FILE - An employee tends to the bar at the Budweiser Budvar company in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Jan. 3, 2001. The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the Budweiser brand, said Friday, July 12, 2024, it increased its net profit, output and exports in 2023. – The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S.
The 128-year-old state-owned brewery reported a 40% fall in profit in 2022 due to Russia’s war in Ukraine and high inflation driven by soaring energy prices. Exports went up by 4.6% in 2023, with Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Britain, Austria and Canada the top markets. The company sells its beer in some 70 countries.