Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound’s events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a nearly 20-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating an agreement made in May between Uber and GoPuff that allows consumers to order items from the e-commerce delivery retailer via the UberEats delivery app, according to The Information.
Noted pancake purveyor IHOP is soft launching its “Bubbles, Wine & Brews” menu in three of its restaurants in San Diego and New Mexico, with additional locations in New York, Rhode Island, Maryland and Ohio, among others, to follow.
Bump Williams Consulting’s latest industry analysis offered a stark assessment of the latest state of play within the beer industry. “Everyone is worried about the health of the soft trends of their business,” Williams wrote.
Craft breweries made up an estimated half to two-third of their 2020 volume losses by the midpoint of 2021, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson said today during a presentation on the industry’s mid-year performance.
Dutch brewing giant Heineken N.V. reported its first half 2021 earnings today, and its U.S. business division recorded “high-single digit” beer volume growth through the first two quarters of the year.
The National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) monthly Beer Purchasers’ Index found that wholesalers are reporting smaller inventories of beer at risk of going out of code.
On-demand e-commerce retailer GoPuff has closed on a $1 billion Series H funding round, bringing the valuation of the Philadelphia-headquartered company to $15 billion; India’s United Breweries is now a part of Heineken N.V. following the Dutch brewing giant’s acquisition of a controlling interest in the maker of Kingfisher; and more news.
Shipyard Brewing has appointed David Phillips as chief operating officer; Joe Heaton will depart the Beer Institute after serving as senior director of federal affairs for the national trade organization; and Constellation Brands has appointed Liz Lopez as VP of public affairs to lead on issues related to cannabis policy in the U.S.
Molson Coors Beverage Company CEO Gavin Hattersley stressed that the “outcomes” of the company’s 2-year-old revitalization plan are beginning to materialize. Those outcomes became frequent talking points during the company’s second quarter 2021 earnings report.
Maui Brewing Company has appointed Scott Metzger as its next chief operating officer. Metzger, who founded Freetail Brewing Company in San Antonio, most recently served as general manager at Wormtown Brewery in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers’ transition into the Sheehan Family Companies network will now include New York and New Jersey, the Framingham, Massachusetts-based craft brewery announced today.
Boston Beer Company “overestimated the growth of the hard seltzer category in the second quarter” and the demand for the company’s Truly Hard Seltzer, CEO Dave Burwick said in a press release announcing the company’s Q2 earnings results.
Midway through 2021, just two of the top 15 craft beer suppliers have been able to generate off-premise dollar sales growth in NielsenIQ tracked channels compared to a year ago, according to Bump Williams Consulting’s latest analysis of the craft segment.
Anheuser-Busch plans to sell its wholly owned distribution business in Hawaii to multi-state wholesaler The Odom Corporation, the world’s largest beer manufacturer announced today.
