Beer

After several years of consistent solid growth, driven by new consumption occasions, innovation, and premiumisation, a hangover seemed to hit Brazil’s prolific beer category, with a strong slowdown in total volume growth in 2023. There are a plethora…

Sweden saw beer volume sales stagnate in 2023. The flat performance for total volume sales of beer resulted from the rise in on-trade volumes being offset by a fall in off-trade sales during the year. The category’s growth was constrained by the high…

According to official data, beer in Costa Rica recorded a CPI increase in excess of 16% in 2022, which was a sharp increase within the drinks industry. Coupled with the persistent inflationary pressures affecting the economy, consumers were forced to…

Towards the end of 2022, Todd Energy announced plans to shut down the only factory in the country that produces food-grade CO2. The decision was taken for safety reasons and no re-opening date was set. Following the 2022 closure of the Marsden Point…

Beer volume sales in Serbia remained upbeat in 2023, with the on-trade continuing to see double-digit growth and recovering back to pre-pandemic levels. Price sensitivity encouraged consumers to seek out cheaper prices of beer. As a result, one-fifth…