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 industry depletions (sales-to-retailers) volumes tracked by beverage alcohol invoicing and logistics firm Fintech have increased 9% year-to-date through Week 27 compared to the same period last year, National Beer Wholesalers Association chief economist Lester Jones and Fintech director of distributors Jim Kallies shared yesterday during a quarterly review of the industry’s performance.
Veryvell, the line of CBD beverages and drops from Truss CBD USA, the joint venture backed by Molson Coors and Canadian cannabis company HEXO, will roll out to on- and off-premise retailers throughout Colorado. “Expanding territory and expanding the portfolio is signaling success and we’re really excited about it,” Truss CBD USA general manager Jane Armstrong Hockman told Brewbound.
President Joseph R. Biden issued an executive order last week, which he said during a press briefing would “help restore competition so that we have lower prices, higher wages, more money, more options, and more convenience for the American people.”
Next Glass’ beverage alcohol tech and media empire is crossing the northern border with the company’s acquisition of Ollie Order, an omnichannel marketplace for beverage alcohol sales and a tech platform for logistics and taxation tracking that is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Consulting firm BW166 reported that label approvals for seltzer and seltzer-like products are accelerating, with approvals trending at 334 per month compared to the 228 per month in 2020. More than half (53%) of on-premise visitors went to a bar or restaurant during the July 4 weekend, according to CGA, an on-premise market research firm.
Brooklyn-headquartered Other Half Brewing will set up shop in the former Goose Island brewery and taproom in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported earlier this week.
The river has run its course for Coors Seltzer, Molson Coors Beverage Company told wholesalers today. In a message to the company’s wholesalers this afternoon, Molson Coors chief marketing officer Michelle St. Jacques and U.S. sales president Kevin Doyle announced the company will cease production of Coors Seltzer, asking wholesalers to sell through remaining inventory.
Hard seltzer could account for 10% of total beverage alcohol sales by 2025, according to a report from financial services firm Credit Suisse. Since 2019, hard seltzer, which currently accounts for 3.5% of total beverage alcohol, has been pulling share from all three categories.
Constellation Brands — maker of popular import brands Corona, Modelo and Pacifico — called out a $12.5 million increase in logistics costs in the 10-Q form the company filed last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its 2022 first-quarter earnings report.
In a year when craft beer volumes declined for the first time in the modern craft era, drinker interest in craft beer did not abate, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson said during his presentation of the trade group’s annual consumer poll.
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives seeks to jumpstart business travel and dining to support the hospitality industry and would offer a tax credit for unmerchantable inventory that spoiled during the pandemic, including out-of-code beer.
Constellation Brands executives tackled a number of issues, from supply “tightness” to Modelo Especial’s growth, and their hard seltzer ambitions during a first quarter 2022 call with investors and analysts today.
The Reyes Beer Division has reached a deal to acquire Centreville, Maryland-based G & G Distributors, the company announced today.
Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers and sister brand Springdale Beer Company have signed with Sheehan Family Companies to distribute its offerings statewide in Massachusetts, the company announced today. Sheehan subsidiaries Craft Massachusetts (Boston, central and western Massachusetts), L. Knife & Son (southeastern Massachusetts), and Seaboard Products (northeastern Massachusetts) will begin distributing Jack’s Abby products starting today.
