Meet One-to-One with Buyers from Whole Foods Market at Brewbound Live Winter 2024

Meet One-to-One with Buyers from Whole Foods Market at Brewbound Live Winter 2024

At Brewbound Live in Marina del Rey, CA on December 11 + 12, beer and beverage-alcohol brands can participate in retailer one-to-ones. Leaders from Whole Foods Market will be available for private, pre-scheduled meetings. Brands will be selected at each retailers’ discretion.

Gambrinus Founder, Philanthropist Carlos Alvarez Has Died

Gambrinus Founder, Philanthropist Carlos Alvarez Has Died

Beer industry veteran Carlos Alvarez, who founded the Gambrinus Company and was the first to import Corona Extra to the U.S., died this week. Beer Business Daily first reported the news this morning, citing an internal message at the brewery, and other outlets, including the San Antonio Express-News, followed.

Backpocket and SingleSpeed Form Brewery Collective in Iowa

Backpocket and SingleSpeed Form Brewery Collective in Iowa

A pair of Iowa breweries have started a collective, while maintaining independent ownership. Backpocket Brewing in Coralville and SingleSpeed Brewing in Waterloo have linked up under the Parallel Brewery Collective umbrella. As of mid-February, the breweries are working under a shared-service agreement, with a shared sales team now offering both breweries’ portfolios, and are working together on supply chain procurement.

State of Bev-Alc Report: Non-Alc Gaining Share of Sip, Bev-Alc Losing Displays

State of Bev-Alc Report: Non-Alc Gaining Share of Sip, Bev-Alc Losing Displays

Fewer displays in beverage-alcohol, notably in premixed cocktails, beer and cider, should be considered a warning sign for suppliers, according to a new report from Circana. The market research firm’s “State of the CPG Beverage Alcohol Industry” report explores factors driving demand and identifies key growth opportunities in the bev-alc market.

BI: Domestic Tax Paids Post Strongest Monthly Growth Since May 2021; Strongest Total February Volume Since 2016

BI: Domestic Tax Paids Post Strongest Monthly Growth Since May 2021; Strongest Total February Volume Since 2016

An estimated 11.9 million barrels of beer were shipped in February, a +7.9% increase year-over-year (YoY), marking the “strongest monthly growth in almost three years, since May 2021,” Beer Institute (BI) chief economist Andrew Heritage wrote in the trade group’s latest round of economic reports, citing estimates from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

MJF Celebrates Fourth Year With 8 New Scholarship Recipients

MJF Celebrates Fourth Year With 8 New Scholarship Recipients

Eight industry members are the latest to be awarded scholarships from the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling (MJF), a foundation meant to further the careers of Black, Indigenous and people of color in the brewing and distilling industries.

A Round With… Rabobank’s Bourcard Nesin

A Round With… Rabobank’s Bourcard Nesin

In the latest installment of Brewbound’s A Round With – a weekly Insider-exclusive Q&A series with industry leaders – Rabobank analyst Bourcard Nesin tells us all about the future of e-commerce alcohol sales, changing drinker demographics and being a dad.