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Delta Corporation faces labour challenges in South Africa
Zimbabwean beverage giant, Delta Corporation, is experiencing contrasting fortunes in its regional markets after it battled labour disruptions in South Africa and recorded brisk business for its lager...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Zimra, Delta in fresh spat over taxes
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is demanding an additional US$73 million in tax from Delta Corporation Limited, escalating tensions between the tax agency and one of the country's largest corpo...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 21:04hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans set new beer consumption record
Zimbabweans consumed a staggering 2.66 million hectolitres of lager beer in 2024, marking a notable increase from previous years, according to newly released figures from Delta Corporation, the countr...Published: 17 May 2025 at 16:54hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Delta highlights Zimbabwe's economic
Delta Corporation, Zimbabwe's leading brewer and soft drinks manufacturer, has painted a stark picture of the nation's economy, highlighting its persistent fragility despite signs of resilience in con...Published: 16 May 2025 at 15:03hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Delta tax burden could soar to US$329m
Beverage giant Delta Corporation Limited risks a staggering US$329 million tax liability for its financial year ended March 31, 2025, if it loses ongoing court appeals against additional tax assessmen...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:32hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tops in beer drinkers' survey
ZIMBABWE has been ranked one of the countries with a high alcohol consumption rate per capita, according to the latest survey.According to a survey by Wise Voter, an individual Zimbabwean cons...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:33hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Scud to be revived
LISTED beverages producer, Delta Corporation Limited has said it is planning to revive its Scud beer brand to cover supply gaps on the market."There are ongoing efforts to optimise the availab...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lager beer production seen up 11%
DELTA Beverages says its lager beer portfolio is performing ahead of prior year, with a target to produce more than two million hectolitres this year, up 11% compared to prior year.Last year, ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Delta launch Sable Lager
DELTA Beverages have committed to partner with the Zimbabwe Rugby Union following the launch of a new beer — Sable Lager. Speaking during the launch on Friday evening, Delta Lagers Marketing...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranked second least happy country in the world
The 2021 World Happiness Report is out, and Zimbabwe ranked one step above Afghanistan, the world’s unhappiest country in the world. A total of 149 countries made the pool of countries that were ran...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 20:02hrs | 2 | by Tafara Mtutu
Delta lager volumes up 48%
Delta Corporation reported a buoyant Christmas quarter with the key lager beer volumes rising 48% against the comparable year ago period, due to positives arising from the payment of end of year bonus...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Retailers reel under diminished demand
RETAIL outlets and corporates are reeling from a major reduction in sales volumes with some facing closure as a result of shrinking disposable income due to a weakened local currency and impact of the...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The mantra customer is king matters no more
As I saw it, TM Chadcombe bottle store has been closed for the whole of past week, reason given, licencing issues. Where two elephants fight the ants will suffer, we the consumers and resident...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Tondo
I downed a quart of beer without paying
What a great sigh of relief, my favourite Lion Lager beer is now retailing at 6 RTGS a quart from OK outlets. I could not help it but smile as I walked with a spring in my step towards the Liquor Corn...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa
Delta slashes soft drink prices
LISTED beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation, has slashed retail prices for its soft drinks which have been in short supply in the market in the past months. The move is likely to excite consumers...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Delta Corp volumes drop on price hikes
BEVERAGES producer, Delta Corporation, has recorded subdued volume performance for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 amid declining demand due to price increases. In a trading update for the pe...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta explains price reviews
LISTED beverages company, Delta Corporation, has outlined reasons behind the recently effected price increase on assorted soft drinks and beer. Amongst the reasons Delta is citing runaway oper...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
AB InBev gives Delta breathing space
Delta Corporation's anchor shareholder, AB InBev, will place over $120 million in unremitted dividends and fees in Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) savings bonds thereby reducing pressure on the demand ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet's ZSE market value hits $4bn
Telecoms giant, Econet is now the largest company again on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by market value at $4 billion, replacing Delta Corporation Limited. Econet now accounts for 19 perc...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Delta hikes beer prices
Beverages giant, Delta Corporation, yesterday announced new recommended wholesale and retail prices for its clear beer products that are sold across the country, a move that has resulted in a 25 perce...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beer drinkers must think long and hard
Following the announcement by Delta Corporation Limited — the Zimbabwean company part owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev — to only accept hard currency for its beverages, it appears the future of beer ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beer prices up +100%
Beer drinkers may now need to think twice before downing the so-called wise waters.This follows the steep increase in the price of clear beer – by more than 100 percent – hours after Delta...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga power: Delta reverses forex decision
Delta Corporation has reversed a decision to sell its products in foreign currency after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday assured the beverage manufacturer it would provide the forex requi...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Minister to meet Delta over US dollar prices
DELTA Corporation yesterday said it would start selling all its products in foreign currency with effect from tomorrow, a decision described by the Government as unacceptable and illegal. Anal...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Delta sweats over beer supplies
DELTA Corporation Limited, Zimbabwe's largest beverage marker, is making frantic efforts to ensure the availability of all its assortment of lager beers in the wake of the prevailing foreign currency ...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta Corporation post $57 million profit in the interim period
DELTA Corporation Limited posted a profit of $57,2 million in the six month period ended September 30, from the $32,3 million recorded last year due to a firm consumer demand. Revenue grew by 37% to $...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube fails to douse the fire
Jittery Zimbabweans say Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's humiliating back pedalling on Friday - on his much-criticised two cents per transacted dollar tax - was "too little, too late" because the count...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Disciplining drunken friend turns tragic
Police in Marondera have arrested four men for allegedly killing their friend using a fan belt and switches as punishment for getting too drunk to walk.Tendai Nyanhi (35), Kenneth Kalongona (2...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Private sector could demand salary hike
The civil service salary increment may prompt workers in the private sector to demand pay hikes, according to analysts at IH Securities. Earlier this year, the Government increased civil serva...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta bemoans forex shortages
Beverages giant, Delta Corporation Limited has said foreign currency shortages continue to have a knock on effect on its business especially packaging material, although earnings were positive in the ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta revenue jumps 40%
DELTA Corporation Limited has reported a 40% increase in revenue as a result of an upsurge in all its beverage categories which was driven by higher consumer demand during the first quarter of the yea...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer, soft drinks shortage looms this festive season
HARARE - The good cheer that normally comes with the festive season risks being dampened by shortages of beer and soft drinks because of serious constraints in the supply chain, the Daily News reporte...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Delta to complete Natbrew Zambia acquisition next year
DELTA Corporation Limited says the transaction for the acquisition of National Brewery Zambia (Natbrew) is expected to be completed by March next year as the beverages maker consolidates its position ...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta - Coca Cola bottling discussions progressing slower than expected
Local beverage maker, Delta Corporation says discussions with Coca Cola Company's (TCCC) intention to terminate bottling of Coca Cola beverages are progressing slower than anticipated.Delta is...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 11:46hrs | 2 | by Takudzwa Chiwara
No beer price hikes
DELTA Beverages has warned its suppliers to carefully manage their value chain and desist from the temptation to hike prices.In a memo sent out by the company's Supply Chain director Cynthia M...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans consume more beer despite economic crunch
Zimbabweans are consuming more beer despite a biting economic crunch, with Delta Corporation - the associate unit of AB InBev - this week saying that lager beer volumes for the half year to June went ...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Business Report
Sex, hunger and despair
It was a Wednesday night at the Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) in Harare's Southerton area.A cold breeze swept through the cluttered makeshift shelters and vending sites constructed along t...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Delta blames floods for revenue drop
The heavy rains that pounded the country early this year has been blamed by Beverage giant Delta Corporation for a 15 % drop in revenue for the fourth quarter to March 31.Delta said the ...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 11:23hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Contaminated beer cause outcry
THERE is an outcry among imbibers at several outlets in Mutare over some noticeable foreign objects or substances being found in green bottled beer in recent weeks.A check by this newspape...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man tries con with bearer cheque
A MAN (25) from Gweru was dragged to court after he allegedly tried to buy a beer using a defunct Z$5 bearer cheque, claiming it was the new bond note.Modify Chari of Mkoba 16 suburb in Gw...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages feel economic pinch
Delta Beverages suffered a 8% revenue drop for the six months as economic pressures continue to dog the economy.In an update for the second quarter to September 30 out Monday, Delta said sorgh...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 13:46hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Delta Corporation revenue slide further
Most locals seem to have cut down on beer consumption as Delta Corporation revenue continue to drop with each passing quarter.On Wednesday it reported an 11 percent decline in revenue in the f...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 05:16hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Delta's 1Q revenue drops 6%
DELTA Corporation, Zimbabwe's largest beverages company said revenue for the quarter ended March dropped 6 percent and 7 percent for the full year due to changes in portfolio mix and price moderations...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Business Reporter
Delta suffer revenue losses as customers switch to cheaper products
BEVERAGES manufacturer- Delta Corporation suffered a 14% drop in revenue in the last three months of 2015 In its trading update released today (Monday) , Delta attributed the ...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 10:06hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Declining volumes dent Delta's profits
Beverages producer Delta Corporation has reported a 19 percent decline in after tax profit to $35,7 million for the half-year to September 30 on the back of declining volumes across all its segments....Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta pulls out of the annual Lion Lager Summer Beer Festival
Delta Beverages has pulled the plug on the annual Lion Lager Summer Beer Festival. Information obtained by this publication reveals that the popular beer festival will not be held this year as the bev...Published: 27 Sep 2015 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Prince Mushawevato
Delta Beverages continues to register a decline in volumes
Beverages maker Delta continues to register a decline in volumes as the slowdown in the economy takes its toll on the company's performance.Revenue for the year ended March 2015 was down 4 per...Published: 13 May 2015 at 18:15hrs | | by Rumbidzai Zinyuke
Delta lager beer volumes fall by 17%
BEVERAGE giant Delta Corporation says lager volumes for the year ended 31 March 2015 fell 17% year-on-year due to depressed consumer demand, while revenue for the year dropped by 6%. Sparkling bevera...Published: 14 Apr 2015 at 16:21hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Delta's revenue drops 10%
Delta's revenue for the third quarter to December is down 10%. In a trading update, Delta indicated that the performance is reflective of the subdued consumer spending during the traditio...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 20:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer prices to drop from tomorrow
Beer consumers have received an early New Year's gift following Delta Beverages announcement that starting on Monday beer prices will go down in line with the reduction in excise duty on clear beer a...Published: 28 Dec 2014 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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