Layoffs

Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) has concluded another round of layoffs, the fourth time the company has done so in the past 14 months.

Monster-owned Cigar City will shift the Tampa, Florida-based craft brewery’s production hub to a cross-category innovation center; as a result of the change, 12 positions have been terminated, Brewbound has confirmed. The company also eliminated the position of long-time and original brewmaster Wayne Wambles on February 9.

Many craft breweries have made distribution and packaging changes in the last few years to combat changing off-premise trends and consumer purchasing habits. But transitions don’t always mean immediate positive changes, as Belching Beaver can attest.

Most production at New Orleans-based Faubourg Brewing will cease next month, Faubourg parent company Made By The Water (MBTW) announced this week.

Cape May Brewing, New Jersey’s largest regional craft brewer by volume, will sell its brand rights and wind down operations of Cape Beverage, its distribution arm, the company announced today.

Bang Energy’s parent company Vital Pharmaceuticals (VPX) has initiated mass layoffs in preparation for its anticipated acquisition by Monster Beverage Corp., according to an internal memo viewed by BevNET.

Nearly five years after it opened, Diageo will cease the majority of production later this spring at what was its first Guinness production brewery in the U.S. since 1954.

Drizly, an Uber-owned alcohol e-commerce delivery platform, began “company wide” layoffs this week, according to several social media posts by former employees.

It’s been a tough week for the staff at breweries in the Brewers Collective, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) craft division. First, we learned the company decided to cease operations on Wednesday at Platform Beer Co., the Ohio-based craft brewery A-B acquired in 2019.

One day after a report that Anheuser-Busch InBev was ceasing operations and eliminating jobs at Cleveland, Ohio-based Platform Brewing, news of layoffs at other craft breweries in the company’s Brewers Collective has come to light.

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Asheville, North Carolina-based Bhramari Brewing Co. has allegedly laid off numerous staff members and temporarily shut down one of its two taprooms this month, Citizen Times reported.

Fort Collins, Colorado-based Odell Brewing Co. laid off nine staff members last week, about 5% of its workforce.

Leisuretown, Modern Times’ Anaheim, California-based taproom, complete with a swimming pool, has closed, Brewbound has confirmed.