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Ethiopia The price of beer has considerably increased

01/30/07

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Ethiopia The price of beer has considerably increased

The price of beer has considerably increased
Beer highs

By Tedla Yeneakal
Capital

Bati Beer Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The price of beer has considerably increased; after the dominant beer producer BGI Ethiopia raised its prices. According to officials of the company the measure was taken after the price of raw materials for the manufacture of beer rose considerably.
Accordingly, draft beer from BGI of 30 liters, increased from the previous 121.60 birr to 135 birr, whereas bottled beers of brands. St. George and Bati cost 60 birr a crate, up from the previous 53 birr. A crate of the Castle brand now costs 74 birr, increasing from the earlier amount of 66 birr.

Surafel Alene, Sales Manager of BGI Ethiopia, told Capital that a substantial increase in raw materials for beer production forced the company to increase the market price of beer.
“We have seen an increase of raw materials up to 30%,” Surafel said. “Price of diesel and other increases in inputs forced us to increase the price.”

In some regions of the country, Harar and Bedele beers have also raised prices but Meta and Dashen have not yet made any adjustments to prices.
“Of course it would affect our revenue for a while but we are certain that it will adjust in the future,” the sales manager said.

BGI Ethiopia’s brands include Bati, Saint George and the export standard Castel.
Since its acquisition, BGI has refurbished the old Saint George plant in Addis Ababa, and is now undertaking a huge expansion project, investing USD 25 million to turn the existing draft beer plant into a bottle plant as well. This project, expected to be completed in three months time, is said to boost BGI’s beer production to 750,000 Hectoliters from the present 650,000, ensuring BGI is the leading beer producer in the country, according to company sources.
There are five breweries in the country, namely Meta Abo, Harrar, Bedele, BGI Ethiopia and Dashen.

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msg Comment from: Gonder [Visitor]
What about pure water for poor people?
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 01:30

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msg Comment from: tafesse [Visitor]
Surprise, surprise, raw material price goes up, ergo retail price goes up. What else is news?
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 03:10

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msg Comment from: Yeha [Visitor]
Price increased? wow I like beer.
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 04:12

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msg Comment from: abera demeksa [Visitor]

So what?

PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 05:43

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msg Comment from: balageru [Visitor]
back to TELA, guys look for bucket and TASA outside TELA BET
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 05:56

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msg Comment from: The Python [Visitor]
Most Ethiopians are hungry of food; not beer. So, the increment of the price of beer doesn't make much difference for the majority of Ethiopians!

Don't agument the prices of "Teje", "Tela","Treke". TTA for the majority.

The elites are invited to join the majority, if they think they can't afford the beer. CHE, more people will join you soon. As to me, I take only "Shameta/Bordee"; the false beer!
regards,
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 06:23

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msg Comment from: Dave [Visitor]
I don't believe that most Ethiopians are hungry. The famine only affected 15 to 20% of the country according to my friend who lived there before he fled the country for his political believes and got amnesty in the U.S. Too bad about the beer though. :(
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 09:01

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msg Comment from: wa [Visitor]
This is bad news for all tigrian cadre who are enjoing all over the contry dansing bar at the day and naigt for the money rrobed from the people, if only Wihsk price also will make increasing.
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 09:18

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msg Comment from: AYALEW [Visitor]
I feel sorry for the beer lovers back home.
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 09:35

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msg Comment from: Some Ethiopian [Visitor]
I drink much, much beer. I like beer. Even if the price goes up, I still drink much beer. I peed in this post. Beer is very good.
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 10:17

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msg Comment from: Tezebet [Visitor]
How many people do really drink a beer? Most probably some Ethiopian might never test the before in their life time…they ding before they have sip of beer in their life. Please let us worry about the basic things like food, close, and medicine. In my opinion the last time I check no body die because of lack of beer drinking…


PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 10:24

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msg Comment from: Thomas [Visitor]
Woyana is panishing the people by infaltion, one killo meat is 40 birr 100 killo teff is 300 birr, there are millions of people that live under 150 birr or less with 5 children or more how do they affored to live in this country ?
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 12:27

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msg Comment from: termoose [Visitor]
good job let it raise up to th esky then people stop dringking beer
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 13:23

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msg Comment from: funny [Visitor]
Thomas ,

Send them money so that they can afford it. Otherwise Shutup.
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 14:34

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msg Comment from: chumby [Visitor]
dear admin.

could you please STOP posting such a crap.who cares about if the price of beer sky rocketed or reach bottem rock? the price of beer is the last thing any Ethiopian could possiblly worried about.

pls. don't waste your time on such bla.bla. bla....
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 15:39

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msg Comment from: tef [Visitor]
Tadias:
Cost of living is going up every where. Reason always seem to be cost of raw materials has increased. When the cost of raw materials decreases make sure to decrease the price of your product too. ABO
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 16:40

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msg Comment from: Tingirt [Visitor]
Who cares about it? how many Ethiopians can afford to buy a bottle of beer?We don't have even enough to eat let alone to drink beer.Per capita income of Ethiopians under the Addis Ababa tigrean government is 90dollars while under the Mengistu Gov. was 120US.This is simple economics no one can deny it.We are poorer more than ever before.The Tigrean Government undre Legesse Zenawi is representing only tigres and that is why those destitute tigres today became instant millioners.That is the oromos, the Amharas and the other Ethiopians wealth.Therefore, we need to change the brutal fasict ethnic dictatorship first then we will think about the price of beer.
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 20:38

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msg Comment from: wozeiro condjo [Visitor]
As long as Katikala and Tela price is still afordable who cares for beer?
PermalinkPermalink 01/30/07 @ 22:19

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msg Comment from: Teme [Visitor]
It doesn't matter where you Live,If you Can't afford to have something,Well work harder to get it.About BEER...How about the munufacturers profit...Do they Donate some amount of money to the Farmers ??? so they can get the Row material with a Reasonable price and not to charge the Consumer too much ! May be this is another issue,but do the BEER companies Advertise not to Drink and Drive ? or is it " Don't Drive Unless you Drink ? ",If you Can't Afford to drink beer...Drink "Filtered Tela",I don't know why they don't Export that Traditional Drink,how about Frendus(Tela with Honey)...Thanks !
PermalinkPermalink 01/31/07 @ 04:48

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msg Comment from: mensch recht activist von zurich [Visitor]
The price of beer is exceeding at alarming rate ,what a news ? My dearest readers ,do you know how many Ethiopiians are drinking beer?The answer is very short -almost none.Who cares then,the only thing what we need is bread and injera`sprice remain the same.
let us not keep complaining for the sake of complaining,we should bark like an old dog only if necessary.
PermalinkPermalink 01/31/07 @ 13:57

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msg Comment from: mensch recht activist von zurich [Visitor]
The price of beer is exceeding at alarming rate ,what a news ? My dearest readers ,do you know how many Ethiopiians are drinking beer?The answer is very short -almost none.Who cares then,the only thing what we need is bread and injera`sprice remain the same.
let us not keep complaining for the sake of complaining,we should bark like an old dog only if necessary.
PermalinkPermalink 01/31/07 @ 13:57

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msg Comment from: Tingrt [Visitor]
Dear Administrator,
Why are you wasting yours and ours time by posting this kind of garbage as a news? Melese is elected NEPAD chair,Azeb Mesfin is awarded this and that price bla bla bla........what a waste of time and energy to read this crap.
PermalinkPermalink 01/31/07 @ 21:27

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msg Comment from: Hode [Visitor]
what good was it to anyone to begin with?
PermalinkPermalink 01/31/07 @ 22:45

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