Operations
S&N owned or co-owned three of the top ten beers in Europe.
- Baltika (stake acquired by Carlsberg)
- Foster's (European rights, now owned by Heineken)
- Kronenbourg 1664. (now owned by Carlsberg, although S&N UK/Heineken retain UK rights on a 50 year supply contract)
In addition to these key brands, its portfolio included other well-known drinks brands (acquirer in brackets):
- John Smith's (Heineken)
- Strongbow Cider in the UK. (Heineken)
- Sagres in Portugal (Heineken)
- Lapin Kulta in Finland (Heineken)
- Mythos in Greece (stake acquired by Carlsberg)
- Maes pils in Belgium (Heineken)
- Kingfisher in India (stake acquired by Heineken)
- Beamish Stout in Ireland (Heineken)
- Bulmers Cider in the UK. (Heineken)
- Newcastle Brown Ale, heartland in the North East of England. (Heineken)
- Grimbergen, a Belgian Abbey beer. (Heineken)
- McEwan's in Scotland. (Heineken)
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Famous quotes containing the word operations:
“Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“It may seem strange that any road through such a wilderness should be passable, even in winter, when the snow is three or four feet deep, but at that season, wherever lumbering operations are actively carried on, teams are continually passing on the single track, and it becomes as smooth almost as a railway.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“You can’t have operations without screams. Pain and the knife—they’re inseparable.”
—Jean Scott Rogers. Robert Day. Mr. Blount (Frank Pettingell)