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Ball Corporation: Aluminum Cans Will Remain on Allocation into Summer

Ball Corporation: Aluminum Cans Will Remain on Allocation into Summer

Ball Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, will continue to allocate inventory to customers and import cans from overseas due to short supply throughout this summer, executive vice president and chief financial officer Scott C. Morrison said yesterday during a public session of the Deutsche Bank Global Basic Materials Conference. “In the Northern Hemisphere, both in Europe and U.S. we’ll be on allocation again this summer,” he said. “We’re coming into this summer in North America extremely tight on inventory.”

Brewbound Podcast: Love Conquers Ale

Brewbound Podcast: Love Conquers Ale

Carissa Sweigart, Boston Beer’s leader of diversity, equity and inclusion, and Shelley Smith, brewing innovation manager, join the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the 2021 release, the origins of the beer, the company’s overall philanthropic efforts, and the conversations currently ongoing at the brewery in the wake of industry-wide allegations of misconduct and misogyny.

Hard Seltzer Report: Wholesalers More Conservative on Seltzers; Segment Slows; Optimism Remains

Hard Seltzer Report: Wholesalers More Conservative on Seltzers; Segment Slows; Optimism Remains

More than 75% of beer wholesalers said the summer selling season is off to “a strong start,” as Memorial Day trends either met or exceeded expectations, Goldman Sachs analyst Bonnie Herzog found in her latest “Beverage Bytes survey” of about 40 distributors covering 145,000 retail outlets (about a quarter of the total U.S. outlets that sell alcoholic beverages).

New Duvel USA President Seraf De Smedt and Leadership Team Discuss Path Forward for Boulevard, Brewery Ommegang

New Duvel USA President Seraf De Smedt and Leadership Team Discuss Path Forward for Boulevard, Brewery Ommegang

Newly appointed Duvel USA president Seraf De Smedt and members of the company’s leadership team discussed the path forward today nearly five months after the revelation of a toxic work environment led to leadership changes at the top of Boulevard Brewing Company. “We’ve focused a lot the last few months on collaboration and really having transparent and honest conversations,” vice president of communication and culture Julie Weeks told Brewbound.

Lynne Weaver Discusses Buying Back Three Weavers From CANarchy

Lynne Weaver Discusses Buying Back Three Weavers From CANarchy

In one of the more surprising M&A transactions thus far this year, Lynne Weaver and CANarchy went public Friday with plans for the Three Weavers founder and a group of investors to buy back the Inglewood, California-based craft brewery.