Beer

Mixed Picture For Italian Drinks Industry In 2016

In 2016, the Italian drinks industry was penalised by a less favourable summer season, resulting in a 0.5% drop in sales, in volume terms. On a positive...

UK Beer Exports To China Rose 500% Over 2016

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed that beer exports to China and India have boomed by 500% and 417% respectively. The industry &n...

Heineken Announces Plans To Purchase Brasil Kirin Holding

Drinks giant Heineken has announced it is to purchase Brasil Kirin Holding S.A., the Brazil-based arm of Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings Company. The com...

Carlsberg Said To Weigh Bid For $1.2 Billion Tsingtao Stake

Carlsberg A/S, the Danish beermaker, is weighing the purchase of a 20 percent stake in China’s Tsingtao Brewery Co., people familiar with the matter...

Brewer Carlsberg Posts 2% Increase In Sales In Full-Year 2016

Danish brewer Carlsberg has posted a 2% organic increase in revenue for full-year 2016, according to results posted this morning, of DKK 62.6 billion (arou...

Asahi Looks at China Beer Exit After Tsingtao Disappointment

For a foreign brewer hoping to gain an edge in the Chinese market, it seemed like the ideal alliance: Japan’s largest beermaker teaming up with one o...

Asahi Said To Select Morgan Stanley To Sell Tsingtao Holding

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., the largest Japanese beermaker, picked Morgan Stanley to advise on the potential sale of its minority stake in China’s Tsi...

Ardagh Group To Bottle New Glarus Brewing Creations

Packaging company Ardagh Group has announced that it will produce glass bottles for the New Glarus Brewing Company, based in Wisconsin. The bottles will...