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...Heineken, which has a 23 per cent market share according to S&P Global, added alcohol-free beer to its Vietnam line-up in March, joining low alcohol options such as Sagota and Asahi’s Dry Zero....
...An 11 per cent rise in beer sales helped boost the company’s top line, while sales of wine and spirits were flat....
...Shares in Constellation, the owner of Modelo and Corona beers, advanced 5.9 per cent to $160.34....
...Constellation Brands, the beer and wine group, and DaVita Healthcare Partners, the kidney dialysis group, also feature in the top 10....
...Meanwhile, sales in the wine and spirits category were flat because of lower wine volume and higher promotional spending....
...The maker of Corona beer, Svedka vodka and Robert Mondavi wines reported net income of $196m or 98 cents a share in the quarter ended August 31, down from $1.5bn or $7.74 a share a year ago....
...Shares in the wine, beer and spirits company jumped 2 per cent to $90.45 on its results for the quarter, continuing an upward trend since Constellation acquired the Mexican business....
...beer maker by revenue, for $2.9bn....
...The deal would turn Constellation Brands into the sole US importer of top-selling Corona beers....
...and beers, fell 6 per cent after slightly missing earnings estimates....
...Euromonitor cites Wahaha’s Pi Er Cha Shuang, a beer-flavoured carbonated tea. Customers, lured by the novelty, rushed to buy it – but few made repeat purchases....
...- Interest rates ‘may hit 8%’ in two years - BHP to plead with investors over Potash - Lloyd’s underwriter in FSA investigation From The Sunday Times, - SABMiller, Asahi, eye Foster’s beer operations -...
...You can’t even order a glass of beer or wine with dinner in the island’s largest town; you must bring your own....
...There was, of course, no vote for SAB Miller, the brewing giant that dominates Botswana’s beer market and had lobbied hard against the measure....
...For their part, soft drinks companies have been reluctant to sell beer, wine and spirits because they are wary of being linked with the problems of underage or binge drinking....
...S&N, of course, is now being divided between Carlsberg and Heineken....
...Strong wine sales compensated for lower sales of imported beer and its share price was 3.2 per cent higher at $21.49....
...North America is experiencing the fastest growth in spirits volume in the world, as consumers are choosing spirits (and wine) over beer....
...Constellation has a fairly small presence in spirits, even though these are the preferred tipples among young Americans and consumption is growing faster than beer or wine....
...The beer, 9 per cent alcohol by volume, had been sold in 50cl cans. Now Interbrew has developed a shrunken version containing just 44cl, according to OLN, a magazine for off-licences....
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