Australian supermarket chain Coles has apologised to customers who thought they had found a bargain yesterday when two beer lines were inadvertently listed with the wrong price on its online shopping website. 24-bottle slabs of Coopers Sparkling Ale, which Coles usually sell for A$53.99 each, and 24-bottle slabs of James Squire Golden Ale, normally listed on the website at A$54.99, were listed with a price of just A$15.99. Word about the cheap deal quickly spread through the social media platform... ...Read more »

Food businesses around Australia have pitched in for relief efforts in the Queensland floods, offering donations, matching employee contributions, allowing customers to donate directly, and supplying food for those affected and volunteers. Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths have both allowed customers to donate to flood charities at point of sale, with Coles raising $2.6 million and donating a further $1 million to the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal, and Woolworths raising over $5.3 million... ...Read more »

Mythos, the largest selling Greek beer worldwide, will soon hit Australian shelves and restaurant tables, to be imported, marketed and distributed by Coopers Brewery and American Beverages Distributors joint venture, Premium Beverages Pty Ltd. Mythos is Greece’s third most popular beer and its brewery in Thessaloniki is Greece’s second-largerst, a member of the Carlsberg group since 2008. The beer, targeted at 25-40 year olds, will be supported with a number of marketing and PR activities,... ...Read more »

Independent South Australian-based brewer Coopers has reported “exceptional growth” in interstate sales over the second half of calendar year 2009, leading to a record result for the year. And the company is confident momentum will continue into the new year, predicting sales will top 60 million litres for the first time. Coopers Managing Director, Dr Tim Cooper, advised that 58.781 million litres of beer were sold by the brewer last year, a 4.9% increase on last year. “In the... ...Read more »

South Australian brewer, Coopers Brewery, has announced sales growth of 5 per cent in the 2008-09 financial year, bringing turnover to $169 million. Profit after tax also rose, albeit by a small margin, to $20.3 million from $20.2 million the previous year. Total sales volume for beer rose by 1%, led by a 6.3% increase in sales outside Coopers’ home markets of South Australia and the Northern Territory. Coopers now accounts for 3.4% of the total Australian beer market, up from 3.3% at the end... ...Read more »

Coopers, Australia’s largest independently-owned brewer, is hopeful that they will soon be producing America’s most popular beer at their South Australian brewery. Budweiser, which is the highest selling beer in the world, is imported into Australia and distributed by Premium Beverages – which Coopers has an 80 per cent share of. As they push toward a key sales threshold, the privately-owned business is seeking to arrange a deal with the world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch... ...Read more »

Australian-owned Coopers Brewery is not letting the economic downturn restrict a $6m plan to install new production equipment at its Regency Park brewery, which could see them contract brew international beers. Coopers’ Managing Director, Dr Tim Cooper, said that in the next 12 months, the brewery would be installing a new multi-pack packaging machine, rebuilding the pasteuriser, adding a new filter to the brewery’s lager line and purchasing more kegs. This follows the expenditure in... ...Read more »

Coopers Brewery was named the 2008 Telstra South Australian Business of the Year on Tuesday night, after being selected from the state’s best businesses. The Regency Park-based brewery also won the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award, which recognises outstanding businesses with 21 to 200 employees. Coopers Brewery is Australia’s third largest brewer and the country’s only major family-owned brewery. First established in 1862 by Thomas Cooper, Coopers Brewery is now run by... ...Read more »

Claims by Coopers Australia that they sell “Australia’s greenest beer” have been questioned by consumer advocates CHOICE, with The Age reporting that a complaint about ‘greenwashing’ has been registered with the ACCC. Greenwashing, which involves the overstating of the environmental credentials of a product, has been under the spotlight this year as manufacturers and marketers seek to capitalise on heightened consumer interest in environmentally friendly products. The... ...Read more »