In this week’s edition of Last Call: Drake and Canopy Growth partner to launch More Life Growth Company; Walmart offers curbside pickup of alcohol in 29 states; JetBlue to offer Truly Hard Seltzer; and more news bites.
Founders Brewing Company’s Detroit taproom will remain closed through the end of 2019. In the wake of a now-settled racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee against the Grand Rapids, Michigan-headquartered craft brewery, the company said it will reopen the taproom in “early 2020” and donate all profits to local charities and organizations “through at least 2022.”
In Episode 4 of the Brewbound Podcast’s second season, Odell Brewing co-founder Wynne Odell and Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman share what it’s like to begin to take a step back from the industry they helped build.
Phusion Projects officially rolled out its first Four Loko branded hard seltzer to retailers today, after going viral on social media over the summer. A-B announced today that Bud Light Seltzer will launch in the first quarter of 2020 in four flavors: Black Cherry, Lemon Lime, Strawberry and Mango.
Portland, ME boasts the highest number of breweries per capita in the U.S., providing the perfect microcosm of an increasingly crowded marketplace. Peter Bissell, the co-founder of Bissell Brothers, one of Maine’s most popular breweries, joins the Brewbound Live Winter 2019 speaker roster to share unconventional business advice, and the business lessons he has learned while building brewing, distribution and restaurant ventures.
Russian River is brewing a Sonoma Pride IPL after a wildfire forced the evacuation of the popular Windsor, California, craft brewery last week. Co-founder Natalie Cilurzo told Brewbound that Sonoma Pride will be available next month at both the Windsor and Santa Rosa breweries and proceeds will support a yet-to-be-determined charity that supports firefighters.
A bill to extend federal excise tax (FET) relief has garnered a record number of co-sponsors following a day of action coordinated by the Beer Institute (BI), Brewers Association (BA) and other alcoholic beverage trade groups.
A federal magistrate judge last Thursday filed a report and recommendation order largely siding with Stone Brewing’s claims that MillerCoors did not provide all available marketing materials for its Keystone brand during the lawsuit’s discovery phase.
The Reyes Beverage Group, the nation’s largest beer wholesaler, has struck its second deal in Virginia in the past 13 months, according to a press release. Premium Distributors of Virginia, a Reyes subsidiary, announced Friday that it has acquired the distribution rights of Winchester, Virginia-based Dixie Beverage Company. The deal will add 280,000 cases to… Read more »
FIFCO USA is embracing its role as a “big-small company.” With just 1.3% of market share, FIFCO is nowhere near the size of the world’s largest brewery, Anheuser-Busch, but both companies have the same number of wholesalers. FIFCO USA is still able to pull in big-name celebrity sponsorships. Those celebrity relationships were on display during FIFCO USA’s national sales meeting last week in Philadelphia.
In a crowded marketplace, how do you find whitespace? MillerCoors and Deschutes both believe it’s through innovation. At Brewbound Live Winter 2019, we’ll explore how the two breweries use product innovation to compete, as well as tap into how those products fit in retail through the lense of beer-focused restaurant chain Taco Mac.
Founders Brewing Company and former employee Tracy Evans announced Thursday they have agreed to settle the racial discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based craft brewery. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, and the lawsuit has been dismissed.
In Episode 3 of the Brewbound Podcast’s second season, Deschutes Brewery founder Gary Fish and other leaders from the Bend, Oregon-based craft brewery discuss the current competitive landscape, the evolution to a beverage company, how difficult it is to get mindshare and focus in 2019, and giving consumers what they want.
Molson Coors’ future direction became more clear today following the announcement that the company will restructure its operations and slash its workforce. Prior to late July’s second quarter earnings call, the company announced that CEO Mark Hunter would retire at the end of September, and Gavin Hattersley, the CEO of U.S. business division MillerCoors, would… Read more »
