My canadian business
Canadians drink a lot of Corona. It's the best selling premium imported beer in the country. It commands a 26% share of its category, in which Heineken is number two and Miller Genuine Draft number three. Last year, we bought a whopping 8 million cases of the beverage.

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Eric Molson today officially stepped down from the board at Molson Coors Brewing Co., ending nearly 50 years of service at one of Canada’s great companies. The family patriarch never desired to become CEO of the company his great-great-great grandfather started in 1786, but after starting a series of technical ...

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Moosehead Breweries launched its latest beer today, a light beer aimed at a more mature audience. What’s this got to do with sports? Everything.

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Could Stellaweiser be on tap? In the Oct. 22, 2007 Briefcase we wrote about SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Co.’s plans to combine U.S. and Puerto Rican operations. We also pointed out this move puts pressure on InBev and Anheuser-Busch to join forces. Well, as noted in a Reuters story, Trends ...

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