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Analysts cheer ThaiBev despite lower FY2023 earnings
While the beer segment is losing some fizzle, the spirits business is seen to have more room to do better
November 29, 2023
Food & Beverage
Tourist musings of Singapore inspire award-winning bar Nutmeg & Clove’s latest menu
Award-winning cocktail bar Nutmeg & Clove launches a new menu inspired by a traveller’s observations of Singapore
January 05, 2022
Special Feature
Get to know Maureen Robinson — celebrated master blender and the woman behind Diageo’s Prima & Ultima Second Release
Veteran master blenders like Maureen Robinson prove that women are just as good at ageing and blending whiskies
December 21, 2021
Behind the Bottle
China’s favourite fiery liquor Jiangxiaobai is getting a millennial makeover
China’s favourite fiery liquor Jiangxiaobai is getting a millennial makeover
August 11, 2021
Behind the Bottle
9 must-try cocktail recipes from famous bars and alcohol distributors
Be your own mixologist and recreate these cocktails with recipes provided by the following bars and alcohol distributors
June 04, 2021
Behind the Bottle
The cocktail hour
Four mixologists spill their secrets for making the best cocktail at home
April 17, 2020
Spinoff and listing
ThaiBev's potential spin-off of breweries could increase its valuation as stock nears 12-month high
SINGAPORE (Dec 9): Beer and property do not always mix, but the family business of Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has been busy shuffling its assets in the two industries. Besides the proposed merger of its two Singapore real estate investment trus
December 06, 2019
M&A
Lotte, Shilla said in bid for Changi airport duty-free ops
SINGAPORE (Aug 27): South Korea's two leading duty-free operators have bid for the rights to sell cigarette and liquor products at Singapore's Changi Airport, an industry tracker said on Tuesday.
August 27, 2019
Broker's Calls
ThaiBev's share price cannot get any more sober than this
SINGAPORE (Sept 21): RHB Research is maintaining “buy” on Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) with an unchanged target price of 88 cents despite expectations of 4Q18 alcohol volumes to continue their decline due to the high base effect in 4Q17, which saw trade ag
September 21, 2018
Vietnam's drinkers are giving the world's top brewers beer goggles
(July 21): Ho Chi Minh called alcohol a poison peddled by French imperialists. Half a century later in the Vietnamese city that bears the revolutionary founder’s name, young women in short skirts haul cases of Tiger Beer and buckets of ice to wooden tab
July 21, 2017