07.11.2023

Beer sales in Romania in the first five months of 2023 slid by 9% from the year-earlier period, maintaining the 2022 downward trend, at a faster pace, in line with data provided by the Romanian more

05.17.2023

Suceava-based brewer Bermas (BRM.RO) posted RON4.7 million revenue in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 11% on the corresponding period of last year, ZF has calculated from the brewer’s more

04.06.2023

Beer sales in Romania decreased by 5% by volume in 2022, down to 15.8 million hectoliters (hl), and the share held by the hospitality industry remained below the pre-pandemic level of around 15-20%, more

04.06.2022

Romania’s beer market remained stable in 2021, with a 0.7% decrease by volume to 16.6 million hectoliters, the Romanian Brewers Association said Wednesday. more

08.09.2021

Sales of beer dropped slightly by 2.3% in Romania last year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic that either had on-trade locations closed or comply with certain restrictions to operate for most of 2020, a more

05.28.2021

Ursus Breweries, the largest brewer in Romania, expects sales to revert to 2019 levels this year, says sales vice president Gabriela Cretu, once the restrictions have been lifted and the hospitality more

04.15.2021

The beer industry, put at more than EUR1 billion a year and a consumption of 85 liters per capita a year, was less hurt in Romania than in other countries in 2020 because the decline in on-premise more

04.06.2021

Romania’s beer market remained stable in 2020, with a slight growth of 0.5% in volume compared with 2019, to 16.75 million hectoliters, the Romanian Brewers Association said Tuesday. more

09.24.2020

On-trade volume sales of beer are expected to fall by 28% in 2020 in light of the impact of COVID-19, an analysis of market research company Euromonitor shows. more

04.23.2020

The share of PET-bottled beer in the total sales dropped by about 3% in 2019 compared with the previous year and reached 44.5%, Brewers of Romania Association data show. more

04.15.2020

Romania’s beer market remained constant in 2019, at around 16.7 million hectoliters, just 0.4% higher than in 2018, the Romanian Brewers Association said Wednesday. more

04.14.2020

The beer industry, which has seen a rebound after the crisis years and the many Romanians leaving the country cut consumption, could see a decline this year due to the closing the hotels, bars and more

07.30.2019

Romania had 40 operational microbreweries in 2018, companies operating under the NACE 1105 (`Manufacture of beer’) and making about EUR1 million or less in revenue, Trade Register data show. more

06.19.2018

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05.22.2018

Heineken Romania, the second largest brewer in the country by sales, posted 1.16 billion lei (EUR254 million) revenue last year, 4% lower than in 2016, Finance Ministry data show. more

05.15.2018

Timisoreana, a beer brand with an over 300-year history, posted EUR200 million sales in 2017. Its market share stands at 15% of the beer market, which increased by 2%, while consumption stood at 82 more

10.20.2017

Ursus Breweries, the largest brewer in Romania, posted 8% to 10% higher sales in the first half compared with the year-ago period and its growth rate was higher than the overall market’s. more

04.13.2017

The share of PET (plastic bottle) packaging in the beer sales dropped two percent to 51.5% last year, which is the steepest decline of the segment in the past twelve years, ZF has found from Brewers more

10.13.2015

Romania’s beer market rose 3.8%, by volume, to 7.6 million hectolitres, in the first half of 2015, after two consecutive years of consumption decline, the country’s brewers association said more

05.18.2015

Sales returned to growth in November on restored consumer confidence, following the elections that month, says Igor Tikhonov, president of Ursus Breweries, the largest brewer in Romania. These are the more

04.15.2015

Sales of PET bottled beer surged in the past decade, doubling their market share from 24.4% in 2004 to 53.1% last year, reconfiguring a sector where Ursus and Heineken are vying over the lead, leaving more

03.24.2015

Romania’s beer market fell 8.6% on the year in 2014, for the second consecutive year, on the backdrop of fiscal pressure, according to the country’s brewers association. more

02.23.2015

Beer sales shrank by 5% to 16 million hectoliters (1.6 billion liters or 3.2 billion 0.5 liter beer cans) last year, the worst decline the market has seen since 2009, ZF has calculated based on more

01.26.2015

Heineken, Ursus Breweries (SABMiller) and Bergenbier (Molson Coors) account for more than 70% of the local beer market put at 17 million hectoliters last year or more than 80 liters per capita. The more

12.09.2014

Romanian brewer Bergenbier, a unit of Canada’s Molson Coors group, posted 1% decline in revenue to 219 million lei (EUR49 million) in the first half. more