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.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleges that Total Wine & More “will continue to evade its production obligations absent an enforcement order” from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The agency and the national beverage-alcohol retailer are at odds over whether Retail Services & Systems, Inc. (RSSI), Total Wine’s parent company,… Read more »
Ipswich Ale Brewery, one of the oldest craft breweries in Massachusetts, will transfer most of its production as part of an expanded partnership with Newburyport, Massachusetts-based RiverWalk Brewing, both breweries announced last week.
One shareholder of Massachusetts-based Tree House Brewing has filed a lawsuit against co-owners Nate Lanier and Damien Goudreau, claiming they have misused company funds, neglected to offer shareholder dividends, and withheld tax documentation. Eric Granger, a Monson, Massachusetts resident who owns 2% of Tree House’s shares, filed the lawsuit against Lanier, Goudreau and Tree House… Read more »
The legal battle between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and national bev-alc retailer Total Wine & More continued this week when the chain filed a motion to oppose the agency’s petition to force it to comply with a civil investigative demand (CID). The FTC last month claimed Total Wine’s parent company, Retail Services & Systems,… Read more »
Flow Water is continuing to expand operations at its Aurora, Ontario, production facility while simultaneously seeking its divestiture, announcing today a five-year manufacturing partnership with alcoholic RTD party punch maker BeatBox Beverages set to kick off next summer. The deal, due to commence sometime between May and July 2024, marks Flow’s first move into beverage-alcohol… Read more »
Most production at New Orleans-based Faubourg Brewing will cease next month, Faubourg parent company Made By The Water (MBTW) announced this week.
Red Tree Beverages, Coca-Cola’s “firewalled, wholly owned” subsidiary to explore beverage-alcohol, has no intention of getting into the distribution business, Red Tree president Jenny Dowdy said yesterday during Beer Marketer’s Insights fall seminar.
For its sophomore year, Heineken Silver will get another $100 million investment, Heineken USA leaders announced during the company’s annual business planning meeting. Heineken USA CEO Maggie Timoney shared the U.S. subsidiary of the Dutch brewing giant had learnings and has already “corrected” course for its low-cal, low-carb offering. In the 52 week-period ending September… Read more »
The Brewers Association (BA) published its first Salary and Benefits Benchmarking Report since 2020. Sixty breweries responded with information about 80 common industry jobs, representing 7,396 employees.
After 10 years in business, Portland, Oregon-based Ecliptic Brewing has agreed to be acquired by Great Frontier Holdings – the craft beverage platform formed by the merger of Ninkasi Brewing and Wings & Arrow earlier this year. Citing a “really challenging” “past two years,” Ecliptic founder John Harris announced the sale on the brewery’s social media pages Wednesday evening.
Finestkind Brewing, the parent company of New Hampshire’s Smuttynose Brewing Co., has acquired Brooklyn, New York-based Five Boroughs Brewing Co.
As Two Roads prepares to launch Guy Fieri-backed flavored malt beverage Flavortown Spiked, the Stratford, Connecticut-based craft brewery is taking a more conservative approach to the rest of its portfolio, focusing on what works, forgetting the rest.
A frequent haunt of late for Guy Fieri’s red convertible isn’t a diner, a drive-in, or a dive, but rather Stratford, Connecticut-based Two Roads Brewing.
As a response to the instability in segments of the beer industry, Boston Beer Company has adjusted both its financial guidance and its approach to innovation, executives shared yesterday during the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call.
