The world’s largest brewer, AB InBev, is doing away with the paper labels that have adorned some of its beer bottles for decades in favour of imprinting branding on 200,000 bottles themselves.
The beer giants have a new burgeoning market: Consumers who don't drink alcohol.
Middle-class consumers who may be trying to drink their woes away are the main growth driver of South Africa's alcoholic drinks market. And craft beer is quickly becoming their tipple of choice.
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Slowing growth at Anheuser-Busch InBev and a dearth of big takeover targets may finally drive the world’s biggest brewer to swallow its $79-billion rival, SABMiller, a proposition that many analysts view as feasible if not incredible.
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