Modern brewery set to cut costs

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MOLSON COORS BREWING CO. $81 (New York symbol TAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 215.3 million; Market cap: $17.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) is the world’s third-largest brewer. Its main brands include Molson Canadian (Canada), Coors Light (the U.S.) and Carling (the U.K.). The company will now build a new brewery in Montreal to replace its current 231-year-old facility. It’s on a different site, which Molson plans to redevelop as a microbrewery and retail outlet. However, it will sell most of the property to help offset the costs of the new facility. Construction is set to begin in 2018, with operations to start in 2021.The new brewery will cost roughly $500 million (Canadian). Molson Coors is a buy. buy…