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  Freddy Heineken
Alfred H. (Freddy) Heineken (November 4, 1923 - January 3, 2002) was a major stock holder and president of Heineken, the beer brewery bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken[?] in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
By the time of his resignation as chairman of the board in 1989 he had turned Heineken from a brand that was famous in the Netherlands to a brand that was famous all over the world.
Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur Ab Doderer were kidnapped in 1983 and released on a ransom of 35 million guilders (about 16 million Euros).
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 Wikinfo | Freddy Heineken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken, born November 4, 1923 in Amsterdam, Netherlands - died January 3, 2002 in Noordwijk, Netherlands, was a major stock holder and president of Heineken Breweries.
Under Freddy Heineken’s father, the family had lost control of the brewery bought in 1864 by his father Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur, Ab Doderer were kidnapped in 1983 and were held in separate cells in a deserted warehouse in the port of Amsterdam.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Freddy_Heineken   (533 words)

  
 Heineken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Het biermerk is ontstaan op 16 december 1863 toen de 22-jarige Gerard Adriaan Heineken de brouwerij 'De Hooiberg' in Amsterdam kocht.
Heineken is bier van lage gisting, ook wel benedengistend bier genoemd.
In 1998 werd 19 miljoen hectoliter Heineken gebrouwen.
www.guajara.com /wiki/nl/wikipedia/h/he/heineken.html   (193 words)

  
 Heineken Contact
The purchase of De Hooiberg was the birth of the firm of Heineken & Co.
Gerard Adriaan commissioned Dr. Elion, a pupil of Louis Pasteur, to isolate the Heineken A-yeast, which he succeeded in doing in 1886.
Heineken was the first brewer to export to the USA after the lifting of Prohibition in April 1933 and has built up a strong position in the US beer market.
www.heineken.com /usa/meta/faq.asp   (2158 words)

  
 Heineken Koozie
Heineken - Heineken (or Heineken Brouwerijen) is a Dutch beer brewer, established in 1864 when Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchased a brewery in Amsterdam.
Freddy Heineken - Alfred H. (Freddy) Heineken (November 4, 1923 - January 3 2002) was a major stock holder and president of Heineken, the beer brewery bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Heineken Cup - The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the Six Nations: England, France, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Italy.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken Brewery (Heineken Brouwerijen) is a Dutch brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam.
The Heineken company was founded in 1864 when the 22-year-old Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought brewery 'De Hooiberg' (the haystack) in Amsterdam.
Heineken is the main sponsor contemporary music festival Open'er Festival held in Gdynia, Poland that gathers: Hip hop music, Rock music and electronic music international stars.
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 CNN.com - Heineken chief dies - January 4, 2002
Alfred Henry Heineken, who was 78, died in the Dutch town of Noordwijk, the company Heineken NV said without revealing what caused his death.
Heineken started his career at the company, which was founded in 1864 by his grandfather, Gerard Adriaan Heineken, in June 1942.
Heineken retired as the head of Heineken Holding NV in November 2001 as The Netherlands' richest man with an estimated fortune of $3.6 billion.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/dutch.obit/index.html   (276 words)

  
 HEINEKEN
The Dutch Heineken NV Group is Europe's largest and the world's third largest brewery business measured by both market value and sales.
Heineken, which in Denmark comes in both bottles, cans and kegs, is a key strategic business partner of Royal Unibrew.
With Heineken included in our product portfolio, we are at the same time an international, national and regional provider of beer and soft drinks in Denmark.
www.royalunibrew.com /Default.aspx?ID=308   (151 words)

  
 Heineken cuts jobs in the Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken, which sells its flagship beer across the world under its well-known green label along with a variety of local brands, expects to recover the costs within three years.
In June, Heineken warned of flat profits in the first half due to problems such as general economic slowdown and the effects of the SARS outbreak on tourism and leisure activities.
Heineken has its roots in Amsterdam, where its founder Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought a brewery in 1864, but today it makes less than six percent of its beer in its home country.
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 Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam - Heineken
Among the breweries operated by Heineken are Cruzcampo in Spain, Asia Pacific Breweries, Birra Moretti in Italy, Brand Brewery in Holland and Ĺťywiec Brewery in Poland.
Heineken produces 122 million hectoliters of beer each year, making it the fourth biggest brewery in the world.
Heineken is one of the most popular foreign beer brands in the US today, and has a long history on that market.
www.europe-cities.com /amsterdam/sightseeing/heineken-brewery.aspx   (638 words)

  
 [Deathwatch] Alfred Henry ``Freddy'' Heineken, brewer, 78   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The brewery was founded by his grandfather, Gerard Adriaan Heineken, in 1864.
Heineken became a member of the brewery's management board in 1964 and served as CEO from 1971 to 1989.
Heineken was the richest man in the country with an estimated fortune of more than $3.6 billion, but that made him the target of criminals.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Heineken at Epinions.com
Heineken Dark is a beer I’ve tasted in the past but haven’t seen for a while.
Perhaps Gerard was getting ready for me. In any event, a new brewery was constructed in 1868 in Amsterdam, and a year later Heineken beer became the famous lager we know today.
Heineken Lager is light golden in color, highly carbonated and produces a large foamy head with even a careful pour.
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 Heineken Contact
In Europe Heineken is the leading brewer with leading positions in the Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Poland, France, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Macedonia Skopje.
Heineken is also present in all other European countries, dominating the premium segment.
Heineken is the number two brewery group in this continent.
www.heineken.com /global/meta/faq.asp   (1259 words)

  
 Heineken
Heineken (or Heineken Brouwerijen) is a Dutch beer brewer, established in 1864 when Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchased a brewery in Amsterdam.
Heineken is consistently one of the top-selling imported beers in the United States.
The Heineken brewery is owner of brands like Heineken (5 percent alcohol by volume), Amstel (5 percent) and Buckler (0.5 percent).
www.governpub.com /Bee-H/Heineken.php   (293 words)

  
 Reviews on Heineken Premium Look at tests, reports and read reviews: dooyoo.co.uk
Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought the Stadhouderskade Brewery in Amsterdam in 1863 when he was only 22 years old.
Heineken is a beer that leaves a taste in your mouth that, well, isn't very nice.
Heineken from Holland is a well trusted lager that is brewed with an appeal to the international market place.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /drinks/heineken-premium/reviews   (619 words)

  
 Freddy Heineken - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
By the time of his resignation as chairman of the board in 1989 he had turned Heineken from a brand that was famous in the Netherlands to a brand that was famous world wide.
The first three served their prison term in the Netherlands, but Meijer escaped and lived in Paraguay for years, until he was discovered and imprisoned there.
Freddy Heineken married Lucille Cummins, an American from a Kentucky family of bourbon whiskey distillers.
www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Freddy_Heineken   (218 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller-Times / Heineken marks 125th anniversary as global giant
Heineken decided to market the family recipe outside of the Netherlands, and today Heineken NV is the world's second-largest brewer after U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch.
Gerard Adriaan Heineken was succeeded by his son, Henry Pierre, who then passed the chairmanship on to his son, Freddy.
In 1983, Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur were kidnapped outside his Amsterdam office and held for three weeks until the Heineken family paid a ransom of $11.6 million.
www.caller2.com /busarch/bus3535.html   (716 words)

  
 houblon.net - "The House That Freddy Built"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken was built by his grandfather, Gerard Adriaan Heineken, who in 1864 bought out a four-century-old Amsterdam brewery.
While Heineken remains the flagship brand, middle-market Amstel and its sister Amstel Light have carved important niches in places like Greece and the U.S. A bon vivant who piloted his own plane and hosted the Dutch royal family aboard his yacht, Something Cool, Freddy had an adman’s pizzazz.
It was he who decided to dress Heineken in green — rather than the customary brown — and tip the "e"s slightly, to give the label a more friendly look.
www.houblon.net /article.php3?id_article=440   (687 words)

  
 Heineken's Seeing Green - Barron's Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken (ticker: HEIA) are up 36% this year, to a recent 36.43 euros, while the company's American depositary receipts (HINKY) are up 45%, to $23.10.
Heineken is the third-largest brewer in Russia, behind Sweden's Baltic Beverages Holding and InBev.
Heineken, which has a deal with Mexico's FEMSA to sell Tecate, Dos Equis and other brands, is the largest importer of beer to the U.S. Heineken lager volume is up 11% so far this year, as the white-hot success of Premium Light created the halo effect for which management has been hoping.
online.barrons.com /public/article/SB115836922391665202-WlEST6WVJwIn6aWTpfWAb_6IUmM_20061017.html?mod=9_0002_b_free_features   (2280 words)

  
 Brand profile - Heineken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken started as a family beer business in 1864, when Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought a brewery in the heart of Amsterdam.
Over the past 140 years, three generations of the Heineken family have built and expanded the company and the brand in Europe and around the world.
Heineken owns 50.05% stake in Nigerian based Consolidated Breweries and 54.2% controlling stake in the premium-orientated Nigerian Breweries Plc, which has a 56% market share in Nigeria with volumes in 2003 of 5.7 million hectoliters.
www.alderstuff.com /bs/general/wk43/heineken_Bprofiles.asp   (716 words)

  
 Uni Group
Gerard Adriaan Heineken, age 22, bought a brewery “De Hooleberg”, the biggest in Amsterdam at that time, founded in 1572, and named it “Heineken and Co.”.
His approach was accepted and continued by Alfred H. Heineken, who has been at the head of the company since 1950.
With a combination of natural ingredients and high technology during the traditional process of beer fermentation, a glass of perfect Heineken beer is created, having the same, excellent quality, no matter where you drink it – at home, in the restaurant, in Holland – or somewhere else in the world.
www.uni-group.co.yu /heineken_e.htm   (437 words)

  
 just-drinks.com Factsheet on Heineken
Heineken is one of the largest brewers in the world.
Heineken has its roots in Amsterdam, where Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchased a brewery in 1864.
Heineken Holding N.V. is concerned primarily with safeguarding the long-term continuity, independence and stability of Heineken's activities.
www.just-drinks.com /factsheet.aspx?id=10   (459 words)

  
 November
In December 1863 Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought the brewery Hooiberg” and Heineken was founded.
Heineken is the second largest Brewery in the world and produces more than 80 million hectoliters under the supervision of Heineken.
Heineken is the most popular beer in the Netherlands because of its beautiful taste that will never bore you.
members.fortunecity.com /efinsider/nov2003/dutch_beer.htm   (608 words)

  
 Freddy Heineken, who made green-bottle beer famous, dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heineken NV didn't reveal the cause of death and said the former CEO's funeral will be private.
Heineken's family will retain his controlling stake in the brewery, which trails only Anheuser Busch and Interbrew in terms of size.
Heineken's been was more expensive, but it didn't hurt its popularity.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/53272_heineken04.shtml   (468 words)

  
 Brian's Belly - The Beer Belly: Heineken Special Dark
Heineken, in general, is one of my imported "fall-back" beers...
The Heineken website has a rather extensive timeline of what the brewery has been doing oh, these 400 years...
Heineken prescribes not less than 10,000 hectoliters of Heineken beer to the fair-goers.
www.briansbelly.com /beerbelly/heinekendark.shtml   (884 words)

  
 Heineken
Heineken Brewery (Heineken Brouwerijen) was founded in 1863 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam.
It has become a global beer brand and a name associated with huge sponsorship events almost bigger than the beer it actually produces.
It is the forth largest brewing group in the world and owns breweries in many different countries producing both the Heineken brand and other well known beers.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /beerglasscollector/Heineken.htm   (75 words)

  
 Mundo Das Marcas: Heineken - A Terra é Verde
A história da Heineken começou em 1863, quando Gerard Adriaan Heineken comprou a cervejaria De Hooiberg, a maior da cidade de Amsterdã, fundada no século 16.
Essa iniciativa era radicalmente contra a orientação da Heineken, que sempre insistiu que seu sabor único não deveria ser alterado para agradar ao gosto local.
Em 1985, a empresa apresentou a “Heineken Special Export” que, de acordo com o posicionamento da Heineken em outros mercados internacionais, é promovida como uma cerveja premium, vendida a um preço também premium.
www.mundodasmarcas.blogspot.com /2006/05/heineken-terra-verde.html   (593 words)

  
 Realbeer.com: Beer News: Freddy Heineken dies
The former head of the world's third biggest brewer, Heineken, died in his home in the seaside town of Noordwijk, the company said.
Heineken's family will retain his controlling stake in the brewery.
Heineken's green bottles were more expensive than the alternative, but it didn't hurt their popularity.
www.realbeer.com /news/articles/news-001645.php   (284 words)

  
 Diversity is the expected thing at Heineken USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1863 Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchased the brewery and gave it the Heineken name.
Heineken imports and distributes in the U.S., but “No brewing is done here,” says Art Masarky, director of human resources and diversity.
Computer technology is a recent arrival at Heineken, but the firm has made significant forays into the high-tech world.
www.diversitycareers.com /articles/pro/feb-mar-02/heineken.htm   (706 words)

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