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emart24
Living
1 min read

Emart24 ups the booze to capture solo drinker market

Convenience store chain Emart24 will expand its alcohol selection tenfold at around 500 branches this year, the brand said Wednesday. The products will be offered using the shop-in-shop model with 120 products, including wine, whiskey and micro-beers,…

Heineken
Food
2 min read

Heineken Malaysia 2018 net profit up 4.6%

Heineken Malaysia Bhd, which posted a 4.6% jump in its net profit for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2018 (FY18), remains cautious about its outlook given the challenging environment due to intense competition, implementation of the sales & service tax…

The Macallan Concept No1 Bottle 770x496
Food
2 min read

The Macallan releases the first annual limited edition

The first in an annual, limited edition series, The Macallan Concept Number 1 was inspired by the whimsical world of surreal art, and celebrates world’s visionaries by daring to disrupt the whiskey making process. Following its Asia debut on 1st January 2019…

saigon beer sabeco
Food
2 min read

Vietnam’s largest brewery, foreign-owned, refuses to humor taxman

While Sabeco is still at loggerheads with the taxman over alleged back taxes of $135.73 million, it has not provisioned for it. Its 2018 accounts make no mention of the amount in dispute though the HCMC Tax Department has claimed it owes that in taxes and…

sabeco viet
Food
2 min read

Vietnam’s Sabeco, taxman at loggerheads

HCMC tax authorities have failed to collect $135.73 million in taxes and fines, while brewer Sabeco has cried foul. The Tax Department of Ho Chi Minh City informed Vietnam’s largest brewer Sabeco on December 24 that it would withdraw VND3.1 trillion ($135.73…

beer
Food
1 min read

Knows more : Rahul Singh, Founder & CEO, The Beer Café India

With multiple awards like; Images Coca Cola Golden Spoon Award, India Restaurant Congress Award, Times Nightlife Award and ET Now Business and Service Excellence Award, the consumer and industry has recognized this startup as a blockbuster. Singh is the…

www.bdlive.co
Food
3 min read

Beer tax prioritized as foreign brands build market share

The government is planning to overhaul the current cost-based alcohol-tax system to a quantity-based system, which may address concerns from local alcohol companies about cheap imported beer. According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Tuesday,…

beer
Food
2 min read

Homeplus hosts 1st beer sommelier competition

Twenty-seven people have been awarded the auspicious title of beer sommelier by discount chain Homeplus. The discount chain’s first Macmelie Contest – macmelie is a portmanteau of the Korean word maekju, or beer, and sommelier – on Saturday saw 200…

Food
2 min read

Kenanga Malaysia raises earnings outlook for Carlsberg

Kenanga Research has increased its FY18 and FY19 earnings for Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd on the back of improved contributions from Lion Brewery in Sri Lanka. “We increased our FY18E and FY19E earnings by 4.3% and 3.5% respectively as we improved…