TOKYO -- Top Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings confronts a chilling business environment upon completing its acquisition of leading Australian group Carlton & United Breweries on Monday, as the coronavirus crisis saps sales in an already shifting market.
The parent of the brewer of Japan's Super Dry bought CUB and other assets from Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, for 16 billion Australian dollars ($10.8 billion), in a deal announced last summer.
