Mahou San Miguel, the 100% family-owned Spanish brewer, and the industry leader in Spain, announces the best-ever full-year results in the company’s history. Mahou San Miguel’s turnover increased by +3.6% in 2016 to €1.22bn (£1.03bn), the highest figure ever reached. It has also seen significant rise in its EBITDA which stood at €264.9m (£223m), +2% from 2015, while volume sales grew by +3.9% to 16 million hectolitres, of which 13.5% correspond to beer and 2.5% to water and soft drinks. Mahou San Miguel continued to establish a strong position in export markets, with a presence in over 70 countries. The UK remains Mahou San Miguel’s key export market, with more than 1,000,000 hectolitres sold in 2016 – a +9% rise from the previous year. In 2016, Mahou San Miguel increased its global investments to €77.7m and increased its international team by +32%. Mahou San Miguel has been operating in the UK for over 25 years and has secured a strong position in the market, tripling its volume sales in the past decade. With four key brands available in the UK – San Miguel, Mahou, Alhambra and Solán de Cabras – the company has developed a strong distribution network of more than 25,000 taps in the on-trade and a 98% availability in the off-trade.

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