Latest update:
2025
March
Food Navigator Asia: Alcohol industry in Cambodia moves toward push for self-regulation with industry-commissioned research.
Food Navigator Asia: Carlsberg Malaysia pushes for premiumisation strategy.
Food Navigator Asia: Coca-Cola targets Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific islands for boost on non-alcoholic drinks and ready-to-drink alcohol.
February
Food Navigator Asia: Jagermeister targets young and mature drinkers with cold-brew coffee liqueur, spiced ginger liqueur and a more mature Jager.
January
Food Navigator Asia: Tiger unleashes marketing campaign with new packaging, alcohol delivery platform and ready-to-drink alcohol for Singapore's 60th
Food Navigator Asia: Pernod Ricard rolls out third digital label launch in Khmer, with initial launch in Singapore and Vietnam.
2024
November
Food Navigator Asia: Carlsberg Malaysia banks on coming holidays to drive year-end sales, aims for Sapporo to be no1 Japanese beer brand in Malaysia.
October
Asia News Network: Alcohol industry booms as Cambodia grapples with alcohol crisis.
September
Food Navigator Asia: Pernod Ricard launches digital labels in Singapore.
July
Phnom Penh Post: Heineken Cambodia launched Heineken 0.0 as part of their 'responsible consumption' agenda.
June
Food Navigator Asia: Carabao, a local energy drink company, enters the Thai alcohol market with Tawandang German brewery and Tawandang Distillery.
Food Navigator Asia: Heineken's Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore invests SGD 4 milion to invest in technology and data analytics to target younger consumers.
May
Indonesia Expat: Wine Australia to manufacture non-alcoholic wine for Indonesia's predominantly Muslim population.
April
Tuoi Tre News: Vietnam's alcohol industry opposes the proposed alcohol consumption tax.
Food Navigator Asia: Carlsberg Malaysia invests in future-proofing, ESG, and "premiumisation" of its portfolio.
Food Navigator Asia: Carlsberg Malaysia enters a new partnership with Sapporo after the end of its partnership with Asahi.
February
Food Navigator Asia: Carlsberg Malaysia invests in e-commerce and premium products despite decline in sales in 2023.
Food Navigator Asia: Thailand's Carabao Tawandang Company launched Tawandang Distillery to expand its share in the spirits market with a Thai whiskey.
2023
October
August
July
Latest:
2025
May
Drinks Business: With Telford partnership, Sazerac expands in Hong Kong
Drinks Business: AB InBev has confirmed that it cut 16% (4000 workers) of its Budweiser workforce within the Asia-Pacific region in 2024
April
Food Navigator Asia: Asahi targets Asia Pacific for 'next-gen growth'
Food Navigator Asia: Suntory's Roku Gin aims to recruit 'new-age' gin drinkers and enthusiasts from ages 25 to 34.
March
Food Navigator Asia: Kirin Brewery to boost focus on low and non-alcoholic beverages.
2024
September
South China Morning Post: Alcohol industry lobby groups call for cuts on liquor taxes to 20% to support Hong Kong economy.
July
Drinks Business: Consumer reports that South Korea mainly splurges on alcohol.
June
May
Food Navigator Asia: Several National People's Congress members, who are also industry leaders in China, call for support for China's baiju industry to be promoted as a world heritage liquor.
April
Drinks Business: Suntory confirmed compliance with industry-led whisky production and labelling standards for Japanese whiskies.
Food Navigator Asia: Pacific Link Project: Kirin's Chateau Mercian partners with Chile's Concha y Toro to launch Japanese and Chilean premium wines.
March
Korea Herald: KPMG reports that more companies will be launching new drinks to target younger customers in South Korea. Related: About 30% of Korean students are overweight, more binge drinking than before.
Yahoo Finance: Diageo and Pernod Ricard targets the young expanding middle class and high-end consumers in China.
February
Economic Times: Carlsberg invests and targets higher profit growth in China by 2027.
China Daily: China's alcohol sales fuelled by holiday consumption and e-commerce.
2023
November
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Drinks Business: Radico Khaitan withdraws Trikal whisky after religious backlash
2025
May
Drinks Business: Radico Khaitan withdraws Trikal whisky after religious backlash
January
2024
December
August
Reuters: India's Radico Khaitan posts higher Q1 profit on growing premium alcohol sales.
Reuters: India's Sula Vineyards posts Q1 profit rise on higher demand for cheaper wine.
July
February
Asia Brewers Network: AB InBev announces USD50 million investment for the expansion of its brewery in Karnataka, India.
January
Food Navigator Asia: India's Salud Beverages expands its range of ready-to-drink cocktails with plans to expand in Southeast Asia.
2023
December
Economic Times: Coca-Cola India launches its alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage in Goa and Maharashtra, a product which was first launched in Japan in 2018.
November
2024
August
May
The Spirits Business: Asahi Group acquires Australian gin maker Never Never through Asahi Beverages, and will be sold through Carlton & United Breweries.
March
Medical Express: Australian alcohol retailers exploiting loophole on pregnancy warning, putting unborn children at risk of lifelong harm.
January
Food Navigator Asia: New Zealand-founded Everyday Weekend hard seltzer brand aims for growth in the ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages category across Asia with pricing and marketing tactics.
2023
December