Monster Energy Co. has filed a motion in a California federal court seeking an additional $167 million in its false advertising suit against Bang producer Vital Pharmaceuticals (VPX) on top of its $293 million jury verdict awarded earlier this year.
A lawsuit filed against Molson Coors’ Vizzy Hard Seltzer is nearing completion, after a federal judge said last week he plans to approve the company’s plan to settle with plaintiffs for $9.5 million.
Premium craft lager brand House Beer is revving things up in 2023 with new ownership. The decade-old company is set to be acquired by motocross athlete Carey Hart.
Beer posted a Beer Purchaser’s Index (BPI) reading of 54 in February, the first BPI reading above 50 since May 2022, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA).
Combining coffee, non-alcoholic beer and upcycled barley rice protein, the brains behind Super Coffee and Athletic Brewing believe they’ve created a product their core consumer base never knew they needed.
Some of the extra marketing spend Molson Coors promised during its Q4 earnings call with investors this week is already coming to fruition.
It’s been a tough week for the staff at breweries in the Brewers Collective, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) craft division. First, we learned the company decided to cease operations on Wednesday at Platform Beer Co., the Ohio-based craft brewery A-B acquired in 2019.
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs has recommended Molson Coors discontinue using its “light beer shouldn’t taste like water; it should taste like beer” claim.
One day after a report that Anheuser-Busch InBev was ceasing operations and eliminating jobs at Cleveland, Ohio-based Platform Brewing, news of layoffs at other craft breweries in the company’s Brewers Collective has come to light.
D.G. Yuengling & Son beer is now rolling out in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma as part of the Pennsylvania brewery’s joint venture with Molson Coors for westward expansion.
3 Tier Beverages consultant Stephanie Roatis shares the beverage alcohol segments trending up (hint, Dry January did all right) and those on the downward swing.
Non-alcoholic beer, wine and spirits had their time in the spotlight during Dry January, while high ABV ciders are taking off. In this second installment of the quarterly series, 3 Tier product team consultant Stephanie Roatis shared three insights on industry growth, as well as three underperforming areas across bev-alc scan data.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) owned Platform Beer Co. has ceased operations in Ohio, according to a Cleveland.com story citing “several sources.” However, the Platform brand will live on as three IPAs, according to a Platform spokesperson.
Golden Brands – the Reyes Beverage Group’s Northern California subsidiary – has acquired rights to the Constellation Brands and Sierra Nevada portfolios from Sacramento-based Markstein Beverage Co.
