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Australia: AB InBev sells Australia unit to Asahi

July 22, 2019
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Alcoholic Drinks, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East & Africa

AB InBev, the world-leading brewer, has announced it has agreed to divest Carlton & United Breweries to Japanese beermaker Asahi for an enterprise value of A$16 billion ($11.3 billion). As part of the transaction, AB InBev said it would grant Asahi the rights to commercialize the portfolio of AB InBev’s global and international brands in Australia. The majority of the proceeds from the sale will be used to pay down …

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Italy: Peroni invests €13 million in new bottling plant

July 18, 2019
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Alcoholic Drinks, Europe, Manufacture & Distribution

Peroni, the Italian beer firm now owned by Asahi, has announced it has invested €13 million ($14.6 million) to open a new line at its bottling plant in the southern Italian city of Bari. The company said recent investments at the site had allowed it to surpass volumes of 1.8 million hectolitres in 2018, representing an increase of 5.7% on 2017. Commenting on the investment, Bari plant director Michele Cason …

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UK: Fuller’s to be acquired by Asahi

January 25, 2019
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Alcoholic Drinks, Europe, Mergers & Acquisitions, Non-Alcoholic Drinks

Fuller’s, the UK beermaker, has announced it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its entire beer business to the European division of Japanese drinks giant Asahi for an enterprise value of £250 million on a debt free, cash free basis. The business being sold comprises the entirety of Fuller’s beer, cider and soft drinks brewing and production, wine wholesaling, as well as distribution, and also includes the Griffin Brewery, …

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China: Asahi to sell stake in Tsingtao Brewery

January 2, 2018
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Alcoholic Drinks, Asia Pacific, Mergers & Acquisitions

Asahi, the Japanese drinks giant, has announced that it is selling its 20% stake in Chinese beermaker Tsingtao Brewery in a deal worth about $941 million. The group first announced that it was looking to sell its holding in Tsingtao Brewery in October 2017. An 18% stake is being sold to the Chinese conglomerate Fosun for about $847 million, while Tsingtao Brewery itself will pay about $94 million for the …

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Japan: Asahi mulling sale of stake in Tsingtao Brewery

October 13, 2017
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Alcoholic Drinks, Asia Pacific, Mergers & Acquisitions

Japan-based drinks firm Asahi has announced its intention to sell part or all of its 20% stake in Tsingtao Brewery, the second-largest beer maker in China, for around $1.2 billion. The stake was originally acquired by Asahi in 2009 from Belgium-based beermaker AB InBev for around $666 million. Asahi has been shedding a number of its assets in Asian markets in order to refocus on the  growth of its overseas …

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Japan: Asahi expands Wonda brand with coffee jelly drink

August 8, 2017
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Asia Pacific, Non-Alcoholic Drinks, Products

Leading beverage maker Asahi has announced the launch of a new coffee jelly drink under the long established coffee brand Wonda. The new Wonda Shake Jelly Coffee is presented in a plastic bottle and is sold with a separate sachet of milk powder that is designed to be mixed into the drink before being consumed. In this way consumers are said to be able to ‘customise’ the ‘milkiness’ of the …

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Japan: Asahi launches new spirits brands

May 19, 2017
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Alcoholic Drinks, Asia Pacific, Food

Japan based beverage maker Asahi has unveiled two new “innovative” spirits brands in Japan under the brand name Coffey. The “premium” brands, to be available from June, are Coffey Gin and Coffey Vodka, sold under the Nikka brand. Both are said to have been distilled in a “Coffey still”, which is claimed to be”a very traditional and rare patent Nikka still imported from Scotland in 1963″. Coffey Gin is said …

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Japan: Wakodo launches new baby food brand

March 1, 2017
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Asia Pacific, Food, Products

Leading Japanese baby food manufacture Wakodo, part of the Asahi group, has launched a new brand called Rakuraku Manma (Easy Food). The brand offers two dried noodle products to support mothers to reduce the time it takes to cook baby food. Claimed to be “easy to scoop”, the noodles are pre-cut into 1cm lengths, reportedly making them easier for babies to eat and more convenient for mothers since the cooking time is shorter than regular noodles. …

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China: Carlsberg looking at acquiring Asahi’s Tsingtao stake – reports

February 9, 2017
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Asia Pacific, Mergers & Acquisitions

Carlsberg, the Danish brewer, is said to be weighing up a move for Asahi’s stake in Chinese beermaker Tsingtao, according to a Bloomberg report quoting “people familiar with the matter”. Asahi, the leading Japanese beer producer, acquired its 20% stake in Tsingtao in 2009. Bloomberg estimates the value of the stake to be around S1.2 billion. Tsingtao, China’s second biggest domestic beer producer, faces stiff competition from major players such …

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Japan: Asahi set to bid for SABMiller’s Eastern Europe brands – reports

October 12, 2016
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Alcoholic Drinks, Asia Pacific, Mergers & Acquisitions

Japanese beverage giant Asahi is set to table a bid in the order of ¥500 billion ($4.87 billion) to acquire brewer SABMiller’s assets in eastern Europe, according to reports in Nikkei and Beverage Daily. The brands to be sold include Pilsner Urquell in Czech Republic, Tyskie and Lech in Poland, Dreher in Hungary, Topvar in Slovakia and Ursus in Romania. In April 2016, Asahi also agreed a deal to purchase …

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Japan: Asahi launches Wilkinson Dry Cola

June 29, 2016
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Asia Pacific, Non-Alcoholic Drinks, Products

Japan-based beverage multinational Asahi is to expand its Wilkinson brand of carbonated soft drink range, first introduced in 1904, by introducing a new Dry Cola flavour. Tagged “Carbonation X Cola”, the new variety offers “a new type of stimulation” by combining strong carbonation and “polished” water with a dry cola flavour. The flavour and strong carbonation is enhanced by a sharp, non-sweet aftertaste that provides a refreshing effect, the company says.. …

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Japan: Asahi and Calpis brands in drinks collaboration

June 14, 2016
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Asia Pacific, Non-Alcoholic Drinks, Products

Asahi, the Japanese drinks firm, is to launch a second edition of its Oishi Mizu Plus (Tasty Water Plus) line in collaboration with Calpis, a brand it acquired in 2012. The new bottled water features the same lactic acid bacteria used in Calpis dairy drinks,  which is claimed to offer natural sweetness and obviate the need for artificial sweeteners. Said to be processed using Asahi’s original “clear water method” to …

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Japan: Asahi mulling offer for Peroni and Grolsch – reports

January 12, 2016
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Alcoholic Drinks, Asia Pacific, Mergers & Acquisitions

Leading Japanese beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings is planning to make an offer to buy European beer brands Grolsch and Peroni, according to reports in Yomiuri and the Japan News. In November, it was reported that AB InBev was giving consideration to a disposal of Peroni and Grolsch in order to head off possible competition concerns over its takeover of SABMiller. A deal between Asahi and AB InBev for the …

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Australia: Asahi acquires Mountain Goat

October 2, 2015
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Alcoholic Drinks, Asia Pacific, Mergers & Acquisitions

Japanese beer company Asahi has furthered its interest in the craft beer sector with the acquisition of  100% of the Australian brewer Mountain Goat. Launched in 1997 by Cam Hines and David Bonighton, Mountain Goat produces low-volume beers at a facility in Richmond, Melbourne, while bottled and canned beers are brewed at a larger plant in Laverton, Western Australia. “We’ve been contract partners with Asahi for three years now, and …

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Innovation Insight: Mitsuya Freezing Cider Soft Drink

May 29, 2014
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Asia Pacific, Innovations, Non-Alcoholic Drinks

This week, Gama casts its eye over a new addition to the long-established Mitsuya Cider range in Japan – Mitsuya Freezing Cider – which is taking chilled shelving to new extremes. Launched by Asahi Soft Drinks, Mitsuya Freezing Cider is a soft drink that blurs the boundaries between chilled drinks and frozen ice pops. The product is designed to be stored and sold at a temperature of -5 Celsius, at …

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