China. AB InBev developing non-beer beverage categories

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Over the years, Anheuser-Busch InBev has achieved a lot in the Chinese beer market. The company believes that they should go beyond the beer the time has come to ¬explore new directions of the alcohol industry. (more…)

What Indians want more – Beer, Whisky or Rum?

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When it comes to alcoholic beverages, Indians prefer Beer over Whisky or Rum.

According to Goonj India Index 2015 report made exclusively available to Zeenews.com, Beer tops the list of alcoholic beverages followed by Wine, Vodka, Absinthe and Champagne in the first five spots. (more…)

Thai Beverage has 600 million reasons to be excited about ASEAN

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Since its hard-fought acquisition of Singaporean beverage conglomerate Fraser and Neave in 2013, Thai Beverage has kept a relatively low profile in the M&A world. But while the company behind the Chang beer and other brands may not have made any headline-grabbing takeovers since then, it has by no means lost momentum. (more…)

China. Craft Brewing in Hong Kong Draws on Local Flavors

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Rohit Dugar is a humble man. So when he opened a bottle of Tàisuì and offhandedly said, “There’s almost no beer like this in the world,” he wasn’t bragging about his creation. He was merely stating a fact. (more…)

Global burger chains add fizz to draw Indian consumers

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Mc Donald’s position as the market leader in burgers may soon get threatened as new international chains such as Wendy’s and Carl’s Jr are seeking revenues through more enticing categories like beer and wine to go with their burgers. (more…)

Vietnam. The government increases the excise tax on beer

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Since January 2016, the prices of beer in the dealer networks and retail stores in Vietnam have increased sharply. The reason for this jump was the introduction on 1January 2016 of a new special consumption tax (SCT). (more…)

Vietnam. Foreign brewers are crowding out local producers

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Despite the fact that in 2015 Sabeco produced 1.38 billion liters of beer, the experts say very little growth of the company. Meanwhile, Heineken was able, for the very first time, to outstrip Habeco and to take the second place in the beer market of Vietnam. (more…)