The soft drinks market in Japan is expected to remain in severe straits
in 2010, with performance on a par with 2009. Under these stringent
conditions, the Asahi Breweries Group is targeting sales of ¥389.0
SHARE BY CATEGORY (ASAHI SOFT DRInKS CO., LTD.)
(%)
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
0
5
10
15
20
8.7%
17.6%
9.4%
Carbonated beverages Coffee Total
: Soft Drinks Business
Asahi
Juroku-cha
Asahi TeaO
Golden Straight Tea WONDA
Morning Shot
WONDA
Kinnobitou
(low-sugar)
WONDA
Zero Max
(sugar-free)
WONDA
Black WONDA
Asahi Soft Drinks
Co., Ltd.
Tea-based
drinks
Asahi Soft
Drinks Co., Ltd.
Coffee
Asahi Soft Drinks
Co., Ltd.
Carbonated
beverages
29
billion (up 9.5% year on year) and operating income of ¥5.2 billion
(up by a factor of 7.4).
At Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd., we will continue to promote growth
strategies, with a target of boosting sales volume 3.6% to 152 million
cases, as well as implementing profit structure reforms that will lead
to improved profitability.
With respect to the product-related measures at the heart of the
growth strategies, we will aggressively develop products based on the
concept of “Health Facts” that balance good taste and zero calories,
with the aim of cultivating and establishing brands that customers will
choose. Specifically, with the Mitsuya Cider brand we will continue to
pursue “transparent value” and cultivate Mitsuya Cider All Zero. We will
strengthen the WONDA brand by expanding our presence in the growing
low-sugar and sugar-free categories. In product development, we will
move to a “borderless” mode of development that looks beyond the
existing category frameworks and analyzes needs from the customer
perspective, challenging ourselves to create innovative new products.
In the vending machine business, we will strive to increase the
number of vending machines by at least 10,000, and also firmly establish
efficient vending machine operations.