Ball Corporation’s North American and European aluminum can supply will be hard to come by for the foreseeable future – into the end of the decade, CEO Ron Lewis shared during the manufacturer’s Q1 earnings call earlier this week.
Boston Beer Company has “gotten over the hump as a supplier” and become an “important” part of its wholesalers’ and retailers’ businesses, founder, chairman and CEO Jim Koch told analysts during the company’s Q1 2026 earnings report Thursday evening.
The accelerated downturn of Bud Light led to double-digit declines in shipments, depletions and revenue for Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) U.S. business in the third quarter.
Boston Beer Company’s Q3 financials were described by one analyst, Bernstein’s Nadine Sarwat, as “a messy set of results.” The company’s portfolio – including Samuel Adams, Dogfish Head, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard, Sun Cruiser and Hard MTN Dew – reported a -1.9% year-over-year (YoY) decline in shipments (sales to wholesalers) and -3% decline in depletions (sales to retailers) in the quarter.
Monster Beverage Corp. struggled to overcome weak sales growth for its energy drinks in Q2, while its nascent beverage-alcohol division also took a step back.
As it lapped the gains made in the wake of the Bud Light boycott last year, Molson Coors recorded declines in volume and net sales during the second quarter of 2024. However, company leadership was unshaken.
Ball Corporation’s global beverage can shipments increased +2.8% in the second quarter of 2024, the Denver-headquartered company shared in its Q2 2024 results.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) U.S. shipments (sales to wholesalers) and depletions (sales to retailers) remained in the red in Q2 2024 as the company cycled the double-digit declines from this time last year, when the conservative-led boycott of Bud Light began following a promotion with Dylan Mulvaney, a social media influencer who is transgender..
Marking its first annual sales loss since 2020, Diageo reported a -1.4% decline in net sales for fiscal year 2024 during its earnings call Tuesday morning.
Tilray Brands’ bev-alc net revenue increased +137%, to $76.7 million in Q4 fiscal year 2024 (FY24), as the global cannabis firm and “lifestyle brand” closed out its first year with the eight beverage brands it acquired from Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B).
Constellation Brands’ share price declines Wednesday seemed not to shake company leadership, who expressed optimism about continued growth during the company’s Q1 FY 2025 earnings call with investors and analysts.
Constellation Brands reported a strong first quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, with $2.662 billion in reported net sales, a +6% increase compared to the same quarter last year, according to its Q1 earnings report.
Molson Coors’ shipments in the Americas outpaced depletions by more than 750,000 hectoliters (more than 639,000 barrels), exceeding the company’s already inflated expectations for Q1 as it prepares for elevated summer sales, leadership shared today on a call with investors and analysts.
Molson Coors net sales increased +10.7% (+10.1% in constant currency) in Q1 2024, as the company continues to record volume growth from its core brands, the company reported today.
New Boston Beer CEO Michael Spillane said the company’s “highest priority” moving forward “is to return to delivering sustainable volume growth.”
Boston Beer Company’s shipments and depletions declined -6.2% and -6%, respectively, in 2023, the company reported today in its full-year and fourth-quarter earnings report.
Constellation Brands has raised its full-year operating income guidance for its beer brands to +7% to +8% (previously +6% to +7%), following another quarter of shipments and depletions growth, the company reported today in its Q3 earnings results.
