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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Press Clips: CPI for Beer At-Home +9% in January; Sheehan to Sell Craft New Hampshire to A-B Wholesalers

Press Clips: CPI for Beer At-Home +9% in January; Sheehan to Sell Craft New Hampshire to A-B Wholesalers

CPI for Beer At-Home +9% in January vs. 2022 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer at-home continues to outpace inflation, increasing +9% last month versus January 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Beer price hikes have yet to slow down, increasing +8.6% year-over-year (YoY) in December, +7.7% in November and… Read more »

Boston Beer Increases Executive Pay +2-3% for 2023

Boston Beer Increases Executive Pay +2-3% for 2023

Boston Beer Company’s named executive officers (NEO) will all receive raises in 2023 and most will receive a portion of their 2022 bonuses, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 8-K filed last week.

Last Call: 54 Widmer Brothers Workers Join Teamsters; Stony Creek Expands; Canton Brewing and Lost Nation for Sale

Last Call: 54 Widmer Brothers Workers Join Teamsters; Stony Creek Expands; Canton Brewing and Lost Nation for Sale

Employees at Anheuser-Busch (A-B) InBev-owned Widmer Brothers Brewing have voted to join Teamsters Local 162, the union announced. Stony Creek Brewery has been approved by its hometown of Branford, Connecticut to construct a new tank farm, which would expand the company’s brewing capacity from 48,000 barrels, to 100,000 barrels.

Legislative Roundup: Virginia Retailers May Have to Keep NA and Alc Versions of Crossover Drinks Separate; Texas & Illinois Introduce DTC Bills

Legislative Roundup: Virginia Retailers May Have to Keep NA and Alc Versions of Crossover Drinks Separate; Texas & Illinois Introduce DTC Bills

Virginia state lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would require retailers to keep alcoholic versions of non-alcoholic beverages, such as Hard MTN Dew, Fresca Mixed, Simply Spiked and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, separate from their counterparts, according to Pluribus News.

Flavor-Driven Products Make Up Majority of Top Beer Category Innovations in 2022

Flavor-Driven Products Make Up Majority of Top Beer Category Innovations in 2022

Flavor-driven brands dominated the top 25 new beer category products of 2022, according to Bump Williams Consulting’s (BWC) February report. Of the top 25 best-selling new products, 12 were flavored malt beverages (FMBs) and six were hard seltzers. Four imports made the list, as did two craft offerings and one domestic premium.

Ball Full-Year Can Shipments +0.8%, Q4 Shipments -6%

Ball Full-Year Can Shipments +0.8%, Q4 Shipments -6%

Ball Corp., the largest manufacturer of aluminum cans in the world, reported full-year and fourth quarter global shipments up +0.8% and down -6.1%, respectively, including the company’s now-divested Russia business.

Gopuff to Expand Presence on Drizly

Gopuff to Expand Presence on Drizly

On-demand convenience delivery retailer Gopuff and e-commerce beverage-alcohol platform Drizly are teaming up to provide broader service for bev-alc delivery, the companies announced today.