Alcoholic Drinks

Beer in Vietnam witnessed a full recovery in volume terms in 2022, following a slump in demand in 2020 and 2021, when sales registered negative-figure declines. At the peak of the pandemic, all restaurants, bars and pubs were required to close, which…

In the last five years, non alcoholic beer in the US has seen a renaissance, displaying growth unmatched by any other beer category. Long viewed as a hollow version of its alcoholic analogue, trailblazing and award-winning new products, aided by…

Total volume sales of beer in the United Arab Emirates continued to record double-digit growth in 2022, as consumers resumed socialising after restrictions were further eased. The strong volume growth recorded by beer was additionally fuelled by the…

Following a further slowdown in the number of new COVID-19 cases in 2021, consumers and businesses, including the beer industry, seemed to be dealing with yet another serious inflation problem in 2022. The increase in production, shipping, and…

During 2022, the Spanish beer category maintained total volume growth, and sales nearly returned to the level seen in 2019. This made it one of the only alcoholic drinks categories that, in general, recovered from the impact of the pandemic. The…

Off-trade volume sales of beer in South Korea marginally declined in 2022 as demand for imported lager, which had been driving the growth of the country’s beer consumption at home, was sluggish. Although popular brands such as Budweiser continued to…

On-trade beer consumption continued to increase strongly in 2022, as following the relaxation of restrictions in 2021, restrictions on dine-in were fully removed in Singapore in 2022. From 29 March 2022, the 22.30hrs cut-off for the sale and…

Beer prices observed significant increases in 2022, which can be explained by the rising costs of supplies, amongst which barley and aluminium were the most affected, and by other inflationary pressures. However, the total volume consumption of beer…

Beer posted a total volume increase in 2022, thanks to a rebound in on-trade sales. In March 2022, Japan ended the COVID-19 quasi-emergency in all prefectures, and foodservice outlets were able to operate without any restrictions. As a result,…

Following the trend seen across alcoholic drinks in 2022, the performance of beer was highly polarised. Indeed, following two consecutive years of strong growth through the off-trade channel, off-trade sales declined in 2022. This was mostly due to a…