Ball Corporation reported that global beverage can shipments declined -6.7% in the first quarter of 2023. For the full year, the can manufacturer is estimating that its global volume growth will be in the “low-single digits,” with volume in North America “slightly down.” Leaders discuss need for beer companies to launch promotions.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) reported a +13.2% increase in total revenue and a +0.9% increase in total volume worldwide for the first quarter of 2023.
Rhinegeist co-founder Bryant Goulding and interim CEO Adam Bankovich explain the change in leadership at the Cincinnati craft brewery that led to Bankovich’s promotion. They share their vision for the brewery’s next phase and how to tap into its full potential.
Shea Hearsum Cusick Named New Maine Brewers Guild Executive Director The Maine Brewers Guild has tapped Shea Hearsum Cusick as its new executive director, effective May 1. Cusick joined the guild from Scarborough, Maine-based Nonesuch River Brewing, where she served as sales manager for nearly four years. In addition to her role at Nonesuch, Cusick… Read more »
Oregon regulators have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Washington breweries last year, allowing out-of-state brewers to ship beer direct-to-consumers (DTC) in the Beaver State.
From the land of Cran-Grape comes… Cran-Vodka? Absolut and Ocean Spray are teaming up to launch Vodka-Cranberry Range, a ready-to-drink (RTD) line coming early 2024, a press release announced today.
On the same day Founders Brewing announced it had permanently closed its Detroit location, a former employee filed a lawsuit against the company claiming the taproom’s work environment was “so objectively racially hostile that she had no choice but to resign.”
Molson Coors recorded both top- and bottom-line growth – in addition to volume declines – in Q1 2023, the company announced today.
Founders Brewing Company has permanently closed its satellite taproom in Detroit, six years after announcing plans to open it.
The past week at Rhinegeist has been one of “a lot of disruption” but also “minimal anxiety and the sense of calm,” following the appointment of chief commercial officer Adam Bankovich to interim CEO, Rhinegeist co-founder Bryant Goulding told Brewbound.
Spirits-based, ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktail brand Fishers Island Lemonade has agreed to be acquired by Spirit of Gallo, the spirits division of E. & J. Gallo, the companies announced today in a press release.
Athletic Brewing Company’s Upside Dawn Golden will be served on all domestic JetBlue flights starting in May, the company shared today. The partnership marks the first time that a major U.S. airline has served non-alcoholic craft beer at 35,000 feet.
Following two months of positive trends, total beer category ordering by distributors ticked downward in this month’s Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI), the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) reported.
Twisted Tea continues to be one of the few Boston Beer Company offerings in the green, and the company doesn’t see that changing anytime soon, leadership shared during Thursday’s Q1 2023 earnings call with investors.
