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Beer giant offloads breweries for £2bn

The world’s biggest brewer is selling its operations in nine eastern European countries to a private equity firm in another sign the industry’s giants want to focus their attention on emerging markets, in which beer drinking is on the increase.

Anheuser-Busch InBev said it had agreed to sell breweries including the Staropramen plant in the Czech Republic to CVC Capital Partners for up to $3.3bn (£2bn).