The Chinese Tsingtao tops import beer sales in Korea

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The Chinese beer Tsingtao has emerged as the No. 1 import brand in Korea at a leading supermarket chain, industry data showed Friday, amid the rising popularity of Chinese cuisine in the country. (more…)

Japan. With SABMiller deal, Asahi helps rival out of a jam

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Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire some operations from U.K.-based brewer SABMiller in a deal that could smooth the way for a much larger transaction between SABMiller and Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev. (more…)

Japan. Brewer Asahi tries to make splash in big pond

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Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings is diving into Europe in hopes of instantly enlarging its presence in an ever-consolidating global beer market.

The purveyor of Super Dry has offered to buy not one but four brewers and beer distributors owned by SABMiller for a total of 2.55 billion euros ($2.85 billion), it said on Wednesday. (more…)

Japan. Asahi offers over 400bn yen for Peroni, Grolsch

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Asahi Group Holdings is offering a little over 400 billion yen ($3.48 billion) to purchase two European beer brands from SABMiller, proposing the biggest-ever overseas acquisition by a Japanese beer company. (more…)

Asian giants still in running for beer brands

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Asahi and Thai Beverage, the maker of Chang beer, were notified this week that they had qualified for the next round of bidding in Anheuser-Busch InBev’s €2.5 billion auction of the Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime beer brands. (more…)