Dear ProBrewer Family, First and foremost, I hope each of you and your family are holding up well and are healthy in these trying times. The COVID-19 crisis has changed our businesses and the world around us. I am hopeful that we will indeed return to normal sometime soon, but for now we need each… Read More…
Alcohol Sales Upended Due to COVID-19
There has never been anything like the current pandemic to compare consumer trends in the alcohol beverage sector to. This is new territory. With the vast majority of the on-premise business now closed across most of the country, purchases have shifted to the off-premise. Early data appears to show that the uptick in off-premise may… 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…
BA Releases Annual ‘Top 50’ List
The Brewers Association released its annual list of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. “Although 2020 will be a markedly different year than 2019 for the craft brewing market, these companies are well positioned to help the craft category weather the current… Read More…
Gordon Biersch Restaurant and Rock Bottom Chain Announce Mass Layoffs
CraftWorks Holdings, which owns the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant chain, Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery chain and Logan’s Roadhouse has permanently laid off nearly all of its 18,000 employees and closed its 261 restaurants in response to stay-at-home orders issued in most states due to the coronavirus. The company filed for bankruptcy in early… Read More…
Ken Grossman – COVID Crisis ‘Most Stressful Weeks’
In a new NPR podcast Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company says that dealing with the current Covid crisis is at the pinnacle of challenges he has faced since founding the brewery 40 years ago. “It’s been one of the most difficult and stressful weeks in our existence,” he explains. “There’s been… Read More…
TTB Postpones Tax Payment and Other Filing Due Dates
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) announced today in a circular that they will be postponing several filing and payment due dates for 90-days where the original due date falls on or after March 1, 2020, through July 1, 2020. Postponing tax payment due dates for wine, beer, distilled spirits excise… Read More…
Pantry Loading Pops Off-Prem Beer Sales
The numbers are starting to come in, and no surprise, off-premise sales captured by scan data are showing a pop in beer sales due to the dramatic increase in sales at grocery stores across the country due to the COVID-19 crisis. According to an article in Seeking Alpha, Nielsen scan data shows beer sales… Read More…
TTB – COVID ‘Special Edition’ Posted on Website
The Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has created a new “TTB Updates and Guidance on COVID-19” website page. They have posted a number of “Special Edition” newsletters and other information specific to the COVID-19 crisis.
Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act
The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship released a comprehensive guide to the various programs being offered to small businesses through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The programs and initiatives in the CARES Act that was just passed by Congress are intended to assist business owners with whatever needs… Read More…
Brewpub Lifeline –Take Out Service
As more states issue shelter-in-place orders due to the COVID crisis, breweries with a kitchen and food service have found a lifeline; providing food to go orders. It can be enough to keep some employees working and enough revenue coming in to pay for some of the fixed costs such as rent, insurance and other… Read More…
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