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Deal makes Dutch group the second-biggest brewer in the world's third-largest beer market.
Deal makes Dutch group the second-biggest brewer in the world's third-largest beer market.
Heineken is buying Lagunitas in a deal to help propel the craft beer sector globally amid a rapidly changing industry.
Japan's Nikkei business daily reported that Heineken would pay around 100 billion yen ($872 million) for the business.
With recent acquisitions in Africa, India, Asia and Latin America, we are continuing to increase our presence within emerging markets, which will contribute to our ongoing growth.
"Cornelis and Anna went on to have four children. Their second, Gerard, born in 1841, was their first son. At this time epidemics ravaged Dutch towns, and only three of the family's children made it to adulthood. They were brought up to honour hard work and Gerard grew into an industrious young man, 'with a sense of adventure and a good heart'. When his father passed away in 1862, Gerard, then just twenty-one, could easily have spent the rest of his days living from the family fortune. Instead, he left the cheese trade to other family members and searched for a way to make his own name. In June 1863 he spotted a brewery for sale not far from the family home.
Heineken is buying Lagunitas in a deal to help propel the craft beer sector globally amid a rapidly changing industry.
