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.
Online sales of beverage alcohol reached $6.1 billion in 2021 and have more than doubled their share of all off-premise dollar sales since 2019, according to a new report from Rabobank beverages analyst Bourcard Nesin. E-commerce sales of beer, wine and spirits accounted for 4% of total category off-premise sales in 2021, up from nearly 1.9% in 2019.
The San Diego craft brewery scene is once again getting shaken up by the Kings & Convicts. After acquiring the Ballast Point brand from Constellation Brands in 2019, the company is acquiring the brewing facilities and taprooms of Saint Archer from Molson Coors.
SweetWater Brewing parent company Tilray paid $5.1 million in cash and stock to acquire Green Flash Brewing and Alpine Beer Company last month, financial forms filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission showed. A purchase price of $5,133,000 for the San Diego-headquartered craft brands values their combined 2020 output of 34,000 barrels at $150.97… Read more »
To-go drinks will return to New York state after an abrupt cancellation of the pandemic-driven policy last June, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced during her State of the State address earlier this week. “To-go drinks were a critical revenue stream for New York’s bars and restaurants during the pandemic, helping many small businesses across the state… Read more »
After announcing a partnership with Coca-Cola to launch spirits-based canned cocktail Fresca Mixed earlier today, Constellation Brands reported increases in shipments (+3.1%) and depletions (+8.4%) for its beer business in the third quarter of the company’s 2022 fiscal year. Constellation’s beer portfolio – which includes Mexican import brands Corona, Modelo and Pacifico – increased sales in Q3 FY 2022 (for the three months ending November 30, 2021) on top of difficult comps from elevated off-premise spending driven by the pandemic era fridge stocking in 2020.
Modern Times Beer has named Jennifer Briggs its new CEO and has promoted Danielle Jackson to VP of sales, the San Diego-headquartered craft brewery announced Wednesday. Briggs, a member of Modern Times board of directors, was appointed interim CEO in October after founder and former CEO Jacob McKean resigned in May 2021 and president and chief operating officer Chris Sarette departed in August 2021, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Registration for Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) and BrewExpo America will open on January 11, the Brewers Association (BA) announced. The conference, the country’s largest gathering of employees of the craft beer industry, will take place May 2-5 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis.
Ball Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, has postponed the implementation of its new policy to increase minimum order quantities and end warehouse services until March 1, the Brewers Association (BA) announced Tuesday.
Pro Football Hall of Famer and color commentator Troy Aikman has joined a new team, this time in the beer industry. Aikman and a crew of industry veterans are launching Eight, a lager brewed with organic grains that checks in at 4% ABV, 90 calories and 2.6 grams of carbs.
Of the 25 best-selling new brands last year, 20 are hard seltzers, according to NielsenIQ data shared by BWC. The top five include Mark Anthony Brands’ White Claw variety pack No. 3, Boston Beer Company’sTruly Punch variety pack, Truly Iced Tea variety pack, Molson Coors Topo Chico Hard Seltzer and Mark Anthony’s Mike’s Hard Lemonade Seltzer variety pack.
Nashville, Tennessee-based Bearded Iris Brewing Co. has joined the Independent Brewers Union (IndieBrew), the craft tie-up pioneered by Atlanta-headquartered Scofflaw Brewing.
Foxtrot co-founder and CEO Mike LaVitola discussed the disruptive convenience and delivery chain’s beverage alcohol business and strategy during the Brewbound Live business conference in Santa Monica, California, earlier this month.
Brewbound readers in 2021 sought out news about fallout from the revelation of widespread gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment, the ups and downs of the hard seltzer segment, mergers and acquisitions and the crunched supply chain.
After granting five New York wholesalers a temporary restraining order (TRO) last week against Boston Beer Company (BBC) and Manhattan Beer Distributors’ attempt to terminate their rights to sell Boston Beer’s Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard and Twisted Tea brands, New York Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok changed course and denied their motion for an injunction against the sale of their rights to Manhattan Beer.
