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title: "Heineken's annual profit beat expectations, but brewer sets slower 2026 growth forecast"
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description: "Heineken announced plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs globally and lowered its profit growth forecast for 2026, citing weak beer demand. The brewer reported a 4.4% increase in annual organic operating profit for 2025, exceeding expectations. However, it revised its 2026 profit growth forecast to between 2% and 6%, down from the previous 4% to 8% range. This strategy aims to achieve higher growth with fewer resources by 2030."
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# Heineken's annual profit beat expectations, but brewer sets slower 2026 growth forecast

LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Heineken said on Wednesday it would cut up to 6,000 jobs from ​its global workforce and set ‌lower expectations for profit growth in 2026 ⁠than a year earlier, as the Dutch ⁠brewer and its peers grapple ‌with weak ‌demand for beers.

The world's No.2 brewer by market ​value has promised ‌to deliver higher growth with fewer resources under a new strategy ​spanning the years ​until ‌2030.

This productivity drive would unlock significant savings and reduce its global head count ⁠by between 5,000 and 6,000 roles ⁠over the next two years, it added.

The news comes as the maker of Tiger and Amstel, alongside its ⁠namesake ‌lager, also reported forecast-beating annual ‌organic operating profit, which grew 4.4% ⁠in 2025 versus analyst expectations for 4% growth.

But it trimmed its growth expectations for 2026 versus a year earlier, saying it expected profits to grow between 2% and ​6%, rather than the 4% to 8% growth it guided for in 2025.

(Reporting ​by Emma Rumney; ‌Editing by Christopher Cushing and ​Clarence Fernandez)

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