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Retail Asia28/07/2023

Sabeco, the brewer of Saigon Beer, saw profits plunge 32% year-on-year to VND1.2 trillion ($50.7 million) in the second quarter as rising competition pumped up its marketing expenses. Fierce competition with international brewers forced the company to spend more on marketing and distribution, while demand has plunged from last year amid economic challenges, the company […]

Retail Asia28/07/2023

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Auckland craft beer brewer Epic Brewing Company has gone into liquidation. Companies Office records show the business was placed into liquidation by a special resolution of shareholders on Tuesday. Damien Grant and Adam Botterill of Waterstone Insolvency were appointed liquidators. Owner Luke Nicholas developed the Epic brand in 2005 while working as head brewer for the Steam Brewing […]

Retail Asia17/05/2023

Sabeco has partnered with SP Group, a leading utilities group in the Asia Pacific, for the second phase of its rooftop solar energy system installation and operation. Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) and SP Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday to carry out rooftop solar energy system installation and operation with a maximum output […]

Retail Asia30/01/2023

Tours of one of Australia’s oldest breweries — which were set to end in a few days — have been saved at the 11th hour after James Boag’s Brewery received funding from the Tasmanian government to keep them running. The Tasmanian government will provide $1 million to keep the Launceston brewery’s visitor centre open. As part of the deal, any […]

Retail Asia16/09/2022

Carlton & United Breweries (CUB), part of Asahi Beverages, has released a new beer range with fruity flavours called Sungazer and Empire. The new brews feature malted barley, hops, yeast and water and offers a lager-like finish on the palate. Flavours in the Sungazer range include Watermelon, Raspberry and Mango while Empire offers Strawberry & […]

Retail Asia25/11/2021

One of the world’s oldest beer styles is roaring back to life thanks to a truckload of watermelons, 500 loaves of unsold bread, and a creative partnership between Coles Liquor and Melbourne-based craft beer producer Local Brewing Co. Local Brewing Co’s limited edition Surplus Sour Watermelon Beer, launched exclusively this week at Liquorland and First […]

Retail Asia11/02/2019

Habeco’s profits fell by 23 percent last year to VND667 billion ($28.71 million), the fourth straight year of decline. Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Corp, as it is formally known, one of Vietnam’s biggest brewers, also reported a 5 percent fall in revenues to VND9.4 trillion ($404.67 million). There was a sharp increase in operating expenses, […]

Retail Asia14/09/2016

Belgium brewery, The Musketeers, has apologized for using Lord Ganesha as icon representing its Jack’s Precious IPA beer. The translation of the brewery’s (headquartered in Ursel, East Flanders) statement in Dutch, responding to criticism by Hindu community, published on their website, said: “The brewery wants to apologize when they unwittingly hurts a community”; and added that the […]

Retail Asia17/07/2015

International brewers are trickling into Myanmar, betting that higher incomes and economic reforms will whip up a thirst for foreign beer in a market that has long been dominated by state-owned firms. Heineken NV, the world’s third-largest brewer, on Sunday opened a $60-million brewery joint-venture just outside Yangon, returning to one of Asia’s most promising […]

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Sabeco’s profit plunges by a third in Q2

New Zealand’s Epic Brewing enters liquidation

Sabeco to install rooftop solar panels at 9 breweries

Boag’s Brewery tours to continue in Launceston thanks to state government funding

CUB gets fruity testing new beer sub-category

Coles partners with brewery to make beer from excess watermelons and bread

Habeco Vietnam reports another year of falling profits

Belgium brewery apologizes to Hindus for using Lord Ganesha as beer icon

Heineken joins foreign brewers seeking to slake Myanmar’s thirst