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Food
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Asahi Beverages appoints Amanda Sellers as new group CEO

Asahi Group Holdings has named Amanda Sellers as the new group CEO of Asahi Beverages, the company’s Oceania business. Sellers has been the Group’s interim CEO since June, following the resignation of the previous CEO, Robert Iervasi. “The board of Asahi…

Asahi Beverages
Food
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Asahi Beverages’ Vibe launches functional soda range

Beverage brand Vibe has launched a functional beverage soda range in three flavours. The company says it undertook consumer market research to ensure the drink meets evolving consumer needs. Parent company Asahi Lifestyle Beverages’ GM for marketing, Lauren…

Dash Soda Water
Food
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Beverage industry lobbies against taxing sweetened drinks

Drink makers are lobbying against levying a special consumption tax on sweetened beverages, arguing that they do not contribute to health problems such as obesity. At a Wednesday workshop to discuss draft amendments to the Law on Special Consumption Tax,…

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Asahi Beverages buys premium mixer brand Strangelove

Founded by mates James Bruce and Stafford Fox in 2013, the adult soft drink, premium mixer and mineral water business “set out to revolutionise the Australian soft drink market with eclectic, sophisticated flavours and local ingredients”. StrangeLove claims…

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Food
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The Alley Singapore to open two more outlet stores

Taiwanese bubble tea chain The Alley Singapore is opening two outlets in mid-April. The first of a new global concept called The Alley Luxe is set to open in Cineleisure. The concept carries what the brand describes as its finest collection of beverages on a…

coffee harvesting
Food
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Vietnam’s coffee traders cut output forecast by 10 percent

Traders in Vietnam lowered their coffee output forecasts by 10 percent this week as a bumper harvest came to an end. They now expect an output of about 27 million bags of 60 kg each for the 2018/19 crop year that began on Oct. 1, compared with earlier…

sabeco viet
Food
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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…

tea exports
Food
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Vive cake boutique launches hot beverages this winter

Embracing the joyous holiday season, celebrity-loved Vive Cake Boutique launches a selection of luscious winter drinks specially curated by Founder, Ms Vivien Lau, to pair with VIVE’s delectable sweet treats. A selection of premium organic teas sourced from…

beer
Food
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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…

luckin coffee
Food
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Luckin Coffee worth $2.2 billion in quite short time

Fast-growing Chinese cafe chain Luckin Coffee has raised US$200 million in its latest funding round, effectively valuing the company at a stunning $2.2 billion. That’s up to $700 million more than its value was estimated just one month ago when the quest for…

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E-Tailing
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Alibaba powers Starbucks virtual store launch in China

Starbucks launched its first virtual store in China powered by technology from Alibaba Group, providing a unified, one-stop digital experience across the Starbucks app and mobile apps within the Alibaba ecosystem, including Taobao, Tmall, and Alipay. The…

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Fashion
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Herschel teams up with Starbucks for launch in China

Does a new new designer collaboration revealed this week represent growing Starbucks fashion cred? Accessories and apparel brand Herschel has created a capsule collection inspired by Starbucks China’s Sumatra coffee blends. It follows the release of two…