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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.
An LLC led by the former president and CEO of Pittsburgh Brewing has acquired Weyerbacher Brewing following the Easton, Pennsylvania-based craft brewery’s second bankruptcy case, according to LehighValleyLive.com.
Consumer trends of premiumization, convenience, flavor, and health and wellness continue to drive shopping behavior in both the on- and off-premise channels, experts from NielsenIQ reported during a webinar this week.
As products made through its beverage-alcohol licensing partnerships gain steam at retail, Coca-Cola has agreed to share profits from those brand extensions with U.S. bottlers, Beverage Digest reported.
With premiumization showing no signs of slowing, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s High End leaders are focusing on key import, lifestyle and craft brands in 2023.
Joining the board to represent packaging brewers are Jason Perkins, VP of brewing operations at Portland, Maine-based Allagash Brewing; and Mitch Steele, co-founder and brewmaster of Atlanta, Georgia-based New Realm Brewing. Packaging brewers sell more than 75% of their volume off their premises.
Hard coconut water maker Sunboy won the 14th edition of Brewbound’s Pitch Slam competition, presented by Ollie, a Next Glass company.
Following its licensing agreement with Sonic Drive-In to produce and sell Sonic Hard Seltzer, COOP Beverage Works will next partner with Chicago-headquartered juice maker Tampico Beverages to produce Tampico Hard Punch.
Draft sales on the night before Thanksgiving declined -17.1% compared to the same day in 2021, on-premise data firm BeerBoard reported. Drizly reported that ready-to-drink canned cocktails increased sales nearly +40% on the e-commerce alcohol delivery platform this Thanksgiving weekend compared to the holiday in 2021.
Last week’s decision by Qatar officials to ban alcohol sales at stadiums – two days before the first 2022 FIFA World Cup match – could impact the relationship of FIFA and beer sponsor Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) through 2026.
Atrevida Beer Company co-owner and Army veteran Rich Fierro is being hailed as a hero after he stopped the gunman during a mass shooting that left five dead and 19 injured at Colorado Springs-based Club Q on Saturday.
Expect government agencies to take closer looks at mergers and acquisitions, and ramp up enforcement efforts around category management, tying and elusive conduct, McDermott Will & Emery partner Alva Mather said during a webinar last week.
Boosted by the growth of its flagship Allagash White, Allagash Brewing Company bucked the craft beer segment’s trajectory (-3%) to reach +6.2% dollar sales growth in 2022, the company reported.
Nearly 20-year-old Georgetown Brewing has only been packaging its beer for a little more than a quarter of its life, and although cans buoyed the brewery during the pandemic, they’re a distant second priority to draft in terms of sales and production.
Channel Marker Brewing will pay homage to its seaside hometown of Beverly, Massachusetts, with its new name: Coastal Mass Brewing. The name change comes from the discovery that another brewery was using the name Channel Marker for one of its beers.
