Alcoholic Drinks

As cider is historically an alternative to beer in the United Arab Emirates, the FIFA World Cup held in Qatar boosted demand for this alcoholic drink in addition to beer sales in late 2022, despite inflation hitting the local market. Since Budweiser…

While total volume sales of cider/perry returned to decline in 2022, after limited post-pandemic recovery in 2021, regional craft brands continued to ride the “support local” wave in consumer preference. With many national brands shifting their…

Cider/perry remained a relatively niche product in terms of volume sales in 2022, due to the overwhelming popularity of beer in the country. While it can be advertised, due to its low ABV, its higher unit price compared to beer is a significant…

Inflation was a key issue for most products in Chile during 2022. With 30-year high rates, unit prices significantly increased, with this impacting some categories of alcoholic drinks more than others and therefore demand. For RTDs, inflation had a…

RTDs posted slight growth in total volume terms in 2022, in continuation to an already good performance in 2021. 2022 benefitted from a more festive ambient than seen in 2020 to early 2021 due to the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions, along with…

RTDs maintained total volume growth in 2022, with sales recovering to the pre-pandemic level in this year. Sales are projected to increase further as life in Hong Kong gradually returns to normal. On-trade volume sales increased in 2022, with outlets…

As one of the biggest local producers of alcoholic drinks and RTDs in Indonesia, Orang Tua Group has sought to develop strategies to boost the performance of RTDs, which has struggled in recent years. Sales of RTDs have been on a trend of general…

As with most other alcoholic drinks categories, RTDs registered a polarised performance in 2022. On one hand, following two straight years of solid growth, volume sales through the off-trade declined. On the other hand, on-trade demand continued to…

In 2022, total volume sales of RTDs recorded a slight decline. This was the first fall in sales in 15 years, since the category had been growing every year since 2008. The biggest reason for the decline was a partial reversal of the increase in…

In 2022, inflationary pressures impacted all alcoholic drinks categories. Prices were driven by increases in the costs of inputs, including aluminium and cardboard, which are essential for this industry. As a result, consumers were more cautious with…

On-trade volume sales of RTDs witnessed further dynamic growth in 2022. Sales were impacted by the removal of capacity limits on nightlife establishments as COVID-19 safe management measures continued to ease. Efforts by operators to encourage…

RTDs used to be considered exotic and a “lighter” alcoholic drink in South Korea among younger generations of adults. However, beer has now replaced this positioning. While the leading RTD players, such as Independent Liquor Korea and Lotte Asahi…

RTDs saw growth in both total volume and current value terms in 2022, bringing sales back to levels above those seen in 2019. Volume growth was partly the result of the rebound in on-trade sales, which was facilitated by the complete removal of…

RTDs returned to volume growth in 2022 following two years of significant decline due to the markedly changed conditions of the COVID-19 crisis. However, sales remained well below the levels seen immediately prior to the pandemic. Despite the…

Spirit-based RTDs continued to drive category sales in the United Arab Emirates at the end of the review period. These mainly consist of rum-based drinks with 4% ABV mixed with fruit flavours, such as strawberry, orange, pineapple, grapefruit,…

2022 saw a decline in the total volume sales and share of hard seltzers (included within other RTDs), in part due to this category showing signs of maturity. As the veteran and still largest product type within RTDs, hard seltzers no longer elicit…

Spirits returned to seeing positive volume growth in both 2021 and 2022, having experienced a year of decline in 2020, including a particularly steep fall in sales in the on-trade, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, spirits saw on-trade growth…

In a category where overall demand for most types of spirits declined in 2022, liqueurs was a positive performer and was key to offsetting some of the category’s fall (especially through the off-trade channel). Liqueurs continued to record positive…

While 2021 was an atypical year in sales of spirits, leading to small positive growth, volume sales fell into a small negative decline in 2022 – as per the structure of the category pre-pandemic. However, this hides another atypical trend – namely…

In 2022, total volume sales of spirits recovered from the pandemic-battered year in 2020, returning to the above the pre-pandemic level of sales. All types of spirits saw growth due to the easing and then removal of pandemic restrictions by the…