Carlsberg Sells German Brewery

Denmark-based Carlsberg has agreed to sell a brewery in Germany to locally-based Oettinger Brauerei. The deal includes a number of discount and private-label brands and Carlsberg revealed it sold the business as part of the 'continuous optimisation' of its brewery network. The firm has revealed it wishes to focus on its more profitable core brand business, which includes the labels Carlsberg and Tuborg. The move will leave Carlsberg with three facilities in the country, which despite boosting very high per capita beer consumption, is a difficult market due to its maturity and fragmented

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