<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest Asahi Breweries industry news - from just-drinks.com</title><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/companies/asahi-breweries_id244</link><description>Latest Asahi Breweries industry news - from just-drinks.com</description><copyright>© 2013 All content copyright just-drinks.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:35:21 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:35:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><category>just-drinks.com - RSS feed</category><generator>just-drinks.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>INDONESIA: Coca-Cola Amatil lines up investment</title><description>Coca-Cola Amatil has confirmed it will invest about AUD500m (US$492m) in Indonesia over the next three or four years.
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/coca-cola-amatil-lines-up-investment_id110389.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AUS: Asahi buys craft brand Cricketers Arms - report</title><description>Asahi-owned Independent Distillers has acquired Australian craft beer brand Cricketers Arms, according to local reports. 
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/asahi-buys-craft-brand-cricketers-arms-report_id110199.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CHINA: Tsingtao Brewery Co grows share in FY as sales, profits rise in 2012</title><description>Tsingtao Brewery Co has posted rising sales and profits for 2012, as volumes increased markedly in the year.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/tsingtao-brewery-co-grows-share-in-fy-as-sales-profits-rise-in-2012_id109938.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AUS/NZ: Asahi sues over alleged Independent Liquor "deception"</title><description>Asahi Group has filed a lawsuit accusing the previous owners of its Independent Liquor division in New Zealand with "misleading and deceptive conduct" related to the sale price.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/asahi-sues-over-alleged-independent-liquor-deception_id109526.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN: Asahi Group FY profits up, but soft drinks earnings drag</title><description>Asahi Group has reported a slight rise in full-year profits, despite flat beer sales and a drop in earnings from soft drinks.
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/asahi-group-fy-profits-up-but-soft-drinks-earnings-drag_id109485.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Focus - China's Beer Market</title><description>China may have the world's highest overall consumption, but leading brewers face an uphill struggle to find strong profits, an analyst claimed today. Here, just-drinks looks at the fragmented Chinese beer market with the help of Bernstein's figures and analysis.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/focus-chinas-beer-market_id109412.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN: Monster sees success, but faces stiff competition - analyst</title><description>Monster's entry into the Japanese market has seen initial success, but competition in the country's energy drinks sector remains "fierce", according to an analyst.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/monster-sees-success-but-faces-stiff-competition-analyst_id109341.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Review of the Year 2012 - Part II: Soft Drinks</title><description>In the second part of just-drinks' review of 2012, Andy Morton looks at how the soft drinks category has fared in the past 12 months.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/management-briefing/soft-drinks_id109001.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>VIETNAM: Heineken, SABMiller silent on Sabeco stake reports</title><description>Heineken and SABMiller have declined to comment on reports that they are separately considering taking a stake in state-owned Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) in Vietnam.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/heineken-sabmiller-silent-on-sabeco-stake-reports_id108837.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>just The Preview - Beam Inc Q3 and YTD</title><description>Beam Inc will report results for its third quarter and year-to-date tomorrow (2 November). Here, just-drinks takes a look at the highs and lows for the company in the three months to the end of September and its performance in recent quarters.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/just-the-preview-beam-inc-q3-and-ytd_id108613.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN: Net profits slow but numbers stay black for Asahi Group in YTD</title><description>Asahi has posted a healthy set of results for its year so far, although net profits appeared to slow in the third quarter.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/net-profits-slow-but-numbers-stay-black-for-asahi-group-in-ytd_id108586.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CHINA: PepsiCo, Tingyi open first joint production site</title><description>PepsiCo has confirmed the opening of a production facility in China through its local tie-up with Tingyi Holding Corp.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/pepsico-tingyi-open-first-joint-production-site_id108552.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global Drinks Industry Logistics - Part III: Asia Pacific</title><description>This third - and penultimate - part of October's management briefing, looking at the logistics landscape, shines the light on Asia Pacific.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/management-briefing/asia-pacific_id108392.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CHINA: Brown-Forman appoints former Diageo exec as China MD</title><description>Brown-Forman has appointed a new managing director for its China division. 
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/brown-forman-appoints-former-diageo-exec-as-china-md_id108207.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN: Suntory swaps Brown-Forman for Beam Inc</title><description>Suntory has confirmed that it will up its distribution of Beam Inc's spirits brands in Japan, but will drop Brown-Forman.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/suntory-swaps-brown-forman-for-beam-inc_id108201.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN: Sapporo budget too small for Britvic - analyst</title><description>Japanese brewer Sapporo will likely spend a new acquisitions fund on mid-size buys in Asia, with European targets such as Britvic outside its budget, an analyst has said.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/sapporo-budget-too-small-for-britvic-analyst_id108145.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN: Sapporo eyes foreign acquisitions with US$2.5bn investment</title><description>Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings is to invest about US$2.5bn over the next five years with an eye on foreign acquisitions, the company confirmed today (10 September).
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/sapporo-eyes-foreign-acquisitions-with-us25bn-investment_id108102.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment - Britvic, AG Barr Merger would Forge New Strengths</title><description>"Made in Scotland from girders," was the old tagline for the Irn Bru CSD. And in the past few years, Irn-Bru owners AG Barr have proved to be made of sterner stuff than its potential merger partner Britvic.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-britvic-ag-barr-merger-would-forge-new-strengths_id108065.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment - Soft Drinks &amp; Water - Crisis Looming Down Under?</title><description>In his latest column, Ray Rowlands, of independent research agency Drinksinfo, looks at the soft drinks market in Australia: a sector in a country that many had previously thought could ride out the global economic downturn.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-soft-drinks-water-crisis-looming-down-under_id108057.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN: Rising drinks sales drive Asahi Group in H1</title><description>Asahi has seen the return to pre-earthquake sales levels in Japan prompt a spike in profits for ths first six months of 2012.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/rising-drinks-sales-drive-asahi-group-in-h1_id107778.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=asahi-breweries</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>