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Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (SGWS) has consistently charged independent retailers as much as 12% to 67% more than national and regional chains for the same products, according to newly unsealed redactions in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) price discrimination case against the distributor.
Craft’s rolling four-week losses improved to start 2025, according to the most recent report from market research firm Circana. The segment’s off-premise dollar sales declined -3.1% and volume, measured in case sales, declined -4.6% in the four-week period ending January 26 (L4W) at multi-outlet grocery, mass retail and convenience stores (MULO+C). That marked an improvement over the prior four-week period (through December 29, 2024), when craft dollars declined -5.1% and volume declined -6.5%.
What’s life like for the Anheuser-Busch distributor in one of the country’s biggest party towns ahead of one of the beer industry’s biggest days? Brandon Frederick, VP of sales; Greg Naquin, director of off-premise sales; and Kris Cutrell, director of on-premise sales walk through the preparations for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, the expectations placed on them, the biggest pain points and much more.
Flavor is at the heart of discount supermarket chain Aldi’s summer strategy. As part of Alid’s seasonal reset, the company will add 18 private label alcoholic beverages (11 new and seven repeat items) all priced under $14 to its shelves starting Friday, April 21. Those products range from hard tea to hard seltzer, cocktail-inspired pouches to freeze pops, and beer to wine.
Bell’s has expanded distribution into Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington, leaving Hawaii as the only state where drinkers can’t get Two Hearted IPA or Oberon Ale.
Breakthru Beverage Group announced Scott Hersh has been appointed EVP of Breakthru Beverage Nevada. Effective May 1, Hersh will be responsible for leading all aspects of Breakthru’s business performance including sales, operations and distribution in Nevada’s dynamic on-premise market.
Wine and spirits distributor Martignetti Companies has struck a deal to acquire Massachusetts-based beer wholesaler Quality Beverage, the companies announced today in a press release.
Columbia Distributing, one of the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) largest members, has resigned from the trade group “effective immediately.”
Firestone Walker’s best-selling 805 brand is headed to Kansas and Missouri later this month. The Paso Robles, California-headquartered craft brewery officially announced today the addition of the two Midwestern states to the 805 brand’s distribution footprint, which will now encompass 14 sta
Two Washington state craft- and import-centric distributors are shutting down in the wake of their parent company’s sale to PepsiCo.
Off-premise dollar sales of craft beer declined -4%, to nearly $620.8 million, while case sales dipped -8.6% year-to-date through February 26 in multi-outlet and convenience stores (MULC) tracked by Circana, the market research firm formerly known as IRI.
Montauk will expand into two new states and fill out its existing footprint in New York and New Jersey over the next couple months, the New York-based craft brewery’s first expansion moves since being acquired by global cannabis firm Tilray.
A leaked Amazon confidential 2021 document shows that the e-commerce Goliath wanted to grow its alcohol sales by covertly lobbying to change liquor laws, Vice reported late last week.
Virginia brewers are one signature away from being able to self-distribute their beer in state. The Beer Industry Limited Distribution Act (House Bill 2258) passed the state Senate last week and has been sent to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk. It would allow breweries to self-distribute up to 500 barrels annually.
D.G. Yuengling & Son beer is now rolling out in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma as part of the Pennsylvania brewery’s joint venture with Molson Coors for westward expansion.
Golden Brands – the Reyes Beverage Group’s Northern California subsidiary – has acquired rights to the Constellation Brands and Sierra Nevada portfolios from Sacramento-based Markstein Beverage Co.
CPI for Beer At-Home +9% in January vs. 2022 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer at-home continues to outpace inflation, increasing +9% last month versus January 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Beer price hikes have yet to slow down, increasing +8.6% year-over-year (YoY) in December, +7.7% in November and… Read more »
