The next evolution in adult non-alc (ANA) will require brands to push flavor to greater heights, invest in retail strategy, and find new occasions.

After months of outpacing overall inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beverage-alcohol at home and away was lower than the CPI for all goods at +2.7% year-over-year (YoY) in November 2025, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Mark Anthony Brands founder and chairman Anthony von Mandl will step down as CEO and has appointed vice chairman Phil Rosse to succeed him, according to a memo shared with distributors today.

Craft beer’s grocery losses continued to accelerate in November, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana. The segment recorded high-single-digit declines in dollar sales (-8.2%) and volume (-9%) at grocery stores in the four-week period (L4W) ending November 30, Circana reported. Those losses mark an acceleration from the prior L4W period… Read more »

Justin Brigham, co-founder of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Sycamore Brewing, was arrested on charges of statutory rape of a child by an adult, first degree burlgary and indecent liberties with a child by the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, December 11. In response to the charges, Sycamore owner and co-founder Sarah Taylor, who is Brigham’s… Read more »

Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) will sell one brewery and shutter another two, the company announced today.

The back half of November delivered mixed performances for bars and restaurants, according to CGA, the on-premise-focused arm of market research firm NIQ.

Molson Coors told distributors last week it would disband its Northeast region and close the region’s New Jersey office. The company plans to fold “all frontline distributor- or retailer-facing roles” into an expanded East region, keeping those roles intact.

Pabst Brewing has eliminated an undisclosed number of jobs, a spokesperson confirmed to Brewbound. Although rumors swirled over the weekend that the cuts could amount to as much as 40% of Pabst’s workforce, the spokesperson said those estimates were more than double the actual impact.

Hopes for continued beer volume gains following September’s positive trends were dashed with the latest report from the Beer Institute (BI). Domestic tax paid shipments returned to the red in October, declining 3.8%, to 11 million barrels of beer.

Both draft (-10%) and packaged beverage-alcohol (-14.9%) suffered double-digit volume declines in the on-premise on the night before Thanksgiving, according to market research firm BeerBoard.

Two former Boston Beer Company employees are pursuing a class-action lawsuit, alleging the Twisted Tea maker skirts Massachusetts law by paying departing workers $3,000, minus taxes, instead of “garden leave” or other compensation, while enforcing restrictive noncompetition agreements.

Four incumbents and two new members will join the Brewers Association (BA) board of directors following last month’s election. The new term is slated to begin in February 2026.

Tilray Brands’ approved reverse stock split is set to take effect Monday afternoon following the close of the market, the company announced last week. The 1:10 reverse split will reduce the number of shares of common stock of Tilray from 1.16 billion to 116 million.