US Department of Justice says it will permit Anheuser-Busch InBev to proceed with its acquisition of SABMiller. A settlement requires AB InBev to divest SABMiller’s entire US business, including its ownership interest in MillerCoors.
The US Department of Justice has reached a final agreement with AB InBev and SABMiller, which will allow Molson Coors to acquire SABMiller’s 58% stake in MillerCoors, as well as the Miller brand portfolio outside of the US.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has agreed to sell SABMiller’s stake in China Resources Snow Breweries (CR Snow), the company behind the Snow beer brand, to China Resources Beer.
Heineken and MillerCoors have both been shopping in the craft beer scene this week. Meanwhile, Whittard of Chelsea has joined the Ethical Tea Partnership… read on for more beverage bites.
A Toronto labor dispute that began nine months ago at Crown Holdings is escalating with strike leaders now urging the Canadian public not to drink beer brands in cans from brewers including Molson Coors and Labatt.
Settlement discussions between Molson Coors and SAB Miller over the former’s right to distribute SAB’s brands in Canada have foundered and the beer giants are heading back to court.
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Molson Coors surprised the Street with its poor Q3 performance in Canada due to a high single-digit sales slump for Coors Light, but is the issue for such premium light beers secular rather than economic or climatic?
REUTERS ARTICLE GIVES NEW LIFE TO RUMORS OF POSSIBLE TIE-UP
SAB Miller’s association with Coca-Cola and AB InBev’s tie-up with PepsiCo in Latin America is one hurdle that could halt a mega merger between the world’s two biggest brewers, analysts suggest.
Coors Light refuses to comply with advertising review
Miller Coors ad claims for Coors Light beer cans are being referred to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the brewer refused to participate in a National Advertising Division (NAD) review.
Molson Coors CEO Peter Swinburn admits that premium light beer Coors Light struggled in Canada during Q2 2013 and says it has 'some work to do' to boost the brand's volume sales.
Strike action has been averted at Molson Coors' Burton-on-Trent brewery in an eleventh hour pay deal, with union Unite claiming victory for spearheading the campaign.
Molson Coors UK workers at the UK’s biggest brewery producing Carling, Grolsch and Coors Light could take strike action after they narrowly rejected a new company pay offer.
COULD FIGHT POSE FUTURE PROBLEMS FOR $7.76BN US JV MILLER COORS?
SAB Miller is disappointed by yesterday’s interim court injunction that stops it terminating its Canadian License Agreement with Molson Coors, and one City analyst warns that the spat could be a symptom of broader tensions between the two brewing giants,...
STRAWBERRY VERSION OF 'APPLE ALE' DUE FOR US LAUNCH THIS FALL
Miller Coors says it plans to launch a strawberry version of Redd’s Apple Ale in the US this Fall, with one top company executive noting that flavoured alcohol and malt-flavored beverages are ‘on fire’ as a category.
Unite the Union is fighting plans by Molson Coors to cut staff pay at its Burton on Trent brewery by up to £9,000 per year, and claims workers in similar roles at the firm’s two other UK sites do not face such cuts.
miller coors jv partners will both 'vigorously' contest action
Molson Coors has launched legal action against SAB Miller in response to the UK company's move to terminate a licensing agreement granting the US-Canada brewer rights to license SAB products in the country, with the latter blaming low volume sales.
Molson Coors does not contemplate making any major acquisitions in the short term but says it may examine small portfolio ‘in fills’ if the right transactions present themselves.
SAB Miller CFO Jamie Wilson admits that the firm has suffered volume declines with Foster’s Group in Australia and is not regaining share, but claims that the takeover was never a ‘short-term journey’.
Molson Coors CEO Peter Swinburn says the company is scoping the possibility of extending its best-selling Carling brand to central European regions covered by $3.4bn acquisition StarBev.
Molson Coors launched a sharing-size 710ml Corona Extra bottle in the UK off-trade from May, and said Nielsen data showed that larger bottles were outperforming the general lager market in this channel by 9%.
Ball Packaging has hinted that its new ‘punch top’ cans developed for beer client Molson Coors had given the latter a ‘lift in cans’ relative to glass containers, as specialty packaging boosted Ball’s muted Q2 results.
Molson Coors claims that a multi-million investment in film will reduce the weight of its secondary packaging for UK beer Carling by sixty-three per cent, and told BeverageDaily.com it plans to extend use to Coors Light.
Molson Coors has swooped to takeover Staropramen brewer StarBev for €2.65bn and says it aims to leverage its own premium brands in central and eastern Europe (CEE) citing the success of Carling in the Ukraine, which it said was now an ‘aspirational’ London-linked...
Carling says that the branding and packaging for its new limited edition citrus beer, Carling Zest, was desined to push its premium positioning as an alternative to other summer drinks such as cider.
Molson Coors has been ordered to pay more than £120,000 for two separate health and safety breaches that left four workers seriously injured at one of its UK brewery sites.
This week, Carlsberg and Molson Coors detail their financial performances during the opening half of the year, and a leading UK retailer expands its focus on sustainable packaging.
This week, Heineken prepares to expand within the Swiss beer
market, and SABMiller and Molson Coors begin to finalise
integrations plan for their US joint venture.
Molson Coors and Mexican-based brewer Grupo Modelo have formed a
new joint venture to tap growing consumer appetite in Canada
for imported beer brands.
The world's fifth largest brewer will see the light later this year
with the merger of Canada's Molson group with its US counterpart
Coors - a 'merger of equals' to create a company with sales in
excess of 60 million...
