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The on-premise beer market remains challenged, but the latest numbers reveal meaningful pockets of growth beneath the topline declines. Imported and non-alcoholic beer are gaining momentum, while draft is strengthening its position relative to packaged beer.
The latest NIQ On Premise analysis reveals a beer category that continues to face volume pressure, but one where performance varies significantly by segment, format, and occasion. The findings also highlight meaningful shifts in on-premise consumption that extend beyond topline category performance.
Rising gas prices may be bad for consumers’ wallets, but increased costs and their impact on shopping habits may actually be good for the beer industry, according to National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) chief economist and VP of analytics Lester Jones.
Businesses may have to prepare for less frequent on-premise visits this fall, as consumers are becoming increasingly more wary of visiting bars and restaurants with rising COVID-19 cases, according to a study released yesterday by investment banking and financial services firm Jefferies.
Madison, Wisconsin’s Ale Asylum plans to auction off its equipment and assets, as the company prepares to close its brewery and restaurant in October, according to New Mill Capital, the asset disposition firm handling the sale.
Spoetzl Brewery’s Shiner Beer launched its first new brand platform in five years last week, with a campaign to make Shiner a part of modern Texas culture, according to AdWeek.
On-premise velocity continues to trade higher than 2020, up +60% year-over-year for the week ending August 7, 2020, according to market research firm CGA.
Noted pancake purveyor IHOP is soft launching its “Bubbles, Wine & Brews” menu in three of its restaurants in San Diego and New Mexico, with additional locations in New York, Rhode Island, Maryland and Ohio, among others, to follow.
Non-alcoholic craft brewery Athletic Brewing is preparing to open a pop-up facility featuring “the intersection of beer and burpees” in Austin, Texas, the company teased today on social media.
Massachusetts-based hard seltzer brand Willie’s Superbrew was midway through a call with the supermarket chain Harris Teeter when the buyer interjected…
Consumers are visiting on-premise establishments more often, with three-quarters of respondents visiting three or more times over the past three months, according to a July 29-August 2 survey by the market research firm CGA.
Craft breweries made up an estimated half to two-third of their 2020 volume losses by the midpoint of 2021, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson said today during a presentation on the industry’s mid-year performance.
Newport Craft Brewery and Distillery in Rhode Island announced the purchase of a 6-acre plot of land from the city of Newport earlier this month, as part of a $10 million expansion project.
One day after New York City announced proof of vaccination will be required for indoor dining and drinking at bars and restaurants in the city, Chicago-based Metropolitan Brewing instituted a similar policy.
Dutch brewing giant Heineken N.V. reported its first half 2021 earnings today, and its U.S. business division recorded “high-single digit” beer volume growth through the first two quarters of the year.
Decorah, Iowa-based Toppling Goliath Brewing Company has expanded to multiple new markets in recent months. The 12-year-old brewery’s growing footprint is due in part to the company’s switch to what co-founder Clark Lewey described as an “on-demand” business model.
Crowns & Hops Brewing Co. is getting its own facility — and the Inglewood, California-based craft brewing company is asking drinkers if they want to be a part of it.