From Steady to Strategic: The Supply Chain Forces Shaping 2026
The Q4 2025 Supply Chain report from Agrowgate paints a picture of a beverage industry entering 2026 with far more stability – yet no shortage of strategic inflection points.
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The Q4 2025 Supply Chain report from Agrowgate paints a picture of a beverage industry entering 2026 with far more stability – yet no shortage of strategic inflection points.
The latest CGA by NIQ report captures a U.S. on-premise landscape in flux — one where value and versatility are driving growth, even as premium tiers feel the squeeze.
The Q3 2025 Agrowgate BevNET Supply Chain Report highlights how tariffs, freight costs, and crop conditions are shaping the food and beverage industry.
Craft trends in off-premise channels “remain underwhelming,” but there are “signs of improvement” in Q2, according to Bump Williams Consulting’s (BWC) quarterly craft report.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer remained above 2022 levels in June, increasing +5.4% at home versus June 2022 and +5.3% away from home, before seasonal adjustment, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Beer producers shipped an estimated 17.5 million barrels of beer to wholesalers in May, a -4% decline (approximately 730,000 barrels) versus May 2022, according to the Beer Institute.
May recorded the largest year-over-year (YoY) decline in domestic tax paids so far this year, decreasing -7.7%, to 13.3 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute (BI).
Father’s Day was the ‘most valuable Sunday” so far this year for bev-alc in the on-premise channel, according to CGA, a NIQ on-premise market research firm.
For the first time since at least 2015, an equal number of craft beer drinkers surveyed in the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual Harris Poll said they were drinking more craft beer in 2023 than the amount who said they were drinking less craft beer – about 25% each.
Total beer category ordering rose again in June, with a reading of 54, according to the latest Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) shared by the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
Off-premise beer category dollar sales are up +0.7%, while volume sales have declined -4.1% for the four-week period ending June 17, according to market research firm NIQ. Also, the off-premise declines of Bud Light accelerated compared to previous weeks.
The on-premise channel is expected to see a welcome boost this coming week due to Independence Day, according to on-premise market research firm CGA, a NIQ company.
Analysts from 3 Tier Beverages and CGA by NIQ shared a “surprising” and optimistic story about beer’s performance in on- and off-premise channels Thursday, during a webinar hosted by the Beer Institute (BI).
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer both at home (+6.1%) and away from home (+5%) outpaced overall inflation (+4%) once again in May 2023 compared to May 2022, before seasonal adjustment, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
An estimated 15.9 million barrels of beer and malt products were shipped to wholesalers in April, a -4.5% decline (or -741,163 barrels of beer) versus April 2022, Beer Institute (BI) VP of research Danelle Kosmal reported in the trade group’s monthly economic report.
“Flavor” is one of the trendiest words in beverage-alcohol right now, with producers across beer, wine and spirits boasting “flavor-forward” innovations.
Global beverage alcohol is projected to deliver over $21.6 billion to the global economy by the end of 2023, with premium plus segments and no/low alcohol representing bright spots, according to a report from the IWSR Drinks Market Analysis released today.