Another year in which, for many beer producers, non-alcoholic beer generates the greatest opportunity to increase sales across the entire company.

New customers, new occasions to drink (e.g. drivers), better taste and the quality of non-alcoholic products translate into exposition priorities in shops.

Due to the growing popularity of physical fitness and thus the increased number of visits to fitness centers, the value of this channel has also grown for producers.

It is a huge challenge, especially for well-known “mass market” brands, because fitness clubs are anatural space for specialist brands which offer profiled products. Usually being a niche product or brand works to their advantage. That's why a proper product exposition strengthened with the use of special forms of communication is so important in such places.

In its latest report, Nielsen reported that the entire beer category in Poland in 2018 grew by 7.6%, while non-alcoholic beer by as much as + 80%. The question is whether this is the result of a strong consumer trend? The real reason was the strategic decision of Heineken (Grupa Żywiec) about a large investment in this category, supported by a large number of "0% Zone" refrigerators placed in the best places in the stores. So the real consumer trend was leveraged by the no.2 player and the rapid response of Asashi (Kompania Piwowarska), the beer market leader. The whole translated into a gigantic sub-category increase, while 2019 will show how much this will translate into a lasting consumer trend.

Żywiec Group  (Heineken) realized a very interesting series of local campaigns with very professional support at the central level (GLOCAL - think globally and act locally). Strong points of promotion: