Anheuser-Busch InBev may be the top beer manufacturer in the world, but it has a way to go in spirits. “We are the competition,” A-B CEO Michel Doukeris said of the company’s position in the spirits category during Thursday’s Q2 earnings call.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) outperformed the U.S. beer industry in the first quarter of 2026, the company reported Tuesday. In the U.S., A-B’s Q1 depletions (sales to retailers) increased 0.3% year-over-year (YoY), which the company credited to “beer and beyond beer share gains and an improved industry.” Shipments (sales to wholesalers) declined 3.2%.
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits’ ambitions for Anheuser-Busch InBev’s portfolio aren’t limited to New York. The wine and spirits juggernaut has struck another deal for a red network distributor, this time for the assets of Eagle Rock Distributing Co. in Colorado.
There’s a big change coming to this year’s Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS) release: It’s getting smaller. Goose Island will package Original BCBS in 4-packs of 10 oz. bottles.
Anheuser-Busch (A-B) InBev recorded mid-single-digit losses in revenue (-5.1%), shipments (-6.7%) and depletions (-5.4%) in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2025, the company reported Thursday.
Few were immune to beer’s tough March, even the country’s largest beer vendors, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) continues to reshuffle its craft brewing operations. The world’s largest beer manufacturer announced a $1 million investment in Wicked Weed’s Asheville, North Carolina-based operations that coincides with the winding down of operations at its 104,000 sq. ft. production facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, “over the next few months.”
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) recorded a positive Q4 in its U.S. business, marking a new “inflection point” for the company, leadership shared early this morning with the release of its Q4 and full-year 2024 financials, and accompanying earnings call with investors and analysts.
Beer category dollar sales were roughly flat (-0.3%) to start the year at off-premise retailers tracked by market research firm Circana. Sales reached $2.854 billion at multi-outlet grocery, mass retail and convenience stores (MULO+C) in the first four weeks of 2025, through January 26.
Just like the Kansas City Chiefs, draft beer also took an L in Super Bowl LIX. Draft beer volume declined -4.6% nationwide on Super Bowl Sunday, according to on-premise insights firm BeerBoard.
Super Bowl LIX attendees will have a choice of “American” lagers – as opposed to “domestic” beers at the Caesars Superdome on Sunday. The switch follows Anheuser-Busch InBev U.S. CEO Brendan Whitworth’s call for “domestic” beers to be reclassified as “American” beers in a 600-word missive to distributors earlier this week, first reported by Beer Business Daily.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) has reached an agreement with Bellingham, Washington-headquartered Sound Beverage Distributors to acquire brand rights to A-B’s portfolio and other products.
Anheuser-Busch is still gunning for a share of the energy drink segment, announcing today a new partnership with sports nutrition business 1st Phorm to launch a RTD energy line.
There are four “winds of change” impacting consumers’ bev-alc purchasing decisions, and Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) believes it has the brands to speak to all four of those trends, according to A-B U.S. chief commercial officer Kyle Norrington.
In a continuation of last month’s trends, 15 of the top 25 beer category vendors have recorded dollar sales and volume declines year-to-date (YTD) through November 3, according to market research firm Circana.