Keurig Dr Pepper has partnered with Anheuser-Busch InBev to market an automated home bar system that makes cocktails using K-cup type pods similar to home coffee machines. But instead of a wake-you-up caffeine drink, the machine will quick-produce a wide variety of alcoholic mixed drinks. As reported in Food & Wine, the cocktail machine… Read More…
ABInBev Aims for ‘Next Corona’
Of all the attempts by beer makers to develop the “next Corona,” all have failed. Corona continues to be the top import and continues to show impressive gains year after year. Presidente, Pacifico, Victoria and others have failed to come even close to the popularity of Corona. Now Anehuser Busch InBev is making another attempt… Read More…
Anchor Brewing Votes to Unionize
Workers at Anchor Brewing Co. in San Francisco voted to unionize Wednesday, becoming one of the few small brewers in the country to be unionized. Employees at “America’s first craft brewery” voted 31-16 to organize with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Only a few breweries outside of the Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors groups are… Read More…
BA Releases ‘Top 50’ Craft Brewing Companies
The Brewers Association today released its annual lists of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. “Although the market has grown more competitive, particularly for regional craft breweries with the widest distribution, these 50 small and independent brewing companies continue to lead the… Read More…
Middle Tier Consolidation in Memphis
Ajax Distributing Company of Memphis has announced that they will acquire nearby BarDett Distributing. Both are MillerCoors houses. According to an article in ClarksvilleNow.com, both companies are long-time family owned businesses. BarDett was a fourth-generation family owned wholesaler founded 142 years ago and Ajax has been family owned since 1933.
MA Supreme Court Upholds Record Tied-House Fine
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a record $2.6 million fine against beer wholesaler Craft Brewers Guild for violating anti-price discrimination statutes and commercial bribery regulations. The decision. CBG was fined by the Massachusetts’s Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission in early 2015 for a variety of tied-house “pay-to-play” violations. The Court rejected the CBG… Read More…
Good Start – Beer Up YTD
The overall beer category is off to a relatively good start, up 1.4% in volume YTD through Feb.24th versus same period last year in all off-premise channels according to IRI, a Chicago-based research firm (@iriworldwide). Strong pricing was also evident as dollar sales were up 4.1% for beer overall. The growth was driven by domestic… Read More…
120,000 Gallon Mash Spill at Sazerac-Owned Distillery
Sazerac-owned distillery Barton 1792 has reported its second major equipment failure in a year after around 120,000 gallons of mash spilled from tanks this week, injuring two people. According to a statement released by the Nelson County Emergency Dispatch at 5pm local time on 5 March, emergency crews arrived on site to discover that a… Read More…
DME Resurfaces
DME has announced that it will re-open its Charlottetown based manufacturing facility under new ownership. The organization, which was placed in receivership in November 2018, has been purchased by CIMC Enric Tank & Process B.V. (CETP), a subsidiary of CIMC ENRIC Holdings Ltd. DME Process Systems Ltd. will continue to manufacture both the DME and… Read More…
Reddit Q&A With Anchor Brewing Union Organizers Ongoing
We’ve been working for over a year and a half to organize our workplace for better conditions and wages! Here is a great article about the story so far. The next step is a vote on the 13th which will determine whether or not we join the ILWU local 6. Ask us anything about the… Read More…
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