Incoming National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) chairman Jim Fabianao II stressed that distributors “must control our own destiny,” in his first speech during Tuesday’s Annual Convention general session in Las Vegas.
Total beer category ordering rose again in June, with a reading of 54, according to the latest Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) shared by the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
More than two-thirds (70%) of consumers planning to buy alcohol during Memorial Day weekend will buy beer, according to a survey conducted by market research firm Numerator. Total beer category ordering returned to growth in May after declining in April, according to this month’s Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) shared by the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
The U.S. beer industry recorded $409.2 billion of economic output in 2022, making up about 1.6% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to latest Beer Serves America report, a biennial study commissioned by the Beer Institute (BI) and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
Following two months of positive trends, total beer category ordering by distributors ticked downward in this month’s Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI), the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) reported.
The unofficial theme of the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday was celebrating the collective force of the beer category across all three tiers, A notion that is increasingly important as the category faces ongoing competition from spirits, and the anticipation of harsher regulations and federal scrutiny in the near future.
Middle-tier beer ordering continued to “shift towards a more predictable environment” in March, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) monthly Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI).
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.
Beer posted a Beer Purchaser’s Index (BPI) reading of 54 in February, the first BPI reading above 50 since May 2022, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA).
Data and economy experts from 3 Tier Beverages, NielsenIQ’s CGA and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) gave attendees insights into the state of the bev-alc industry and cider’s potential growth opportunities during the 13th annual CiderCon, held last week in Chicago.
The National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Beer Purchasers’ Index “recorded its lowest index reading” in December 2022, with a reading of 30, while the index for inventory “at-risk” of going out of code hit 51, which the trade group said “makes a very pessimistic outlook for January 2023.”
The outlook for beer may be more positive than headlines make it seem. That was the message from beer economy experts Monday during Beer Marketer’s Insights’ 2022 Beer Insights Seminar in New York City.
The amount of beer at risk of expiring in the next 30 days in wholesalers’ warehouses has reached its highest level in recent months, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) October Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI).
As the calendar turns to the often spirits-heavy holiday season, the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) highlighted its Beer First Initiative toolkit during its annual convention earlier this month, including selling materials to help better position beer against wine and spirits in the fourth quarter of the year.
More than 300 people gathered in Chicago Wednesday for the Alliance For Women in Beer’s inaugural in-person event.
