A new webinar series to help craft beverage companies adapt to online sales in the COVID-19 era has been announced. The first webinar in the series, “How to Sell and Ship Beer Online” will occur tomorrow, Thursday, September 24th, at 2 PM EST. Taproom closures and quarantine restrictions have put breweries, distilleries and… Read More…
Report Says Beer Industry Will Lose 651,000 Jobs By End of Year
The Beer Institute, the Brewers Association, the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the American Beverage Licensees released a report today from a leading economic firm showing more than 651,000 jobs supported by the U.S. beer industry will be lost by the end of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These job losses include more… Read More…
Selling More Beer in the ‘Click Economy’
Not long ago, in a distant world we knew as pre-pandemic, breweries were often packed with customers, people waited in long lines to buy the latest “one-off” special release and many breweries were contemplating how to expand to meet demand. And then COVID-19 arrived. Many breweries have adapted and learned new ways to… Read More…
On-Premise Continues Trend of Slow Growth as More States Open
The most recent Nielsen CGA on-premise report shows that trends continue to slowly move in the right direction, with week-on-week velocity growing +2% September 5 vs August 29 across the U.S. The report gathers on-premise sales data from Illinois, New York, Texas, Florida and California. New York, California, Texas and Florida have all seen… Read More…
CDC Releases ‘Guiding Principles’ for Reopening Bars and Restaurants
As restaurants and bars resume operations in some areas of the United States, CDC has offered considerations for ways in which operators can protect employees, customers, and communities and slow the spread of COVID-19. Restaurants and bars can determine, in collaboration with state and local health officials, whether and how to implement these considerations, making… Read More…
Maintaining Customer Satisfaction in the COVID-19 Era
Craft Brewing Business updates their series on customer service tips in the brewery tasting room to include new COVID-19 related procedures. Past editions featured primarily engagement and environment based on observations made while visiting breweries coast to coast. The updated feedback includes comments on everything from customer perception on sanitation/cleanliness to food safety to social… Read More…
Florida Governor Holds Roundtable with Brewers and Bar Owners
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears held a roundtable with St. Petersburg-area bar and brewery owners to reassure them they are working towards an end goal of reopening establishments like theirs across the state. Brewery owners in St. Petersburg said they are slowly starting to see more… Read More…
Surly Announces Permanent Closure of the Beer Hall
Surly Brewing Co. of Minneapolis has announced it will be closing its huge southeast entertainment complex, the Beer Hall and focus on its brewing operation. “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, Surly has had to adapt, change, pivot, and change again, all in the hope of pushing the two sides of… Read More…
California Lays Out New Blueprint for Reopening Breweries and On-Premise
California Governor Gavin Newson laid out in detail a new plan for reopening the state’s economy including new details for the hospitality and alcohol sectors. The new plan will attempt to avoid the spike in COVID-19 cases after the state reopened much of the economy in July. The plan assigns one of four levels,… Read More…
British Nightlife Scene May Be Decimated
According to an article in The Drinks Business, survey results show that over half of British nighttime hospitality businesses fear they will not survive more than two more months without further government support. This would put an estimated 754,000 jobs at risk.
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