Craft Beverage Warehouse (CBW), a Milwaukee-based beverage packaging distributor, is making a $4 million investment to begin offering digital can printing to craft beverage companies in 2022.
The lines between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages continue to blur. Bloomberg broke the news Sunday evening that Constellation Brands and energy drink maker Monster Beverage Corp. are considering a deal.
The world’s largest can manufacturer, Ball Corp., alerted clients that it will increase the minimum order for printed cans to five truckloads per SKU starting January 1, and the company will no longer offer warehousing for orders. Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson joins the Brewbound Podcast to provide context on the fallout for craft brewers.
The fallout from Ball Corporation’s updates to craft brewers and other small customers about increased minimum order quantities continues to reverberate. In addition to Ball raising minimum order quantities for printed cans from one truckload (204,000 cans) to five (1,020,000 cans), the price of 12 oz. cans will increase nearly 28%, from $93.23 to $119.11 per 1,000 cans, according to an updated pricing sheet obtained by Brewbound.
Ball, the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, has informed customers without contracts that minimum quantities for orders of printed cans are increasing to five truckloads per SKU and that the company will no longer provide warehouse services for its customers, according to a post shared by the Brewers Association.
Escondido, California-based Stone Distributing has added San Diego-based Ashland Hard Seltzer and El Segundo Brewing to its Southern California portfolio.
Beer industry leaders gathered in Manhattan earlier this week for Beer Marketer’s Insights’ first in-person seminar since 2019. The day — which included an agenda packed with interviews of the CEOs of the U.S. operations of some of the world’s largest beer manufacturers and leaders of two of the largest craft beer companies in the country — left some financial analysts feeling “more optimistic on the industry,” Goldman Sachs equity research analyst Bonnie Herzog wrote in a report following the event.
Canned wine brand Maker has raised $2.3 million from more than 30 investors, to expand direct-to-consumer shipping of its offerings to 45 states.
Just how big of a deal is the sale of Bell’s to Lion Little World Beverages? The Brewbound team along with 3 Tier Beverages founder Donn Bichsel Jr. and Castle Island Brewing founder Adam Romanow discuss the transaction. Plus, Romanow offers insights into opening a second taproom location in South Boston — such as how foot traffic varies throughout the day in Castle Island’s suburban taproom vs. its new one in the city –and the brewery’s booming contract brewing business.
As business at on-premise establishments continues to near 2019 levels, craft beer may have the most to gain, NextGlass CEO Trace Smith suggested during last week’s Brewers Association (BA) Collab Hour webinar.
Reyes Beer Division broke ground on a new San Diego-based distribution center for its Crest Beverage subsidiary yesterday. The 400,000 sq. ft.-facility is expected to move more than 16 million cases of beers in the portfolios of Molson Coors, Heineken, Constellation Brands, Lagunitas, Firestone Walker, Coronado and other local offerings.
Santa Rosa-based wine producer Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) has acquired Ace Cider, The California Cider Company, in Sebastopol, California. The transaction, which was announced Monday, closed today (November 16).
Alcohol e-commerce delivery platform Drizly is partnering with convenience giant 7-Eleven, allowing consumers to order alcohol delivery from more than 1,200 stores across 11 states.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) is investing deeper into its beyond beer portfolio with the acquisition of Ocean City, Maryland-based hard tea maker Hoop Tea.
