2019年4月1日
Lion has snapped up trendy UK craft beer maker Magic Rock
Australasian food and beverage giant Lion has added another craft beer brand to its portfolio after acquiring Magic Rock, an eight-year-old brewer from the British town of Huddersfield.?The British craft beer market is one of world’s largest and fastest growing, with craft beers accounting for 6 per cent of total UK beer volumes and 5 per cent of global craft volumes, Lion said.
The Magic Rock beer is available in 25 countries and its four-year-old facility produces the equivalent of 2.7 million pints a year. This?acquisition would “introduce Magic Rock beers to a much wider audience” with the help of Lion, which has a division dedicated to taking local beers and ciders to international markets while growing its wine business in North America.
Lion, formerly known was Lion Nathan,?it has been battling a slowdown in the mainstream beer market, although it has been making strong headway in craft beer with brands including James Squire, Little Creatures and Furphy.
Women-only taxi app Shebah just broke Australia's crowdfunding record
Shebah, the women-only taxi app, reached its $3 million crowdfunding target on Sunday, becoming Australia’s new crowdfunding champion in the process.?Over 2,000 investors pumped between $100 and $1,000,000 into Shebah on the Birchal crowdfunding website.
Shebah wants to provide women with what it calls a safer alternative to platforms like Uber and Didi.?All of Shebah’s cars are driven by women and the service is exclusively for women and children passengers.?
After launching on International Women’s Day in March 2017, Shebah is already available in Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Hobart, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Adelaide and Perth, while Darwin will be active soon.?The Australian rideshare industry is worth $290 million and the taxi industry is valued at $6 billion, with the market growing at 14% year-on-year.
Miami's Ultra Music Festival is being called 'Fyre Fest 2.0'
Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida, was compared to the disastrous Fyre Festival after 50,000 people were left stranded on an island for hours due to transportation problems.?The festival, which kicked off on Friday and?cost $US400 for a three-day pass,?A long line for the event’s 200 shuttle buses left tens of thousands of concertgoers stuck on Virginia Key island for hours after the last show ended at 2 a.m.
Some people waited hours for the bus, while others walked or ran four miles across the Rickenbacker Causeway back to Miami.?The festival issued an apology on Twitter on Saturday, saying it was working to fix transportation issues for the rest of the weekend.
On Saturday the event ended with less disruption after officials reorganized traffic lines.
