Alcoholic Drinks

Alcoholic drinks in Chile witnessed opposing trends in 2022. The first half of the year saw a continuation of 2021 trends, with part of the excessive liquidity injected into the local economy supporting further demand as consumers continued to spend…

The post-pandemic euphoria of 2021, which witnessed a healthy total volume growth in alcoholic drinks in France, was short-lived: indeed, overall volume sales of alcoholic drinks were showing somewhat flat growth in 2022. This stems from the impact…

While alcoholic drinks are no longer being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022, global inflation is impacting pricing and consumers incomes. This is leading to downtrading and is especially impacting premium and luxury brands. Meanwhile, the…

In 2022, the alcoholic drinks market in Indonesia experienced significant recovery on the back of the easing of the restrictions that were imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 and consumers becoming more confident about dining out. The revival of…

Sales of alcoholic drinks plummeted through the on-trade in 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19. However, after further disruption in the early part of the year, the reopening of foodservice outlets at the end of April set the path to an…

In 2022, alcoholic drinks finally saw a rebound from the prolonged negative impact of COVID-19 in total volume terms. While 2022 continued to be a year under the impact of COVID-19, it was also a year in which significant steps were taken to ease…

Consumers were cautious with their spending in 2022, as they had to cope with economic uncertainty. Spending wisely meant that consumers preferred to drink at home rather than going out, but also that they were willing to spend more to drink…

With alcoholic drinks prohibited under Islamic law, on- and off-trade sales in Saudi Arabian remained dependent on non alcoholic beer at the end of the review period. While off-trade sales of non alcoholic beer started to rebound in 2021 and 2022,…

Growth in on-trade consumption of alcoholic drinks remained strong 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…

In 2022, most alcoholic drinks categories in South Korea experienced positive performances, mainly driven by the healthy growth of on-trade sales. As observed in the global industry, consumers resumed their habit of visiting restaurants and bars as…

By the end of 2021 and during the first months of 2022, Spain had to restore some COVID-19 restrictions, due to the emergence of the more contagious Omicron variant of the virus. These restrictions focused on the use of masks outdoors, and the…

The total consumption of alcoholic drinks in Thailand has started recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis through all channels, especially in foodservice. The Thai Government has now ended the restrictions that it imposed to limit the…

Alcoholic drinks in the United Arab Emirates continued to demonstrate healthy growth in 2022 following a notable rebound the previous year. The United Arab Emirates is known for well-established luxury lifestyles enjoyed by much of the population,…

While the shifting public perception and policy guidance of COVID-19 from pandemic to endemic would, under isolated circumstances, stabilise channel shifts and drive the recovery of on-trade consumption, the confounding factors of inflation and…

In 2022, volume sales of alcoholic drinks registered a strong rebound in growth, with double-digit increases in both the off-trade and on-trade channels. with a more buoyant economic outlook, following two years of social distancing and lockdown…

Having seen a marked decline in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, beer volume sales continued recovering in Algeria by growing in 2022, with a similar positive growth rate as in 2021. In current value terms, the overall performance of beer…

As one of the best performing categories of alcoholic drinks over much of the review period, beer was expected to avoid significant struggles during 2022. These expectations seemed to be confirmed by results from the first half of the year. However,…

At first sight, sales of beer in France look flat. However, within this situation we see some contrasted results. The bad news: without great surprise, off-trade sales of beer suddenly waned in 2022 due to the recovery of on-trade, following the end…

Total volume sales of beer exceeded the pre-COVID-19 level in 2022, due to the border reopening, as well as the removal of pandemic restrictions. On-trade businesses saw encouraging growth in volume sales due to the loosening of government…

Multi Bintang Indonesia PT Tbk continues to lead the Indonesian beer category, with its strength founded on its wide range of products - which includes but is not limited to lager, flavoured lager, low alcohol and non alcoholic beer - as well as…