Desnoes & Geddes
| Desnoes & Geddes Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1918 |
| Seat | Kingston , Jamaica |
| sales | 14.1 billion JMD (2016) 104 million EUR |
| Branch | brewery |
| Website | www.redstripebeer.com |
Desnoes & Geddes is a Jamaican brewery based in Kingston. The brewery is known for the Red Stripe beer brand . The company is owned by the Heineken Group.
history
The company was founded in 1918 by Eugene Peter Desnoes and Thomas Hargreaves Geddes. From 1993 to 2015 the company was owned indirectly by Diageo through the Swedish Udiam Holdings AB . The parent company Diageo decided in 2011 not to export the Red Stripe beer to the USA anymore , but to have it produced locally. The City Brewing Company is the contract brewer . In 2015 the Diageo brewery was sold to the Dutch brewery group Heineken. The delisting of the securities from the Jamaican Stock Exchange began in March 2016 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Red Stripe volume sales climb , from www.jamaica-gleaner.com , accessed on February 26, 2017
- ^ Diageo moving production of Red Stripe US supply , at www.businessweek.com , accessed December 3, 2015
- ^ Heineken acquires Red Stripe beer from Diageo , at www.beveragedynamics.com , accessed on December 3, 2015
- ↑ Desnoes and Geddes begins delisting process on www.jamaicaobserver.com , accessed on July 28, 2016