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Grolsch
Koninklijke Grolsch N.V. (; "Royal Grolsch"), known simply as Grolsch, is a Dutch brewery founded in 1615 by Willem Neerfeldt in Groenlo. In 1895, the Family de Groen, de Groen family bought the brewery. They had started their own brewery in Enschede in the early 19th century and held a significant stake until 2007. Today the main brewery is in Enschede. It was awarded the ''Koninklijk'' (Royal) title in 1995. Grolsch became part of the SABMiller group in 2008. As part of the agreements made with regulators before Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller, the company sold Grolsch to Asahi Breweries in 2016.Asahi Forks Over $7.8 Billion for 5 of AB InBev's Beer Brands ''Fortune (magazine), Fortune'' 2016-12-13 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Koninklijke Grolsch N.V. (; "Royal Grolsch"), known simply as Grolsch, is a Dutch brewery founded in 1615 by Willem Neerfeldt in Groenlo. In 1895, the de Groen family bought the brewery. They had started their own brewery in Enschede in the early 19th century and held a significant stake until 2007. Today the main brewery is in Enschede. It was awarded the '' Koninklijk'' (Royal) title in 1995. Grolsch became part of the SABMiller group in 2008. As part of the agreements made with regulators before Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller, the company sold Grolsch to Asahi Breweries in 2016.Asahi Forks Over $7.8 Billion for 5 of AB InBev's Beer Brands '' |
FC Twente
Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Boys. FC Twente's trophy cabinet includes the 2010–11 KNVB Cup, KNVB Cup, the 2011 Johan Cruyff Shield, Johan Cruyff Shield, and the 2009–10 Eredivisie, Eredivisie title. They were runner-up in the Eredivisie in two other seasons, and finished second in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup. They have also won the Dutch Cup three times, most recently in 2011. Twente's home ground since 1998 is De Grolsch Veste. Since 2019, the team have played in the Eredivisie, the top division of Dutch football. The club takes its name from the region of Twente, the eastern part of Overijssel. History Foundation and early years The club was formed in 1965 as a merger of two professional clubs, Sportclub Enschede and the Ensched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enschede
Enschede (; local ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel and the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands. The east of the urban area reaches the border of the Germany, German city of Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Gronau. The municipality of Enschede consisted only of the city of Enschede until 1935, when the rural municipality of Lonneker, which surrounded the city, was annexed after the rapid industrial expansion of Enschede that began in the 1860s and involved the building of railways and the digging of the Twentekanaal. Enschede is home to the association football, football club FC Twente, a one-time List of Dutch football champions, Dutch champion; the University of Twente; and the last Polaroid B.V., Polaroid film factory. Geography Enschede lies in the eastern part of Overijssel and is the easternmost city of more than 140,000 inhabitants in the Netherlands. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SABMiller
SABMiller plc was an Anglo–South African multinational brewing and beverage company headquartered in Woking, England on the outskirts of London until 10 October 2016 when it was acquired by AB InBev for US$107-billion. It was the world's second-largest brewer measured by revenues (after Anheuser-Busch InBev) and was also a major bottler of Coca-Cola. Its brands included Foster's, Miller, and Pilsner Urquell. It operated in 80 countries worldwide and in 2009 sold around 21 billion litres of beverages. Since 10 October 2016, SABMiller is a business division of AB InBev, a Belgian multinational corporation with headquarters in Leuven. SABMiller was founded as South African Breweries in 1895 to serve a growing market of miners and prospectors in and around Johannesburg. Two years later, it became the first industrial company to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. From the early 1990s onwards, the company increasingly expanded internationally, making several acquisitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family De Groen
The de Groen family owned the Grolsch brewery in the Netherlands (founded 1615) from 1895 to 2008 before selling out to SABMiller for 800+ million Euros. The family Andries (II), Theo, Frans (I), Hein, Herman and Jan were the grandchildren of Theo de Groen, who bought the company in 1895. They were the key contributors to the growth after the Second World War, and bought the brewery in Enschede Enschede (; local ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel and the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands. The east of the urban area reaches .... The family can be traced back to 1647 and has its roots in Cuijk. Both Andries (III) and Frans (II) son's were active in the brewery but have retired since the acquisition of SABMiller. Family de Groen is listed in the Quote 500 published by ''Quote'' magazine. Since the sale of Grolsch, Andries (III), Andries (IV) and Frans (II) have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, known as AB InBev, is an American-Belgian Multinational corporation, multinational Drink industry, drink and brewing company, brewing company based in Leuven, Belgium. It is the largest brewer in the world, and in 2023, was ranked 72nd in the Forbes Global 2000, ''Forbes'' Global 2000. Additionally, AB InBev has offices in New York City, alongside regional headquarters in São Paulo, London, St. Louis, Mexico City, Bremen, Johannesburg, and others. It has approximately 630 beer brands in 150 countries.''Annual Report 2020.'' Retrieved 6 April 2020. AB InBev was formed through InBev acquiring the American company Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is a publicly listed company, with its primary listing on the Euronext Brussels. It has secondary listings on Mexican Stock Exchange, Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meantime Brewery
Meantime Brewing Company was a brewery based in Greenwich, London, England, and owned by Asahi Breweries. The company was founded by Alastair Hook in 1999. History It was founded in 1999 by Alastair Hook, who trained at Heriot-Watt University and the brewing school of the Technical University of Munich of Weihenstephan. He started the brewery in a small lock-up on an industrial estate opposite Charlton Athletic's ground, before moving to the Greenwich Brewery, 0° 2' 12" east of the Greenwich Meridian, and then to a site on nearby Blackwall Lane in 2010. The brewery, including Rolec brewhouse, cost £7M; by 2013 they were producing 50,000 hectolitres but a growth rate of 60% per year meant that they expected to reach their capacity of 120,000 hectolitres by 2016. In May 2015, it was announced that Meantime was being bought by SAB Miller, for an undisclosed amount. In July 2015 Hook was named Brewer of the Year by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group at its annual awards dinne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi Breweries
The is a Japanese beverage holding company headquartered in Sumida, Tokyo. In 2019, the group had revenue of JPY 2.1 trillion. Asahi's business portfolio can be segmented as follows: Alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage business (40.5%), overseas business (32%), soft drinks business (17.2%), food business (5.4%) and "other" business (4.9%). Asahi, with a 37% market share, is the largest of the four major beer brewers in Japan followed by Kirin Company, Kirin Beer with 34% and Suntory with 16%. Asahi has a 48.5% share of the Australian beer market. In response to a maturing domestic Japanese beer market, Asahi broadened its geographic footprint and business portfolio through the acquisition of beer businesses in Western Europe and Central Eastern Europe. This has resulted in Asahi having a large market share in many European countries, such as a beer market share of 44% in the Czech Republic, 32% in Poland, 36% in Romania, and 18% in Italy. History The predecessor of the compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swinkels Family Brewers
Royal Swinkels (formerly ''Swinkels Family Brewers'' and ''Bavaria Brewery'') is a family business from North Brabant in the Netherlands, that is active in the beer, soft drink and malt sector. The company is fully owned by the Swinkels family for seven generations. The head office is located in Lieshout. Swinkels Family Brewers is the second largest brewery company in the Netherlands after Heineken N.V., Heineken and one of the largest producers of malt in Europe (continent), Europe. The business has a Revenue, turnover of more than 1128 million euros per year. The company is commercially active in more than 150 countries. Two-thirds of the turnover is achieved in Europe. The focus is in Western Europe with more than half of the turnover. Outside of the European market, the largest contribution comes from the Middle East/Africa region, where a total of twenty percent of turnover is achieved. Products Royal Swinkels produces and markets beer, malt and soft drinks. Beer The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heineken International
Heineken Naamloze vennootschap, N.V. (), branded as The Heineken Company is a Dutch multinational corporation, multinational brewery, brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, regional, local and speciality Beer, beers and Cider, ciders and employs approximately 85,000 people. With an annual beer production of 24.14 billion litres in 2019, and global revenues of 23.894 billion euro in 2019, Heineken N.V. is the number one brewer in Europe and one of the largest brewers by volume in the world. Heineken's Dutch breweries are located in Zoeterwoude, 's-Hertogenbosch and Wijlre. The original brewery in Amsterdam, closed in 1988, is preserved as a museum called Heineken Experience. Since the merger between the two largest brewing empires in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, in October 2016, Heineken has been the second-largest brewer in the world. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groenlo
Groenlo () is a city in the municipality of Oost Gelre, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, on the German border, within a region in the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek (literally: "back corner"). Groenlo was a municipality until 1 January 2005, when it merged with Lichtenvoorde. Until 19 May 2006 Groenlo was the official name of Oost Gelre. As of 1 January 2006 Groenlo, including its hamlet Zwolle, counted a population of 10,067. Groenlo is known locally and historically as Grolle, Groll or Grol. Today, Groenlo is known primarily for its beer brewery Grolsch (literal meaning: "from Grol"), which was in business since 1615, but has been closed in 2004 when it moved to Boekelo. Grolsch produces many specialty beers (including beers for each season) and its beer is exported all over the world. Groenlo's military history is less well known today. History Groenlo originates from the beginning of the 7th century. The name Groenlo refers to a green wood th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
