Like countless other beverage companies, XED (pronounced “crossed”) Beverages saw its growth plans for 2020 turned upside down with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring. Now — one year, one rebrand and one reformulation later — co-founders Zeke Bronfman and Nate Medow are looking to pick up from where they never got a chance to start.
A day after denying that a former employee was the subject of harassment and pregnancy discrimination, Boulevard Brewing has changed its stance, acknowleded that workplace harassment did occur and apologized. The company has also fired a company executive.
No one was injured in an explosion and fire at Victory Brewing’s brewpub and taproom in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening. “Our taproom was closed for business on Monday, so no customers or team members were in the building at the time of the incident,” Artisanal Beverage Ventures chief marketing officer Derek Detenber told… Read more »
FIFCO USA has appointed former Molson Coors executive Dan Hennessy as its new chief sales officer, effective February 8. Meanwhile, San Diego hard kombucha maker JuneShine has hired former Stone Brewing VP of sales Todd Karnig as chief commercial officer. And the Brewers of Pennsylvania (BOP) has appointed Adam Harris as executive director of the state guild.
Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser clydesdales may be sitting out Super Bowl Sunday, but Boston Beer Company is bringing its own horses to game day.
Citing a “growing decline in” demand and sales, Pabst Brewing Company announced it is “temporarily pausing production” of the 125-year-old Olympia Beer brand.
Molson Coors’ rapidly expanding beverage interests now include ready-to-drink cocktails, following the company’s announcement today of a partnership to distribute tequila-based cocktail Superbird.
After a former employee shared her story of pregnancy discrimination and examples of a hostile work environment, Boulevard Brewing Company issued a statement today saying the Kansas City, Missouri-based craft brewery takes the accusations “very seriously” but an investigation of the allegations a year ago found “that there was no harrassment or discrimination.”
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Budweiser brand won’t be featured during Super Bowl LV for the first time in 37 years, the world’s largest beer manufacturer announced today in revealing its advertising plans for the February 7 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Great Divide Brewing Company plans to sell its nearly 6-year-old barrel bar and packaging hall in Denver’s River North Art District.
Greg Avola, the co-founder of beer review mobile app Untappd, announced his departure from a day-to-day role at the company last week in a series of tweets. Avola cited the desire to focus on his “health, happiness and family” as his reason for stepping down, which he elaborated on in a post on his personal website. His last day as a full-time employee was January 20. He will remain a part owner of Next Glass.
Night Shift Brewing Company will temporarily close its Lovejoy Wharf location in Boston. The last day, for now, is set for Saturday, January 23, and the reopen date is still to be determined.
James Watt, CEO of Scottish craft beer maker BrewDog, is teasing several new outposts, including a location in Las Vegas.
The number of legal drinking age adults who have visited on-premise establishments has remained stagnant at around 50% for several months, according to a report from Nielsen CGA, the on-premise arm of market research firm NielsenIQ. In the two weeks leading up to the January 8-10 survey period, 50% of respondents said they had gone out for a meal, which was the same number as those who had been out to a restaurant in the two weeks prior.
Drinking occasions remain less popular — 17% of respondents had gone out for a drink in the two weeks before the January 8-10 survey, an increase of 1% from the previous survey. Only 41% of respondents said they planned to visit a restaurant in the two weeks following the survey, but 18% said they would go out for a drink.
