Budweiser Brewing Group

FEATURE – Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I’s Sunny Mirpuri

FEATURE: Pubs offer huge growth opportunity for BBG

17-Apr-2024 By Gary Lloyd

If pubs are thriving then so can the biggest brewer in the world.

BBG unveils new Stella campaign to drive footfall

29-Feb-2024 By Rebecca Weller

Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) has launched a new campaign tasked with driving footfall and increasing dwell time in the on-trade.

Bid to make getting home safely after pub visits

09-Aug-2023 By Gary Lloyd

New research has found 57% of women in the UK are more likely to visit the pub to watch football following success of the England Lionesses.

Crisps Artois scheme launched to help Hospitality Action

15-May-2023 By Gary Lloyd

Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) has launched an initiative to donate money to Hospitality Action by giving away bags of crisps through its Stella Artois brand.

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BBG launches campaign to end harassment in on-trade

29-Mar-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I (BBG) has called for unity in the hospitality industry in taking a stand against harassment and discrimination with its ‘It Stops With Me’ campaign.

JDW and AB InBev in T-bar tap court dispute

27-Mar-2023 By Gary Lloyd

JD Wetherspoon’s (JDW) deal to serve AB InBev’s beers is in peril as the pair begin a high court legal dispute over beer fonts.

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FEATURE: Customers are demanding super premium beers

23-Mar-2023 By Gary Lloyd

Pubs are seeing a significant switch of customers turning to high-end drinks and increasing spend per serve, according to Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG UK&I) on-trade director Jean-David Thumelaire.

BBG worker strikes spark Xmas beer drought fears

19-Oct-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

A number of Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) workers are on strike again following the collapse of talks.

BBG workers start walk out over ‘derisory’ pay offer

22-Aug-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) workers have turned down the latest pay offer from the company and have down tools as a result.

BBG staff continue strikes after 'cruel' pay offer

18-Jul-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Strike action has continued at a Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) site in Lancashire after workers downed tools for 36 hours from 7pm on Saturday 16 July to 7am on Monday 18 July amid pay disputes.

BBG worker strikes to continue into July

04-Jul-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) staff who work at the company’s Samlesbury brewery are set to strike later this month (July) after crisis talks collapsed.

Budweiser workers to strike in June

24-May-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

More than 200 Budweiser workers are set to conduct a series of strikes this summer, after a dispute over pay.

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...