THE HAGUE, The Netherlands: Dutch brewer Heineken said on Monday that price increases it made to counter the impact of soaring inflation had battered beer sales and pushed down profits in the first half of the year.

Net profit slumped 8.6 percent to 589 million euros ($649 million), as beer volumes fell 5.6 percent from the same period last year.

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