Cerverceria Costa Rica buys major U.S. independent beer company for $388 million
Cerveceria Costa Rica bought North American Breweries, one of the largest independent beer companies in the United States, for $388 million.
North American Breweries produces the brands Labatt, Genesee, Seagram’s Escapes, Magic Hat, Pyramid, the Original Honey Brown Lager, Dundee and MacTarnahan’s. They also sell Costa Rica’s Imperial brand in the United States.
The brewery is headquartered in New York, but also produces beer in New York, Oregon, California and Vermont.
Cerveceria Costa Rica, a subsidiary of Florida Ice and Farm Company, distributes all the major beer brands in the country including Imperial, Bavaria and Pilsen.
You may be interested

Costa Rica celebrates U.S. support of global environmental plan
Alejandro Zúñiga - January 27, 2021U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an Executive Order that, in part, commits the country to taking bold steps…

International communities commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Tico Times - January 27, 2021Today marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on…

Best Costa Rica Movie of 2021: El Pajaro de Fuego
Tico Times - January 27, 2021While Costa Rica is a favorite destination for many international film stars, it is not well known for its local…