Suntory and Sapporo Breweries have announced a partial halt to sales of their beer gift sets amid a flood of orders due to delays in shipments from rival Asahi after it was hit by a cyberattack.
Suntory and Sapporo will prioritize the supply of regular products over seasonal items, according to their announcements on Friday.
Suntory will gradually suspend the sale of 13 beer sets for winter gifts, including a set of Chinese zodiac-themed cans of The Premium Malt's, its flagship beer. It will continue to sell five standard-design gift beer sets.
Starting early next week, Sapporo will stop delivering to wholesalers 10 end-of-year gift sets of its signature Yebisu Beer and other products.
Kirin Brewery has yet to make a decision on sales of its gift sets.
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