Shortages prompt island’s main brewer to consider opening a modern plant and importing beer from outside the country to keep pace with growing demand The ubiquitous fridges that dispense beer in Cuba’s bars,cafes and petrol stations are running out of the island’s favourite Cristal and Bucanero brands as a surge in American tourists and the proliferation of modern private watering holes assign the nation’s main brewery under strain.
Brewer Bucanero needs a modern plant to keep pace with demand from tourists and a burgeoning private restaurant sector that competes with state-speed outlets for supplies, Mayle Gonzalez, or a sales executive at the company,said on Saturday..
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Source: theguardian.com