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.
Beer category dollar sales at off-premise retailers increased +2% year-over-year for the week ending August 21, outpacing total beverage alcohol dollar sales growth (+1%), according to market research firm IRI.
Beer inventory in wholesalers’ warehouses is at risk of expiring in the next 30 days, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) August edition of the Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI).
Happy hour is more popular than ever, according to data from beer-centric social media platform Untappd, which shows late afternoon and early evening check-ins have stolen share from nighttime drinking.
Molson Coors U.S. president of sales and distributor operations Kevin Doyle will retire on December 31 after nearly 40 years with the company. Chief customer officer Brian Feiro will backfill Doyle’s position after training with him for the next several months, Molson Coors announced today.
Beer Kulture, Brave Noise, and Women of Bevolution have launched a grant program aimed at helping underserved groups launch businesses in the craft beverage industry.
The rate of craft beer drinkers who say they drink craft weekly has declined -4% since last year, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual consumer survey conducted by the Harris Poll.
New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger brand family continues to light up the top 30 craft brands tracked by market research firm IRI. Year-to-date though August 7, five Voodoo Ranger SKUs made the list and all but one posted significant growth.
When Maui Brewing’s acquisition of Modern Times Beer closes in late October, the newly formed parent company will be called Craft ‘Ohana – the Hawaiian word for “family,” Maui announced today.
After more than a year under the wing of Molson Coors, spirits-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktail maker Superbird will leave the nest as Molson Coors hands the reins to the brand’s distribution efforts back to its parent company, Casa Komos Brands Group (CKBG).
Katrina Shabo, former director of sales and marketing at Worcester, Massachusetts-based Wormtown Brewery, has joined Medusa Brewing Company in Hudson as sales director. Carrie Shafir has been promoted to VP of marketing for the Brewers Collective, Anhesuer-Busch InBev’s (A-B’s) craft business unit.
The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild (VCBG) could be in the beer distribution business by next summer, it announced last week.
Sonic Hard Seltzer is now the official hard seltzer of the Big 12 Conference with a three-year contract, the brand announced today.
Diageo North America (DNA) has tapped Rodney Williams as president of Diageo Beer Company (DBC) and Canada. Williams succeeds Nuno Teles, who occupied the role before moving to the United Kingdom to serve as Diageo’s managing director for Great Britain, a promotion that was announced in April.
With astonishing three-year revenue growth of +13,071%, non-alcoholic craft beer maker Athletic Brewing Company was ranked the 26th fastest growing private company in the country by Inc. Magazine.
