Consumers’ interest in single-serve and other “alternatives to the norm” in package sizes could be a sticky trend across not just beer, but other bev-alc categories as well, according to the latest monthly report from Bump Williams Consulting (BWC).

Bev-alc’s negative trends remained relatively unchanged ahead of Labor Day, according to the latest weekly report from market research firm Circana.

It appears beer wholesalers are not very optimistic for an end-of-summer boost in sales, according to the latest Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) from the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).

Check out these news items, initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter between August 27-29.

Craft wasn’t the only segment to record some improvement in recent scans, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana.

City Brewing & Beverage has completed a transfer of control to a new ownership group made up of some of the multistate contract manufacturer’s existing lenders.

Labor Day may need to start campaigning if it wants to remain a staple of end-of-summer celebrations, particularly with the youngest legal-drinking-age (LDA) consumers.

Check out news items from August 25-26, initially reported in Insider editions of the Brewbound Newsletter.

The unpredictability of weekly bev-alc scans continues to give the industry whiplash. The beer category recorded a -2.7% year-over-year (YoY) dip in dollar sales and 4.3% decline in volume for the week ending August 17, according to the latest report from Circana and the market research firm’s EVP of BevAl, Scott Scanlon.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has added can ends and lids to the list of aluminum derivatives under Section 232 tariffs, effective Monday, August 18.

Several bev-alc trade groups, including the Brewers Association (BA) and Beer Institute (BI), submitted comments to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) last week, raising concerns over notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding nutrition and allergen labeling on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages.

Beer is starting to lose share of bev-alc dollar sales in the on-premise, according to a recent report by CGA, the on-premise arm of market research firm NIQ. In the last 52 weeks (L52W, ending June 14), beer claimed 39.5% share of total bev-alc dollar sales in NIQ-tracked on-premise channels, marking a 0.3 percentage point decline year-over-year (YoY).

A legal dispute between two Pacific Northwest cider brands is bringing into question what defines a “recipe” and how airtight – and specific – agreements between bev-alc brands and their manufacturing partners need to be. Schilling Cider has filed a civil complaint against Incline Cider and its parent company Compass Brands, LLC, alleging Incline breached a “recipe agreement” and shared confidential information with a competing company

Schilling Cider’s Excelsior Imperial Mango, the No. 2 hard cider in the Seattle-based company’s lineup and the “No. 1 fruited cider” in the U.S., is now “climate neutral.” As of this month, “any greenhouse gas emissions generated through the cider’s entire lifecycle” – from the production of Imperial Mango to its “disposal” – are entirely offset