Search across the BevNET CPG Media network including BevNET, Nosh, Brewbound, Taste Radio, Nombase and CPG Jobs.
Read the latest beer industry news relating to Big Beer including earnings reports and updates from key players such as A-B Inbev, Molson Coors, Constellation Brands, Heineken, Diageo, Boston Beer, and others. Explore market trends, global expansion efforts, and strategic partnerships within the beer industry.
Submit News
If you have insights or news related to the biggest players in the beer industry, please let us know. Submit your news.
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.
Tilray Brands chairman and CEO Irwin Simon had a message for Wall Street during the company’s full-year fiscal year 2026 earnings call: “We are no longer defined by one category, one market or one regulatory outcome.”
Boston Beer Company has found another growth driver with its spirits-based hard tea brand Sun Cruiser, which continues to deepen its distribution footprint. But the hot ticket item continues to be unable to stop flooding volume from its sibling brands, as the company recorded yet another quarter of shipments and depletions losses.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s U.S. business in Q2 recorded declines in depletions and shipments of 1.9% and 0.6%, respectively, the company reported Thursday morning.
Say what you will about A-B, but they don’t take no for an answer! (See BUD LIGHT SELTZER still on shelves, somewhere).
Boston Beer Company’s fiscal year 2026 (FY26) losses continued in Q2 as the company continued to tackle declines from its top brands, including Twisted Tea, according to quarterly financials the company released today.
Ten years ago, the Justice Department (DOJ) allowed the world’s largest brewer (Anheuser-Busch InBev) to buy the world’s second largest brewer (SABMiller), but only after imposing rules designed to protect competition and keep the market open. Those rules expire this month. This is what they did, and why their expiration matters.
In the midst of a summer of hard sports drinks and the revitalization of light beer, Goose Island is hoping to steer the conversation toward dark, moody imperial stouts for at least a little bit. The Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned craft brewery has revealed its dessert-laden 2026 Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS) lineup. The barrel-aged stout family is traditionally released on Black Friday (November 27 this year).
Off-premise beverage-alcohol sales took an “expected” nosedive following the Fourth of July, according to market research firm Circana’s latest weekly report. Dollar sales declined 21.4% week-over-week (WoW) for the week ending July 12. Year-over-year (YoY), dollar sales declined 0.3%, to $1.448 billion. Volume, measured in case sales, declined 1.7%.
Five months after an unsuccessful bid to buy back BrewDog, co-founder James Watt is at it again. The Scottish entrepreneur announced today that he has made an offer to Tilray Brands to reacquire BrewDog via his Second Best brand, which he founded in May. Details of the offer were not made public.
Trends improved for only five of the beer category’s 25 largest vendors between the year-to-date (YTD) and latest four-week (L4W) periods ending June 14, according to market research firm Circana.
After a rocky end to Q1, things are looking up for Constellation Brands in Q2, CEO Nicholas Fink shared during his first earnings call with investors Wednesday morning.
Constellation Brands had a stronger start to its fiscal year 2027 (FY27) than the prior year, recording beer division growth in Q1, according to financial details released today.
Boston Beer Company and two former sales representatives have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the company’s use of non-compete agreements, according to a court order filed Monday.
Diageo CEO Dave Lewis is reportedly following through on slashing jobs as part of a reorganization of the struggling alcohol firm. Reports this week indicate that cuts have reached Diageo’s North American business.
Washington, D.C.-based Soul Mega has won the 15th annual Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream (BTAD) Brewing and Business Experienceship, Boston Beer Company announced Tuesday.
The search for the next CEO of Heineken N.V. has met its end beyond the beer industry. The Dutch brewing giant’s supervisory board has named Rafael (Rafa) Oliveira as the company’s CEO and executive board chair, according to a press release. If Oliveira’s nomination is approved at the company’s August 5 shareholder meeting, his four-year term will begin October 1.
