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17. October 2009 | 11:19MillerCoors tinkers with bottles, debuts new ads to spark Miller Lite sales
(Crain’s) - MillerCoors LLC is rolling out humorous advertisements and a new bottle design in its push to revive struggling sales of Miller Lite. A bottle designed with what the beverage maker calls a “taste activator,” with grooves in the neck, is intended to enhance Miller Lite’s … (News Source: Crain’s Chicago Business - 20:41:59)
MillerCoors sees fewer beer drinkers
(Crain’s) - The Silver Bullet is finally slowing down. Coors Light saw a “slight decline” in sales to retailers during the quarter ending Sept. 30, MillerCoors’ parent, SAB Miller, reported Thursday. The sales dip ends a streak of 16 consecutive quarters of growth for Coors Light that dates … (News Source: Crain’s Chicago Business - 16:56:49)
Analyst: Beer distributors happy, set to consolidate
Last year, the national conference of the National Beer Wholesalers Association was “more angst-fest than beer-fest,” in the words of one Wall Street analyst. (News Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 21:57:06)
Wheat prices soared then sank in 2008
TWIN FALLS, Idaho - It was a wild ride for grain producers in 2008. Wheat prices soared to record highs of near $18 per bu. only to fall back below $6 per bu. by the end of year. Record world shortages of wheat sent prices soaring and growers responded by planting more wheat. (News Source: AG Weekly - 14:42:14)
Social Media Campaign to Beat Cancer Eyes Record in Guinness Book
Over the past few months, there’s been a tremendous amount of activity in utilizing social media for charitable causes. Perhaps the most notable recent example is Drew Carey’s bid of $1 million for the Twitter name @drew, with all of the proceeds being donated to cancer research. Today, using the collection of hundreds of bloggers currently converged at Blog World Expo as an impetus, a social … (News Source: Mashable - 18:22:00)
Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises
A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters. (News Source: Market Watch - 10:46:00)
Africa saves SABMiller’s blushes
Africa continued to be the unsung heroine of the SABMiller group with its comparatively strong sales performance, helping to limit the global beer giant’s overall sales decline to one percent in the six months to September. (News Source: Independent Online - 02:25:43)
TrueChild Hosts True Flavors Celebrity Cook-Off in San Francisco
Local Bravo Top Chefs team up with TrueChild to help children (PRWeb Oct 16, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/True-Flavors/Celebrity-Cook-Off/prweb3055784.htm (News Source: PRWeb - 07:11:34)
SABMiller Beer Sales Fall on ‘Difficult’ Markets (Update1)
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — SABMiller Plc , the world’s second- largest brewer, said beer sales fell in the first half of the year as markets including Europe, South Africa and the U.S. continued to suffer in the recession. (News Source: Bloomberg - 08:04:30)
Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell Central Europe unit
Debt-laden Anheuser-Busch InBev on Thursday signs a pact to sell its Central Europe operations to the private-equity group CVC Capital Partners for as much as $3 billion, its second deal in a bit more than a week. (News Source: Market Watch - 08:00:40)
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