AB INBEV BLOCKED FROM DELHI MARKET
July 1st, 2019
AB InBev has been banned from selling beer in India’s capital New Delhi for three years as a penalty for alleged tax evasion. The brands affected by the order include Budweiser, Corona, Hoegaarden and Stella Artois, which cannot be sold from earlier this week. The order made by the excise department of the state government of Delhi, an official confirmed to just-drinks, relates to an August 2016 inquiry into beer bottles manufactured by SABMiller that were found at a Delhi bar to have duplicate barcodes. The company, later in October 2016 was acquired by AB ...
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