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Carlsberg is leaning on soft drinks as beer sales weaken in Europe and Asia

Beer sales fell 3.5% organically in the third quarter, while nonalcoholic drink sales rose 8.5%, the brewer said

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Carlsberg reported organic revenue growth for the third quarter as soft drink sales made up for weaker beer sales, the company said.

Nonalcoholic beverage sales, Britvic’s among them, climbed 8.5% versus a year earlier, whereas beer sales contracted 3.5% on an organic basis. Soft drinks and other non-beer drinks accounted for more than a third of Carlsberg’s 40.1 million hectoliters........

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