Jessica Infante

Jessica Infante

Managing Editor, Brewbound

Jessica Infante joined Brewbound in 2019 after nearly a decade in a variety of marketing roles in the craft beer industry. Prior to that, she was a daily newspaper reporter at the Jersey Shore. Jess holds a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a master’s degree in integrated marketing communication from Emerson College. She is a certified Cicerone and lives in Salem, Massachusetts.

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Total Wine, Whole Foods Dish on Summer Retail Trends

Total Wine, Whole Foods Dish on Summer Retail Trends

Non-alcoholic beer, Italian imports and fruit-forward offerings are just a few of the summer trends popping in Total Wine & More and Whole Foods Market stores. Total Wine’s Adrea Starr and Whole Foods Market’s Mary Guiver offered insights into what they’re seeing as summer sets in.

Circana Weekly Scans: Beer’s ‘Surprise’ Losses; Busch Bucks Trends

Circana Weekly Scans: Beer’s ‘Surprise’ Losses; Busch Bucks Trends

The beer category “surprised” Circana EVP BevAl Scott Scanlon last week and not in a good way. Both dollar sales (-6.1%) and volume (-7.3%) dropped mid-single digits in the week ending June 15 at off-premise retailers tracked by the market research firm.

Benchmark Invests in Blake’s Beverage Co.; National Sales and Distribution Partnership Rolling Out

Benchmark Invests in Blake’s Beverage Co.; National Sales and Distribution Partnership Rolling Out

Michigan-based beverage-alcohol platform Benchmark Beverages has taken a minority investment in Blake’s Beverage Co. and the two companies have launched a commercial partnership. Benchmark (Dark Horse, Roak, Brew Detroit, Great America) and Blake’s Beverage Co. (Blake’s Hard Cider, Austin Eastciders, Avid Cider) aim to “accelerate growth and shake up the beyond-beer category with fresh innovation and national scale,” according to a press release.

BrewDog Closes Cincinnati Outpost

BrewDog Closes Cincinnati Outpost

BrewDog has shuttered its Cincinnati, Ohio-based bar nearly six years after the outpost opened, the company confirmed on Monday. The company cited increased operating expenses and declining on-premise traffic among the reasons for the closure, which was effective immediately.

Stone IPA Sources Growth in Grocery, On-Premise Chains

Stone IPA Sources Growth in Grocery, On-Premise Chains

Large-format packs and key menu features are putting wind into Stone IPA’s sails. Stone IPA has recorded double-digit depletions growth at on-premise chains outside its home market in the 6-month period ending March 31, according to VIP data the brewery shared with Brewbound.