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Villeurbanne, France, October 14, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Stability and consolidation have been hallmarks of the UK beer market since a remarkable spate of takeovers early in the decade, which improved the UK's brewing capacity.
For the purposes of this Key Note Market Report, the breweries and beer market is divided into two main sectors: lager (bottom-fermented beers) and dark beers (top-fermented beers).
Following the demise of the `big six' domestic brewers, multinationals took control of the UK market, although the two largest UK-based brewers — Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) and Diageo (the brewer of Guinness) are, themselves, multinational forces in a globalised beer market. The other brewers making up a new `big six' in the UK are: InBev of Belgium; Molson Coors and Anheuser-Busch (of Budweiser fame), both US-based; and Carlsberg of Denmark. InBev brews the top-selling UK brand, Stella Artois, and Molson Coors owns Carling, the leading standard-strength lager.
Foreign control of more than 50% of the market has deepened the long trend towards international lager brands, such as Kronenbourg and Carlsberg, and has decreased the previously diverse range of dark beers, which characterise indigenous brewing.
However, regional brewers have merged to offer support for the mild and brown ales, stouts, bitters and regional specialities still on offer in pubs and supermarkets. The three outstanding merged groups are Greene King, Marston's and Wells & Young's, the last of which was only created in 2006 and gained the rights to the famous Courage range (from S&N) in 2007.
The total UK beer market was worth £18.68bn at retail selling prices (rsp) in 2006 (just under half of the alcoholic drinks market), but growth has become hard to achieve. Most beer is still bought in pubs and clubs, despite the high-profile and controversial nature of supermarket discounting of beer.
Challenges have come from wines, spirits, `ready-to-drinks' (RTDs) such as Smirnoff Ice and from a revival in drinking cider instead of beer. The ban on smoking inside pubs and clubs looks certain to depress the market even further, although beer plays a central role in British social life and any dramatic collapse of the market is difficult to envisage.
Main Players
Scottish & Newcastle PLC
Coors Brewers Ltd
InBev UK Ltd
Carlsberg UK Ltd
Diageo PLC
Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd
Greene King PLC
Heineken UK Ltd
Marston's PLC
Wells & Young's
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For the purposes of this Key Note Market Report, the breweries and beer market is divided into two main sectors: lager (bottom-fermented beers) and dark beers (top-fermented beers).
Following the demise of the `big six' domestic brewers, multinationals took control of the UK market, although the two largest UK-based brewers — Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) and Diageo (the brewer of Guinness) are, themselves, multinational forces in a globalised beer market. The other brewers making up a new `big six' in the UK are: InBev of Belgium; Molson Coors and Anheuser-Busch (of Budweiser fame), both US-based; and Carlsberg of Denmark. InBev brews the top-selling UK brand, Stella Artois, and Molson Coors owns Carling, the leading standard-strength lager.
Foreign control of more than 50% of the market has deepened the long trend towards international lager brands, such as Kronenbourg and Carlsberg, and has decreased the previously diverse range of dark beers, which characterise indigenous brewing.
However, regional brewers have merged to offer support for the mild and brown ales, stouts, bitters and regional specialities still on offer in pubs and supermarkets. The three outstanding merged groups are Greene King, Marston's and Wells & Young's, the last of which was only created in 2006 and gained the rights to the famous Courage range (from S&N) in 2007.
The total UK beer market was worth £18.68bn at retail selling prices (rsp) in 2006 (just under half of the alcoholic drinks market), but growth has become hard to achieve. Most beer is still bought in pubs and clubs, despite the high-profile and controversial nature of supermarket discounting of beer.
Challenges have come from wines, spirits, `ready-to-drinks' (RTDs) such as Smirnoff Ice and from a revival in drinking cider instead of beer. The ban on smoking inside pubs and clubs looks certain to depress the market even further, although beer plays a central role in British social life and any dramatic collapse of the market is difficult to envisage.
Main Players
Scottish & Newcastle PLC
Coors Brewers Ltd
InBev UK Ltd
Carlsberg UK Ltd
Diageo PLC
Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd
Greene King PLC
Heineken UK Ltd
Marston's PLC
Wells & Young's
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