Beer News

Dear Client: Heineken global saw an ”encouraging start to 2024,” as all regions grew volume and net revenue, and “we continued to see a sequential improvement in the performance of the business,” said chief Dolf Van Den Brink in the company’s Q1 update. Note that the quarter was admittedly “boosted” by an earlier Easter, and … "HUSA Q1 Depletions Down a Low-Single-Digit, But Silver, Chelada Show Promise" You are unauthorized to view this page.

Dear Client: After a breakout year this past year, in which it grew 563% to 1.3 million cases sold, and put vodka-based hard tea RTDs on the map, Surfside is now making moves to try and own the subsegment it helped create, across the map. Indeed, the brand announced today that it’s expanding distribution to … "Surfin’ U.S.A.: Surfside Goes National" You are unauthorized to view this page.

Dear Client: With Easter holiday timing impact now out of the way, we’ve got our first clear look at how A-B, others and the category itself have shaken out in the initial lapping of last year’s Bud Light fallout. And what we have so far in this very early stage is this: sizable movement in … " Big Comps Set in: Better Pic for A-B, But a Tougher One for Beer" You are unauthorized to view this page.

Dear Client: When BBD was started nearly 25 years ago, the great fear in the industry was that a huge retailer, say a Walmart or more acutely later a Costco, would lobby to break open state-licensed three-tier and/or control state laws to achieve direct shipping of bev-alc products to their centralized warehouses and between and … " The Taming of Amazon" You are unauthorized to view this page.