Sweetening, Color, Flavor – New Ways to New Beverage Concepts at drinktec
Sweetening, color, flavor – molding these three essentials into the ideal triple harmony is one of the key challenges facing the food and beverage industry. (more…)
Korea’s beer market getting greater diversity
Choi Yun-lee, a 26-year-old office worker, likes drinking beer. When she does drink, usually two to three times a week, she makes it a point to try something different. (more…)
APB Commences Legal Proceedings Regarding Proposed Sale of Heineken-APB (China)
• Contesting summons served by DFH and initiates arbitration proceedings against NAC for various breaches of Joint Venture agreement
• China business remains on track with international premium strategy driving organic growth (more…)
Asahi closing in on 1 billion pounds StarBev deal – sources
Japanese brewer Asahi is finalising the purchase of eastern European brewer StarBev from private equity owner CVC Capital Partners CVC.UL in a deal likely to be worth around $3 billion (1 billion pounds), people familiar with the matter said. (more…)
Pouring New Life Into Light Beer, a $50 Billion Market
At a beer industry summit last month, Ed McBrien, distribution chief for MillerCoors, compared himself to a typewriter salesman in an iPad age. (more…)