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South African Breweries (SAB) bought Cervecer�a Hondure�a, the only brewer and largest soft drinks bottler in Honduras, from Dole for USD537 million. At the same time it is creating a joint venture with the Meza family in El Salvador to operate the La Constancia brewery and a Coca-Cola bottler.
SAB dominates the beer market in South Africa and most of Southern Africa as a whole. It also operates several breweries in Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic) and in China. Most of its breweries (except for China) are union organized, and the IUF South Africa affiliate FAWU, which is strongly organized at SAB in South Africa, plays a coordinating role for the IUF.
Cervecer�a Hondure�a has long been organized by the IUF affiliate STIBYS, which will now become part of the coordinated union effort within SAB.
However there are now reports in the financial press that Interbrew, a global brewer based in Belgium, is investigating the possibility of acquiring SAB. Since Interbrew is also active in Central and Eastern Europe, its acquisition of SAB could threaten the job security of brewery workers in that region.