(FILES) A view of Heineken beer bottles on a conveyor belt at the Heineken brewery in Mons-en-Baroeul, run by the Heineken France group, on April 2, 2014. Heineken reported on August 5, 2026, that profits grew in the first half of the year, as the world's second-largest brewer pursues a restructuring plan that includes the arrival of a new chief executive in October. Net profit rose 10.2 percent on like-for-like comparisons that strip out the impacts of acquisitions or sales, to 1.26 billion euros ($1.45 billion). (Photo by Philippe HUGUEN / AFP via Getty Images)