What is worse than a stay-at-home order amongst a pandemic? A stay-at-home order without beer. Beer production in Mexico was halted more than a month ago as health officials declared brewing a “non-essential” activity. Since then, beer has become almost impossible to buy in Mexico. While Heineken has paused brewing in Mexico, Constellation… Read More…
Court of Appeals OK’s Anheuser-Busch Corn Syrup Ads
It became known as “Corngate.” It was triggered by an Anheuser-Busch ad campaign stating that AB does not include corn syrup as an ingredient while Miller Lite and Coors Light does use corn syrup. That was followed by a lawsuit filed by MillerCoors in March in a Wisconsin federal court in which it sought to… Read More…
Heineken Drops in 1st Quarter – Lagunitas Continues to Struggle
Heineken reported that total company volume in the US declined mid-single digit, despite the Heineken brand itself growing low-single digits driven by strong sales of Heineken 0.0. Lagunitas sales were reported as down high-single digits, the largest quarterly drop since the company acquired the California company. This was certainly due in part to the… Read More…
Mexican Brewers Shut Down After Being Deemed ‘Non-Essential’
Reports began to surface yesterday that the Mexican beer industry is shutting down for at least a month to help stem the spread of COVID-19. The Mexican government has classified breweries in the country as “non-essential.” Grupo Modelo, which is part of Anheuser-Busch InBev, operates 11 breweries in Mexico and produces Corona and Modelo brands… Read More…
Mexico Halts Construction of Massive Constellation Brewery
The Mexican government has announced that it won’t allow Constellation Brands to proceed on building a massive, partly-built $1.5 billion brewery on the border town of Mexicali after residents rejected it in a referendum. Public protests have increased over recent months in opposition to the breweries use of water. The brewery was projected to… Read More…
Never Good to Have Your Name in a Pandemic Virus
5W Public Relations, one of the top 15 independently-owned PR agencies in the U.S., has conducted a survey of over 700 beer drinkers in the U.S. regarding their opinions about the Corona beer brand, as a result of the deadly coronavirus that’s spreading around the world. 5WPR’s survey found that 38% of beer-drinking Americans… Read More…
Molson Coors Beats Expectations in Fourth Qtr.
After announcing a new revitalization plan in late October, Molson Coors Beverage Co. reported declines in its worldwide brand volume, but reported fourth-quarter net income of $163.7 million, more than double the $76 million of the year-earlier quarter. Sales in the U.S. increased 4.7% but fell 4.6% in Canada. Under its restructuring plan,… Read More…
Molson Coors New Raspberry Lime Light ‘Beer’
Molson Coors has announced a new addition to their Keystone Light lineup. Keylightful, a “fruit forward raspberry lime light beer. Yes, apparently it is a beer. According to the companies blog, the beer is “aimed at recruiting more younger legal-age drinkers into the beer category” and will launch March 1 in 40 states. The… Read More…
Molson Coors to Acquire Atwater Brewery
And the 2020 M&A season kicks off. Less than a month into the year, the first acquisition of a craft brewery in 2020 was announced today when Miller Coors disclosed the acquisition of Detroit’s Atwater Brewery Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Atwater sold all of its assets, including its Detroit and… Read More…
White Claw to Build New Production Plant in AZ
Mark Anthony Brewing, maker of White Claw hard seltzer will build a new, 916,000 square foot production plant in Glendale, AZ. The $250 million facility is expected to be completed in a quick seven months in order to meet exploding demand.. At a time when there is excess capacity in the industry due to… Read More…
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