Pressure and fiscal instability in Vanuatu could not allow a Vanuatu beer company to invest on its can production line in Vanuatu because the can production line alone is costly.
The cost of production alone by Vanuatu Brewing Ltd (VBL) appropriately VT125million ($F2.47m). (more…)
The Beer Cafe, a leading Indian beer chain, has opened a new branch in Mumbai’s Anup Market neighborhood, offering what it calls “the holy trinity of good food, great tunes and the best brews.” (more…)
On 24 March, the Xinhua News Agency released an annual report “Food Brand Reputation 2015”. Tsingtao Beer, Snow Beer and Yanjing received the highest index IWOM among beer brands. (more…)
Although Dutch brewer Heineken is the biggest stakeholder in United Breweries, joint venture partner Vijay Mallya has the right to choose his successor as chairman of the company, according to the terms of a 2009 agreement. That will need to be amended if Heineken wants to pick its own nominee, said several people aware of the matter. (more…)
According to Jeff Wu, Marketing Director of TAP Group, in 2015, the Thailand beer market grew by 1.3% by volume compared to 2014. The share of beer premium segment, where Heineken trademark is available, continued to account for 96% of the market. (more…)
Since April 2015 sales of alcoholic beverages in kiosks or minimarkets in Indonesia are forbidden. Previously, light alcoholic beverages, such as beer or breezers, could be bought in these shops that have mushroomed in Indonesian cities. This was bad news for producers of light alcoholic beverages because it was made less easy to buy an alcoholic beverage. (more…)
World of Beer, the Tampa-based craft tavern concept featuring 550+ craft and international beers, today announced it has signed a franchise agreement to expand internationally for the first time. The new tavern will be located in Shanghai, China and is slated to open in the second quarter of this year. Franchisee Cong Yin and his two partners plan to open at least three locations in Shanghai over the next three years. (more…)
The Karnataka High Court today adjourned till April 11 the hearing of a two-and-a-half-year-old winding up petition against United Breweries Holdings Limited, the company controlled by Vijay Mallya. (more…)
One of the leaders of the China’s brewing industry the Snow Beer company plans to build a brewery with an area of 300 hectares in Long Lane city. The conditions of the future construction were agreed on 22 March with officials from the Department of Reform and Development of the Qiannan region, Guangzhou Province. (more…)
As the mercury soared to above 38 degree Celsius in the city, sale of beers is set to rise as well.
Officials from the department of prohibition and excise are hoping that an average of nearly 2,500 to 3,000 beer cases will be sold daily in the city during the summer as against the average daily sale of 2,000 beer cases during the rest of the year. (more…)
