Beavertown: From the founder’s kitchen to a £100m buyout hospitality The first Beavertown pint was brewed in a kitchen rice pan in 2011. Over 10 years later, they’d been bought out by Heineken for over £100m. All while being the most expensive pint in the country, and surviving a pandemic where most breweries lost 95 per cent of their business overnight. The difference was savant-level positioning. Here are three levers [...]
Heineken’s biggest-ever price rises fail to stop slash in UK profit Business Heineken’s biggest-ever price rises in the UK failed to stop its profit being slashed during its latest financial year as it battled “economic volatility”. The Edinburgh-based division raised its prices in 2023 as it faced “significant inflationary pressure on input costs”, reducing consumer spending, higher labour costs and rising energy bills. According to newly-filed results, [...]
London brewery launches ‘friendship-building’ stools to support social anxiety Wellness A survey commissioned by London's Beavertown Brewery shows over half of Londoners believe that there is a stigma around talking to people they don’t know.
London pubs giving out free crisps this month in mental health campaign April 15, 2024 The Open Up crisps, from Beavertown Brewery and suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), hope to inspire meaningful conversation.
