Overview
- Damm UK disclosed Tuesday it will buy Old Speckled Hen from Greene King, with the beers set to remain on UK supermarket shelves.
- Brewing will stay at Greene King’s Westgate Brewery during a handover before moving to Damm’s Eagle Brewery in Bedford.
- Greene King will step back from brewing for supermarkets as it refocuses on pubs, and it plans a new £40 million Bury St Edmunds brewery for summer 2027.
- Jobs at Westgate face uncertainty because the site is expected to close after production shifts to Bedford, and the company has not given numbers.
- The deal extends Damm’s UK push after investing in the Bedford plant, and it follows a trend of British beer brands moving to overseas owners.