The result comes as beer sales fell 5% last year for the second year in a row, to 15 million hectoliters. The brewer’s net profit shrank by about five times to RON11 million, according to the same source.
The company with brands such as Heineken, Ciuc Premium, Silva, Birra Moretti and Strongbow has three breweries, in Craiova, Miercurea Ciuc and Ungheni, Mures County, and in 2021 it decided to drop the Constanta plant. This can also be seen in the number of employees, which was lower last year. Thus, the company had on average 1,040 employees compared with 1,116 in the previous year, Finance Ministry data show.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)