Carlsberg price hikes prop up UK beer sales figures

While the group claimed cold and wet weather caused the fall in volumes, brewers including rivals AB InBev and Heineken have struggled since the start of the year to achieve organic volume growth and have relied on price hikes to combat high supply chain costs.

Carlsberg’s Russian brewing company Baltika, which is the second largest in Europe and the market leader in the warring nation, remains a headache for the company, with the listed group refusing to “be forced into a deal on unacceptable terms.”