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Cervecería Baru Panamá
This is one of the most prestigious awards in the world for beer quality in which they won for outstanding beer quality.
This is the highest award given by 'Monde Selection', said the world's oldest and most important food and drinks quality certification institute, headquartered in Brussels.
Source: estrelladepanama.com
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April 2010
Breweries “Barú Panamá” and “Nacional” will invest to enlarge their production facilities and improve their sales infrastructure.
Etienne Strijp, CEO of “Cervercería Barú Panamá”, explained they will expand the factory due to increased demand for the product (26% in 2009 vs 2008).
September 2010
Multimillion dollar investments improving production plants and advertisements are showing excellent results.
Between 2006 and 2010, beer production increased by 53 million liters annually. In the first 7 months of 2010, 131.5 million liters of beer were produced which means on average each Panamanian adult drinks 9.5 liters of beer per month.
March 2011
In 2010, the industry produced 235 million liters of beer, 2.3% higher than 2009.
The increase in production has been accompanied by large investments by the country´s two breweries.
"Cervecería Nacional invested $ 5.3 million to increase production capacity by 20% and to produce Miller Lite beer for the first time in Panama," Prensa.com reported.
May 2011
Ajemaya, bottler of the Big Cola brand, has begun selling the Peruvian brand Franca.
The beer is being sold in shops and restaurants around the country, and targets the premium consumer segment.
"The beer market is dominated by Cerveceria Centro Americana and to a lesser extent, by AmBev, distributer of Extra and Brahva, which claims a market share of 20 percent." noted an article in Elperiodico.com.gt
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