HC Deb 27 April 1972 vol 835 cc347-8W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the mergers that have taken place in the brewing industry in the last five years.

Mr. Prior

My Department does not maintain a record of mergers in the brewing industry. Published information shows the following acquisitions by members of the seven largest brewery companies since 1st January, 1967:

BASS MARKETING LTD.

Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd. & Charrington United.

Breweries Ltd. (August, 1967).

Bent's Brewery Co., Ltd. (1967).

Welsh Breweries Ltd. (1968).

William Stones (1968).

Massey's Barnsley Brewery (1968).

John Goule (1970).

COURAGE LTD.

James Hole & Co. Ltd. (1967).

John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Co. (1970).

Plymouth Breweries Ltd. (1972).

WATNEY MANN LTD.

Beverley Bros. (1967).

Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd. (1972).

WHITBREAD& CO. LTD.

Threlfalls Breweries (1967).

Archibald Campbell Hope & King (1967).

Fremlins (1967).

Bentley's Yorkshire Breweries Ltd. (1968).

John Young & Co. (1969).

Evan Evans Bevan Ltd. (1969).

Strong & Co. (1969).

Brickwoods Ltd. (1971).

Combined Breweries Ramsgate (1971).

Richard Whitaker & Sons (1971).

ALLIED BREWERIES LTD.—Nil.

GUSSINNE—Nil.

SCOTTISH AND NEWCASTLE BREWERIES LTD.—Nil.