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Japan's Asahi Eyes Overseas M&A To Quadruple Sales Of Super Dry Beer

Japan's Asahi Group Holdings is on the hunt for acquisition targets in the United States and elsewhere to quadruple overseas sales of its flagship Super Dr...

Asahi Acquires Wisconsin-Based Octopi Brewing

Asahi Europe and International (AEI) has acquired Octopi Brewing – a contract beverage production and co-packing facility based in Waunakee, Wisconsi...

Rugby League 'Most Lucrative' For Sports Sponsorship Revenue In APAC This Year, Study Finds

Rugby league emerged as the most lucrative market for non-alcoholic beverage brands engaged in sports sponsorship within the APAC region in 2023, a new stu...

Japan's Asahi Looks To Halve Debt After Buying Australia Assets

Japan's Asahi Group Holdings said it will aim to halve its debt and forego overseas investments after spending $11 billion (€9.25 billion) to buy the...

Blow For AB InBev's $11bn Asset Sale To Asahi As Australia Raises Concerns

Australia's competition regulator raised concerns over an $11 billion deal by Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell its local operations to Japan's Asahi, deal...

Asahi CEO Bets On Better Tasting Alcohol-Free Beers; Pauses Acquisition Spree

Asahi Group Holdings' chief executive Akiyoshi Koji is betting on alcohol-free beer to drive global profits in coming years, leveraging Japanese techn...

Debt-Laden AB InBev Agrees Sale Of Australian Unit To Asahi

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, has agreed to sell its Australian operations to Japan's Asahi and is interested in reviving the stalled f...

Environmental Demands Force European Brewers To Raise Their Drinks Game

European brewers expect they will need to tell more demanding drinkers as much about the environmental impact of a beer as its taste in the next decade as...