date:Oct 25, 2012
s a joint venture with United Breweries , the maker of Kingfisher lager.
Overall, consolidated beer volumes rose 2.2 percent on a like-for-like basis, broadly in line with expectations.
Revenue rose 4 percent to 4.97 billion euros ($6.44 billion). The average forecast in a Reuters poll of nine analysts was 4.93 billion.
The company said its operating profit before one-offs was up by a mid single-digit percentage and its net profit was 577 million euros from 525 million a year earlier.
Heinek