Dharma Tamm is stepping down as president of Rogue Ales & Spirits after four years at the helm of the Newport, Oregon-headquartered craft brewery. Steven Garrett, Rogue’s VP of marketing and creative, will assume the president role beginning October 1.

The trickle down from Bud Light’s sales declines are beginning to materialize in its supply chain partners’ earnings. On the same day that Anheuser-Busch InBev reported double-digit declines in revenue, shipments and depletions in the U.S., Ball Corporation shared that its second quarter volumes declined -8.5% in North and Central America, which the company attributed to “customer mix, particularly in the domestic mass beer category.”

The fallout of Bud Light’s sales declines has led to several gains for Molson Coors in the second quarter with potentially more on the horizon. During Tuesday’s call with investors and analysts, Molson Coors president and CEO Gavin Hattersley noted that several retailers have moved up the timing of their shelf resets from the spring to the fall.

Partake Brewing has promoted chief commercial officer Evan Cohen as president to lead the Toronto-headquartered non-alcoholic beer (NA) maker through its next growth phase.

Molson Coors reported Q2 earnings results today, reporting its best quarterly brand volume trends in the U.S. since 2008, with Coors Lite, Miller Lite and Coors Banquet each recording double-digit growth.

The National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for July marked the second consecutive month of positive ordering trends for a majority of segments, including a 14-point jump for premium regular (50 reading).

Boston Beer Company reported its second quarter earnings today, with net revenue declining -2.1%, to $603.3 million, compared to the same period in 2022.

Coca‑Cola Company chair and CEO James Quincey added additional color to the news that the soda giant had obtained a federal basic alcohol permit and launched an alcoholic beverage subsidiary, Red Tree Beverages, in the second quarter. Quincey described Red Tree “more of a technicality than some new big step.”

Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) announced a corporate restructuring today that will see the world’s largest beer manufacturer cut just under 2% of its U.S. workforce, an A-B spokesperson confirmed with Brewbound.

Breakthru Beverage Group founder W. Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz has died at age 70 following a brief illness, the company announced Tuesday evening.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction issued in district court that blocked Constellation’s termination of Olympic Eagle “on the ground that plaintiff has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits, and we remand.”

Brewers with seasonal or variety pack placements in Walmart stores may be in for a bumpy ride. The Beer Industry Electronic Commerce Coalition threw up a warning flare last week that the largest brick-and-mortar retailer in the U.S. would be mandating that all seasonal brands and variety packs use unique UPC codes, starting in early 2024.

Yellowstone’s Dutton family may be on a strike-imposed hiatus, but the show’s 6666 Grit & Glory beverage-alcohol brand keeps rolling. 6666 Grit & Glory has launched a $3 million media campaign and sweepstakes for a walk-on role on one of the franchise’s productions once the writers and actors strikes end and the Duttons return.

Lagunitas’ sales and marketing teams have undergone an overhaul in the last month. In a conversation with Brewbound, interim CMO Hannah Dray discussed bringing irreverence and disruptiveness back to the brand.