Alcoholic Drinks Packaging

Since 2017, the glass industry in Brazil has been facing great pressure from other packaging types, not least as there has been a significant lack of glass bottles in the market. A less negative scenario not only for beer volume sales but also a ...

Small sizes of packaging continue to grow and are tending to also spread into new categories. The leading category with diverse packaging sizes is vodka. Recently, small bottles have become popular among consumers as a way to try new flavours or ...

The beverage can format is forecast to grow further across many product categories within alcoholic drinks. As RTDs continue to premiumise, the can format will allow brands to seek a more sophisticated positioning, borrowing branding cues from the ...

Since Romanians are becoming increasingly sophisticated and their purchasing power is on the rise, they are also now more likely to purchase premium alcoholic drinks, perceiving them as high-quality products. Consequently, some brand owners have ...

Declining consumer purchasing power and reduced disposable incomes led to increased demand for larger pack sizes. During the review period, the 1-litre Carling black label size demonstrated strong growth, albeit from a low base. Coupled with the ...

In 2018, Malaysian consumers enjoyed a tax holiday after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 6% was lifted at the end of May. This led to improved consumer sentiment and promotional sales, which in turn saw an increase in volume sales, especially ...

In 2018, glass remained the most widely used primary packaging type in Indonesia, especially within on-trade channels. While there has been an emergence of other pack types, including metal beverage cans in beer and cider/perry, the bulk of packaging...

In July 2018, the Minister of the Environment and Water Resources announced that a mandatory reporting framework on packaging would be introduced in 2020. Under this framework, producers of packaging and packaged products will have to report the ...

2018 was a challenging year for the alcoholic drinks industry, not only because of the slowdown in the economy but also due to the high taxation rates in the industry, leading consumers to be more cautious in their expenditure. Nevertheless, volume ...

Innovations, especially convenient design in closures in alcoholic drinks like wine and beer, are being seen to enhance consumers’ drinking experience....

Growth in alcoholic drinks packaging volumes in 2018 was due to the positive but subdued performance of alcoholic drink sales due to sluggish economic growth. Due to the slow-paced economy and the health and wellness trend, consumers tend to be ...

Glass packaging is the leading pack type for alcoholic drinks. However, metal beverage cans are gaining share in various categories and have more growth potential. For instance, glass bottles (300ml and 330ml) are the norm for dark beer such as ...

While the Mexican alcoholic drinks market saw growth constrained by rising prices and a sluggish economy in 2017, it did experience the ongoing development of a premiumisation trend in certain categories, with tequila and whiskies amongst the most ...

Alcoholic drinks packaging offers open opportunities for manufacturers that invest in innovation. Saudi Arabia has a growing young demographic that is increasingly looking for new and better experiences. The most popular packaging type is glass ...

Due to the diversity of the consumer base, beer, including non-alcoholic variants, saw steady demand and was increasingly available for all tastes and profiles. The greatest factor supporting alcoholic drinks was the growth in tourism. The United ...

Glass bottles continued to dominate alcoholic drinks packaging in 2017, largely due to the success of Argentina’s returnable glass bottle scheme. Nevertheless, it was metal beverage cans which recorded the most dynamic growth in total volume terms in...

The high and rising popularity of imported beer continued to have a significant influence on alcoholic drinks packaging during 2017. Dark beer in metal recorded tremendous growth over the course of the year, driven by the strong performance of wheat ...

Metal packaging continued to gain volume shares in beer and cider in 2017. Even craft beer and cider producers are not immune to the siren song of metal packaging, with some now forgoing traditional glass bottles and adopting metal beverage cans in ...

Not only has the overwhelming shift from beer packaged in glass bottles to metal beverage cans uprooted the US alcoholic drinks packaging status quo, it is oftentimes declared as a leading trend in the beer industry and one brewers look to for ...

RTDs/high-strength premixes, spirits and wine sales continued to grow in 2017, while the seasonal effect of the elections in 2016 did not impact demand for beer. Unlike previous post-election years, growth in beer significantly influenced packaging, ...