Meantime is owned by Asahi Group (Japan, TSE: 2502), which acquired the brand on 11 October 2016 from AB InBev.[1][1] Before Asahi Group, Meantime was owned by SABMiller from 2015 to 2016.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Meantime is a London craft brewery founded in Greenwich in 1999, one of the first British breweries of the modern craft wave. It passed from SABMiller to AB InBev and then to Asahi in 2016 as part of the regulatory divestitures.
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AB InBev sold Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime to Asahi as part of the divestitures required to obtain competition clearance for its acquisition of SABMiller. It was the Japanese brewer's first substantial European business.
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The parent company of Meantime is Asahi Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Meantime originated in the United Kingdom in 1999, but it is owned today by Asahi Group, which is headquartered in Japan. So Meantime is a British-origin brand under Japanese ownership.
Asahi Group completed its acquisition of Meantime on 11 October 2016, after announcing the deal on 10 February 2016.
Before Asahi Group, Meantime was owned by SABMiller from 2015 until 2016.
Yes. As of 6 September 2026, Meantime is still owned by Asahi Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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