date:Mar 12, 2013
Carlsberg AS said today it intends to increase U.K. market share as the worlds fourth-biggest brewer opens a new bottling line at its Northampton brewery.
Carlsberg is seeking to increase its hold on the declining U.K. beer market in pubs and bars, as well as through supermarkets and off-licenses, Benet Slay, its U.K. head, said today in a telephone interview. The Copenhagen-based company raised its market share in the country by 0.3 percent to 15.3 percent last year, it said in annual results