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Almost exactly eight years since acquiring Whole Foods Market, Amazon is on the verge of restructuring the natural grocery chain’s leadership.

Many dads will likely be celebrating with a 6-pack this weekend, as beer tops the list of planned bev-alc purchases for Father’s Day celebrations.

Overall bev-alc inflation continued to grow in May, but appears to be easing for the majority of the industry, except for spirits.

Distributor sentiment for bev-alc’s Memorial Day weekend (MDW) backs up reports that the holiday failed to bring the boost industry members were hoping for, according to the latest Bev Bytes report from Goldman Sachs.

Post-Memorial Day weekend scans “retraced to expected level[s]” in the latest report by market research firm Circana. Total bev-alc dollar sales in Circana-tracked off-premise channels were down 3.2% YoY and 6% WoW for the week ending June 1.

Domestic tax paid shipments fell back in the red in April, declining 3% year-over-year (YoY), to an estimated 12.1 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute (BI), citing figures from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

Although still in decline, craft beer’s dollar sales and volume losses eased up in May, according to the most recent off-premise report from market research firm Circana.

Memorial Day weekend failed to bring the positive kick-off to summer that bev-alc industry members were hoping for, according to the latest weekly scans report from market research firm Circana.

Nearly a quarter of consumers (23.3%) have stopped drinking, or are taking a break from bev-alc, according to a recent survey by Bump Williams Consulting (BWC).

Memorial Day weekend (May 23-26) and the kick off of the summer selling season in bars and restaurants started slow, with year-over-year (YoY) total bev-alc dollar sales declining 4.4%, according to on-premise retail data tracker BeerBoard.

In Brewbound’s final feature coverage of the Brewers Association’s (BA) 2024 craft production numbers, we dove into trends amongst some of the smaller subsets: microbreweries, taprooms and brewpubs.

The May Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) showed “sequential improvement” compared to the previous three months, with the overall index reading 45 and at-risk inventory hitting 47, falling below the 50 benchmark for the first time since January, the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) shared Friday.

Editor’s Note: 3 Up, 3 Down with 3 Tier Beverages is a quarterly insights series available exclusively to Brewbound Insiders, via the Chicago-headquartered, bev-alc-focused consulting and data firm. In this latest installment of 3 Up, 3 Down, 3 Tier consultant Danelle Kosmal analyzes data trends in flavor-forward bev-alc, high ABV offerings, pricing and more.

Total bev-alc dollar sales declined -2% both year-over-year (YoY) and week-over-week (WoW) in Circana-tracked off-premise channels through May 18, according to the market research firm’s latest weekly report.