E-Malt.com News article: New Zealand: Beer price hikes premature – Hospitality Association

New Zealand’s Hospitality Association is accusing breweries of prematurely raising the price of beer and is calling for them to show some restraint, 3 News reported on March, 6.

DB's put the price of all packaged beer up by five percent at the start of the month and increased the cost of tap beer by two percent.

Lion Nathan is making the same price hikes at the end of March.

Hospitality Association chief executive Bruce Robertson says producers should have waited until mid year when prices are usually adjusted.


06 March, 2009