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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.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer away from home increased +7% in October 2022 compared to October 2021, the largest price increase ever recorded for the category, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Members of the California Family Beer Distributors (CFBD) gathered for the first time last week in Palm Desert, California, to discuss goals and highlight their differences from the Reyes Beer Division. “The members in this room are independent family-owned beer distributors,” CFBD executive director Kevin Luckey said in his opening address.
Global cannabis firm Tilray is adding an East Coast craft brewery to its growing brewery portfolio, with the acquisition of Montauk Brewing Company.
Alcohol e-commerce platform Drizly announced a “new brand direction” this week, featuring a “redesigned product experience” and expanded shipping capabilities, as it celebrates a decade in business.
Leisuretown, Modern Times’ Anaheim, California-based taproom, complete with a swimming pool, has closed, Brewbound has confirmed.
Data from beer-centric social media platform Untappd, which tracks where and when users drink beer, shows that traffic at brewery taprooms has recovered to 117% of January 2019 levels.
San Francisco-based Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery closed for good on Sunday, October 30, CEO Tim Obert announced via email last week.
The amount of beer at risk of expiring in the next 30 days in wholesalers’ warehouses has reached its highest level in recent months, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) October Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI).
Regulators from the federal agencies that oversee taxation and alcohol regulation raided the Union City, California, offices of Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits yesterday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) reported a +12.1% increase in revenue, to $15.091 billion, and +3.7% volume growth in the third quarter of 2022, compared to the same period last year, the company shared today in its earnings report.
Traditional beer is expected to decline -2% in the next five years, Boston Beer founder and chairman Jim Koch told wholesalers Tuesday during the company’s annual business plan meeting with northeastern wholesalers. “We say a prayer for the big brewers because they’re the ones that really build the trucks that we can then fill out, but I think the reality is it will probably not grow in the lifetime of the people in this room,” he said.
As the calendar turns to the often spirits-heavy holiday season, the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) highlighted its Beer First Initiative toolkit during its annual convention earlier this month, including selling materials to help better position beer against wine and spirits in the fourth quarter of the year.
The Boston Beer Company – parent of Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer and Dogfish Head – aims to become the No. 1 beer industry supplier in the fourth category, CEO Dave Burwick said during a conference call with investors and analysts to discuss the company’s third quarter 2022 earnings.
Nearly six months into Paul Verdu’s tenure at the helm of Wisconsin Brewing Company (WBC), the Verona, Wisconsin-based brewery is making significant changes to its strategy, focusing its energy on the Lake Louie Brewing brand and WBC’s contract brewing business.
