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The first major piece of RNDC’s territory fire sale is now complete. Reyes’ mega deal for 11 RNDC markets closed at the end of business on Friday, adding 38 million cases to its more than 360-million-case business.
More dominos continue to fall as RNDC’s territory sell off continues. Leaders with Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors announced an agreement to acquire “distribution rights for a collection of wine and spirits brands” from RNDC’s New York joint venture with Opici Family Distributing.
Firestone Walker and Duvel USA have inked a “definitive agreement” to acquire the Stone Brewing brand from Sapporo USA.
Tilray Brands has struck a deal to acquire some assets of Scottish craft brewery BrewDog, it announced today. The deal, which closed today, includes BrewDog’s global brand and intellectual property, its brewing operations in Ellon, Scotland, and 11 pubs across the U.K. and Ireland.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) has closed its previously announced acquisition of BeatBox Beverages, the companies shared today.
After layoffs at two major distributors, another leader is now cutting its workforce. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits announced job cuts on Thursday as part of a “broader effort to align resources with its long-term strategy and evolving market conditions.”
The pack mentality isn’t going away anytime soon in craft brewing. The Oregon Beverage Collective (OBC) – the tie up of Crux Fermentation Project, Cascade Lakes Brewing, Silver Moon Brewing, Goodlife Brewing and Tumalo Cider – launched a couple of weeks ago as one of the latest additions to this crowd.
Drake’s Brewing and Figueroa Mountain Brewing have formed a joint venture known as West Coast Craft, the companies announced last week.
Longmont’s Bootstrap Brewing is the latest Colorado brewery to join Left Hand Collective, a craft brewing “alliance” formed last year with the merger of Left Hand Brewing and Dry Dock Brewing.
Tilray Brands has signed a multi-year licensing deal with the Carlsberg Group to produce, market, sell and distribute the Danish brewer’s portfolio – including Carlsberg, Carlsberg Elephant, Kronenbourg 1664 and Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc – in the U.S. The partnership has an initial five-year term, beginning January 1, 2027.
The latest joining of craft brewing forces occurred in Bend, Oregon last week, with the creation of the Oregon Beverage Collective (OBC).
Scottish craft brewery BrewDog is exploring a sale, Sky News reported over the weekend. The craft brewery’s board has reportedly hired restructuring firm AlixPartners to gauge interest from prospective buyers “with a quickfire deadline for indicative offers.”
Check out news items were initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter February 12-13, including headlines from Georgia, NIQ, Sierra Nevada and more.
A pair of family-operated blue/gold network North Carolina distributors are merging to form United Carolina Beverages.
The impending federal ban of hemp-derived THC products continues to loom over the emerging beverage category, but that isn’t deterring investors from capitalizing on the “generational opportunity” to get in, should the law change.
As hard sports-drink-inspired RTDs appear set to dominate innovation in 2026, Bump Williams Consulting examined the segment’s early movers’ 2025 performance. Plus, Real American Beer refreshes packaging; Brewers Association CEO Bart Watson shares what’s working; Athletic enters Puppy Bowl; and much more.
Point Blank Distributing will lay off 177 employees once the sale of the Oregon-based distributor to Columbia Distributing is completed in late March, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act filing made Thursday with the state.
