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16 Feb. 2021 Switch to French for original article
The Brasserie Nationale described the year 2020 as a “annus horribilis” when it presented its annual figures last week. However, the current crisis hides a monopoly-like situation in a sector controlled by only two major players.
Luxembourg’s market is dominated by two players who share the Horeca market. To establish oneself in the country, an already existing ‘pub licence’ is required in order to be allowed to sell alcohol. The Luxembourg customs have announced that as of January 1 this year, there were 3,267 licences in the country. The figure varies very little because professionals have to get by with this fixed number of licences. The problem is that the Brasserie Nationale (Bofferding, Battin, Funck-Bricher) holds 517 ( ) licenses, they claimed during their press conference in early February to be in charge of 2.071 pubs in total, (thanks to their own licences and independantly owned licen