Carlsberg UK and Marston’s plc has completed the transaction to create a new beer company, Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC).
Brands under the new company’s umbrella include: lagers such as Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, Carlsberg Expørt, and Poretti; premium cask and packaged ales, including Hobgoblin, Marston’s Pedigree, Tetley’s, Wainwright, and 61 Deep; brands under license, including San Miguel, Mahou, Estrella Damm, Shipyard, Erdinger, Warsteiner and Kirin; a broad selection of alcohol-free beers; plus distribution of the Brooklyn Brewery and London Fields Brewery craft portfolios.
The majority of the portfolio will be brewed and packaged within the brewer’s own network of breweries located across England, including: the Carlsberg brewery in Northampton; London Fields in Hackney; Marston’s in Burton upon Trent; Banks’s in Wolverhampton; Wychwood in Witney, Oxfordshire; Jennings in Cockermouth, Cumbria; Ringwood in Hampshire; and Eagle in Bedford. There is also a nationaldistribution centre in Northampton and 11 UK-wide distribution depots.
Under the terms of the transaction, CMBC will have access to Marston’s pub estate for its beer portfolio, enshrined through a long-term supply and distribution agreement.
After eight years with Carlsberg, and having completed the transaction to form CMBC, Tomasz Blawat, formerly managing director of Carlsberg UK, will stand down and take up business opportunities outside of Carlsberg. Paul Davies has been appointed chief executive of the new company. He joins CMBC from Carlsberg Poland, where he has been managing director since early 2019, following a career with Carlsberg in the UK, Sweden, and Copenhagen. Tomasz will support the integration process until the end of this year.
Paul will lead a new management team combining leaders from across Carlsberg UK and Marston’s Beer Company (MBC). Ralph Findlay, currently chief executive of Marston’s, has been appointed non-executive chairman of CMBC.
