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CR Snow (officially China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd.) is a
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company with its headquarters in Beijing,
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. Originally known as
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Snow Beer Company before acquired by China Resources Enterprise, it was a joint venture between China Resources Enterprise and the UK based multinational
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, but is now fully owned by the former. It is the biggest brewing company in China, with a market share of around 21 per cent and sold a total of 9.28 billion litres of beer in China in 2010.


History

In July 2011 CR Snow acquired a 49 percent stake in Jiangsu Dafuhao Breweries and 100 percent of Shanghai Asia Pacific Brewery from Heineken International for 870 million yuan (US$134.42 million).


Brands

CR Snow's principal brand is Snow, which is currently the biggest-selling beer in the world measured by volume, with sales of around 16.5 billion pints in 2010. Its other brands include Blue Sword, Green Leaves, Huadan, Huadan Yate, Largo, Löwen, New Three Star, Shengquan, Shenyang, Singo, Sip, Tianjin, Yatai, Yingshi and Zero Clock.


See also

* Beer in China


References


External links


China Resources Snow Breweries
{{DEFAULTSORT:CR Snow Beer in China China Resources Manufacturing companies based in Beijing Companies established in 1993 Privately held companies of China Chinese beer brands