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CR Beer to add products, shut plants in premiumization drive
Staff number reduced by about 12,000 last year as company cuts capacity
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Food & Beverage
Business trends
Bangalore's microbrewers bring innovation to alcohol
Burgeoning brewpub scene goes alternative and local to stand out
Companies
Japan's Acecook aims to double cup noodle sales in Vietnam
Cheaper bagged varieties still dominate but consumer shift expected
Companies
Nikka Whisky pours on more capacity to fight shortage
Pioneer of Japanese distilling expands 50-year-old site
Business trends
Japanese restaurants cut working hours as labor shortage deepens
Major chains scrap year-round operations to keep workers happy
Companies
Wanda Group sheds assets as fast as it bought them
Fire sale including department stores and theme parks reaches $19bn
Companies
One in three Chinese listed companies saw profit fall in 2018
10% of businesses sank into the red as trade war gave consumers chills
Economy
Modi's 'sweet revolution' points Indian farmers to honey money
Beekeeping gains pace but fair-price and direct-distribution challenges remain
Business trends
Naomi Osaka's Aussie win serves an ace for Japan tennis goods
Citizen Watch and Adidas sell out of products sported by new world No. 1
Companies
Olam to sell off rubber, sugar, wood products, fertilizer business
CEO cites changing consumer values and government policy for strategic shift
