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Former Mark Anthony Brands marketing VP Sanjiv Gajiwala has joined the Kraft Heinz Company in the newly created role of U.S. chief growth officer.

Scotland-headquartered multinational craft beer maker BrewDog now removes twice as much carbon from the air as it emits, the company’s founders announced during their annual shareholders meeting for members of its Equity for Punks crowd investment platform.

Aluminum cans are in short supply, and the shortage comes at a time when the can package is becoming more important to the beer category as brewers shift their focus to off-premise sales during the pandemic. Market research firm Nielsen’s latest report highlights the growth and importance of cans to the beer category. The firm… Read more »

The top selling eight beer brand families have all surpassed $1 billion in sales at multi-outlet chain and convenience stores year-to-date, according to data shared by market research firm IRI, which includes sales data through August 9.

Consumers’ rates of visits to bars and restaurants remain somewhat flat at the country’s on-premise venues, with 46% of adults having dined out in the past two weeks, according to Nielsen CGA.

July 2020 marked the second consecutive month of increased year-over-year shipments, according to the Beer Institute (BI), which shared unofficial estimates of domestic tax paid shipments compiled by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

Drizly has closed on a $50 million Series C funding round, the Boston-headquartered alcohol e-commerce and delivery platform announced today.

A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges that Anheuser-Busch InBev is deceiving consumers by positioning its Veza Sur brewery in Miami as a craft brewery.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is in short supply, both gas suppliers and brewers have confirmed.

Citing an influx of advertising touting the health benefits of certain alcoholic beverages, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published a memo warning producers to stop making such claims.

Constellation Brands is going Hard Knocks with its latest NFL sponsorship deal. The Los Angeles Rams and Chargers — the featured teams on this year’s edition of the HBO documentary series — have locked up multi-year partnerships with the maker of Mexican import beers.

The lawsuit filed by French agri-business cooperative Agrial Group against Seattle Cider Company and Two Beers Brewing Company founder Joel VandenBrink has been settled.

Beer category sales in off-premise retailers during the COVID-19 pandemic haven’t been enough to make up for the loss of sales at on-premise establishments after shutdowns to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, market research firm Nielsen reported today.

After enhanced unemployment benefits ended last month, consumers reined in their grocery spending on most categories, except for beverage alcohol, according to a report from market research firm IRI.