Tag des Bieres: Immer mehr Brauereien schließen
Sinkender Bierabsatz und hohe Kosten setzen Brauereien zu. Warum vor allem kleine Betriebe betroffen sind und welche Bundesländer noch viele Brauereien haben.
The Handelsblatt reports that the number of producing breweries in Germany has continued to decline, dropping by 53 to a total of 1,415 last year according to the Statistisches Bundesamt. This marks a significant decrease from the all-time high of 1,552 breweries in 2019, with a loss of 137 breweries. The decline is attributed to the persistent drop in sales coupled with rising production costs.
Despite an increase in demand for non-alcoholic beer, it cannot offset the losses in traditional beer production. Bavaria remains the leader with 588 breweries, followed by Baden-Württemberg with 190 and North Rhine-Westphalia with 131. More than half of all breweries produce no more than 100,000 liters per year, and there are also closures in larger enterprises.
Brief written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's own syndicated text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
