date:May 23, 2014
$16 billion takeover of U.S. bourbon company Beam Inc last month, following last year's agreement by Suntory Beverage Food (2587.T) to buy UK drinks Lucozade and Ribena from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L).
But it's not only the Japanese that are hungry for more.
Emperador Inc (EMP.PS) of the Philippines agreed this month to buy Scotch whisky company Whyte Mackay from United Spirits (UNSP.NS), and China's Bright Food Group SHMNGA.UL said on Thursday that it would buy control of Tnuva, Israel's large