Even with up to 500,000 barrels of beyond beer capacity coming online next year, Sierra Nevada’s priorities heading into 2023 are continuing to fuel the growth of Hazy Little Thing and strengthening the iconic Pale Ale brand, company leaders recently shared with Brewbound.
Ohio Eagle Distributing has a deal in place to acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) AB ONE distribution operations in Lima, Ohio.
Ball Corp. may be backing away from its five truckload per SKU minimum order quantity for printed cans, according to a communication obtained by Brewbound between a can broker and a brewery.
During Brew Talks on Thursday, Oct. 6, leaders from top craft breweries and an up-and-coming consulting firm will explore one of the craft segment’s most challenging commercial issues: How do you innovate at scale beyond the IPA juggernaut? With the various IPA substyles accounting for nearly half of off-premise craft beer sales, the panel will explore where the opportunities for growth are in other beer styles and how they’re building their product mix.
Bent Water Brewing Company has promoted Joe Companion to VP of sales, after fewer than eight months with the Lynn, Massachusetts-based brewery.
As consumers continue to cut their alcohol intake and embrace zero proof alternatives, startup retailer Sèchey is working to ensure that shoppers looking for non-alc beer, wine and spirits don’t get hung out to dry.
In an effort “to further align” its distribution relationships in California, Sierra Nevada terminated three wholesalers yesterday: Antioch-based Markstein Sales Co., Imperial-based Alford Distributing and Milpitas-based Bottomley Distributing Co.
On-premise sales over Labor Day weekend received “an uplift in velocity” on Sunday (+16%) and Monday (+54%) compared to the previous week, NielsenIQ’s on-premise tracking arm, CGA, reported today.
The Brewbound Live business conference will return to Santa Monica on November 29 and 30 for two days of conversations and networking with industry leaders. Brewbound is excited to announce the first speakers for this year’s event: Maui co-founder and CEO Garrett Marrero and Modern Times CEO Jennifer Briggs.
A tentative deal between the remaining two railroad worker unions and the rail carriers has been reached. Early Thursday morning, U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh tweeted that ”a tentative agreement that balances the needs of workers, businesses, and our nation’s economy” had been agreed upon by the rail companies and union negotiators after “20 consecutive hours of negotiations.”
A little more than two years after announcing it would open, Boston Beer’s Dogfish Head taproom in Miami will shut its doors on November 5 due to “marketplace factors beyond our control,” according to an internal memo.
Craft has had a rocky 2022 in off-premise channels, with declines in dollar sales, distribution and shelf space.
A looming railroad worker strike could be the next supply chain disruption on the radar for the brewing industry and the overall economy.
Total beverage-alcohol dollar sales increased +9.3% during Labor Day weekend compared to the prior week, market research firm IRI reported.
