Up up goes beer, soft drink prices in Malawi

November 18, 2014 Nyasa Times Reporter 40 Comments

Carlsberg Malawi Limited has increased prices of its alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages by 14 percent and 23 percent respectively with effect from Monday November 17.

Imbibers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as Carlsberg Chill has been put at K550 from K470
Imbibers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as Carlsberg Chill has been put at K550 from K470

According to the new price structure, the raise means that a 300 millilitre (ml) bottle of any soft drink will be selling at a retail price of K160, up from K130 while a two-litre bottle of Sobo Squash is now at K1 200 from K1 050.

Carlsberg Green in a 300 ml bottle is now at K400 from K350 while Carlsberg Green in a 640 ml bottle, popularly known as Petroda, is at K650 from K580.

Carlsberg Special Brew and Stout in 330 ml bottle will be selling at K400 from K380 while the newly introduced premium Carlsberg Chill has been put at K550 from K470.

The price of Kuche Kuche has been increased to K550 from K500.

According to the company’s corporate affairs officer Towela Munthali, Price increases are set according to “various variables some of which are transport and raw materials and inflation outlook.”

MunthalI argued  that the adjustment is justifiable according to the current economic climate in Malawi.

The local currency Kwacha is currently weakening against the dollar and inflation rising sharply.

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40 replies on “Up up goes beer, soft drink prices in Malawi”

  1. Ife tisosolabe bawa ngakhale mukweze mowa. Paulo lero ndikhala mlendo wako. Koma pano mowa tiziyendera mawu oti “old trafford” meaning aliyense azigula wake

  3. Izi nde zachamba. U jus knw how 2 steal our revenues then hike the prices of stuff entertains us!!! When’ll Malawi get unscrupulous leaderz who knws how to improve the livelihoods of its pple. Omwa bawa chaka chino ndi nzungu guyz! ! ! !

  4. This will mean more time at home = baby boom shaaaa!!! nde population ifika pati coz pipo will console themselves with mdyingido.
    Nayo Masm akweza . Malawians this is time to act. Go to the streets and remove these votes thieves. Boma lakuba ndichocho you do not know how to handle things. If one failed to handle a ministry how could he be entrusted with the whole country. Shame.

  7. WHERE IS MALAWI HEADING ?ZIMBABWE STYLE LETS USE DOLLARS /MALAWI KWACHA IS SHIT/LETS PROMOTE OUR CHIBUKU THAN GREEN ETC

  8. timkanena pitala uyu palibe chomwe anachitapo atchivi pamoyo wake kupatula kukwatila atangobele mavoti. am;boma walepheraso kukweza malipiro koma msonkho womwe akwaza uja wadula meaning the net has gone down. amalawi ngati tilekerela izi tivutika chifukwa chilichonse chakwera. its either masss demonstration or fedualisim by xmass

  9. The number of people dying from satchets will increase in Malawi.If people cud hardly afford beers from previous prices.I don’t know if bottle stores r ever going to make money.Ndalama za cashgate amaseweletsa mumakomboni umu ndi izi azimayi akumayendera kumakaperekela nsima Ku Maula.Kwasala tizingomwa thobwano akugulitsa mumakhonde umu.Fanta tizimuonela Ku chikwati ndi kuchipatala basi.Koma moyo wafunga pachilawizi.Wolumikiza green pa bottlestore ndi mwamuna.Palibenso zogulirana mowa pano.Ambiri pano athera Ku ma satchets.

  11. Who care about Carlsberg? I brew my own and it’s tastier than green, stout, or special brew. Soft drinks? They are bad for your health, don’t drink those things!

  14. Who controls the money around the world? Zitsika mtengo fodya akayamba $ will drop to K350 you will see

    1. Fodyayo abwela mvula yake ili kuti when weather is behaving like winter. God is angry you have not seen nothing yet. You cannot steal votes from genuine winners and think God is gonna be happy with you ruling. Count down.

  15. Pitala Mutharika amanyoza JB ngati iye angathe kuyendesa dziko la Malawi, fwee just five months but the country is completely destroyed economically.

  17. By the way Carlsberg stop dumping your used Stickers in locations.Towela if you are not aware 1 of you carlsberg pipo came & dumped stickers in Chilomoni,the stickers are all over Nthukwa area,you should go & sweep the streets of Chilomon.The Mayor is busy campaigning to make Blantyre city clean inu ndikumataya nyasi zanu mmiseu.Mupite mukasese,Umve ife ai.

  19. EEEEEEEE ndibwelera kukachasu kwa Harry ndi ku masese basi apa green wavuta plus kusowa kwa ntchito sha! pitala uwona ma demo a munthu woti wamwa masachet obwela ndi maphuzo palibeso zosekelera tiyenazo uisova

  20. For sure Apa Pali Mavuto (APM). Diesel Petrol Palibe (DPP) Boma ilo!! Kumva kukoma. 92 billion Woyee! 24 billion Odi uko! 1.7 billion Zinthu zatani? Malawi Oyeee!

  21. Ryder, Joy, Boss, Red dee, Black Ponda, XXX, Wamkaka< Action just to mention but few, will be my new beer. Get ready for more trouble in town. Most people will now be unable to buy Carlsberg beer and they will resort to sachet beer. Eeesh zinthu zizikuyenda.

  22. Pliz opanga ma sachet yambani kupanga ngati ma bottle a green nanga tipanga bwanji
    pitala utivuta iwee bwanji!

  23. they are both not necessities and the its OK to raise them as high as we want. They have no nutritional value just adding to the disease burden.

  24. Adzimwa ndi Lutepo, Mphwiyo ndi anzawo. Ife waku malilime basi. Odi uko tilandireni, ta borna kale.

  25. Ngati mukufuna kuti mite go us zinthu itsike bvotelani DPP. So said a campaign massage in the run up to the May 20 elections. Boma iloooo!

  26. Its still cheap considering the fact that the price is less than 1 dollar. Its only that our economy is in shambles. Shame on my thumb for making that 20th May decision

  28. the fact that wi raise prices to justify economic crisis is quite naive and ridiculous so thi hike has to be propotional with the quantity in the bottle or else wi c the fate

  29. Zakhala bwino pamenepa. nanga mowa kumangomwa daily! at least ndi mmene ndalama ikuvutilamu anthu apumako. Mwina ntchito nkugwilika mma office, mminda, ndi kwına koteroko. Anthu munaonjeza bibida eish

  30. Akweza pang’ono chonchi chifukwa chiyani? Zikwere kwambiri zopanda ntchito izi ine ndizimwa madzi and I’ll survive

  31. Oro mutani mutani!! ife tikhala tikung’adzulabe izizi. Icho titapange tingochulukitsanso kuba mmaofesimu basi. . . Chifukwa apa ndekuti mahule nso akweza mitengo. . .shaaaa!!!!

  33. iwe ka Pitala waonatu dziko lakukanika kulamula apa a Malawi umphawi ukuonjezekera. basi Carlsberg uja sitimwanso ndiye tikayamba ma sachet enafe dziko ulimva kuwawa. pachiyambi timangotokota chabe tikakhuta Carlsberg koma ndi ma Sachet plus ntchaso phuzo lathu walishosha. zinthu sizikuyenda wangoti phee kumangodya misonkho yathu

  35. Green MK400($0.8) from MK350
    Special/Stout MK400 from MK380
    KK MK550 from MK500

    Mwaona bwino bwino koma? Tilimbapo apa? Boma litizunza ili!!!

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