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Recess Preps for Scale, Adds Health-Ade & Poppi Vets
As Recess works to scale its business in mainstream channels, the brand has enlisted a pair of experienced leaders to lend a hand.
Instacart Adds Gopuff to Platform, Expands Ad Capabilities
E-commerce retail delivery platform Instacart and on-demand convenience store Gopuff have forged a promotional partnership.
Bev-Alc Bounces Back Better Than Expected Post-Labor Day, per Weekly Circana Report
After a disappointing Labor Day weekend, beverage-alcohol off-premise sales returned to the black for the week ending September 13, according to the latest weekly report from market research firm Circana.
Hoplark Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Liquidation; Signals Potential Lawsuit Against Brooklyn Brewery
Sparkling water, tea and alcohol-free beverage brand Hoplark’s parent company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation and teased a “potential lawsuit against Brooklyn Brewery,” alleging the New York craft brewery violated a licensing agreement and its fiduciary duties.
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Pharos Taps Bev-Alc Vets As Senior Leadership Team
Intoxicating hemp brand Pharos named Stephane Cantin as its new CFO and COO.
Stateside, A-B Agree to Dismiss Surfside-Skimmers Lawsuit
The hard tea legal battle between one of the fastest-growing bev-alc brands and the world’s largest beer manufacturer has come to an end.
Sazerac Pushes To Acquire Berentzen
Sazerac has signed a binding agreement to acquire Berentzen-Gruppe AG, the German schnapps producer it was reportedly pursuing last week. The deal gives Sazerac a different approach to add international volume than its failed Brown-Forman pursuit.
Tilray’s Spirit Halloween Collab Kicks Off Multi-Year Partnership; BrewDog to Lean into Ohio Identity
The scares are only beginning from Tilray’s Shock Top-Spirit Halloween collaboration, chief growth officer Prinz Pinakatt told Brewbound.
BeerBoard: NFL Week 1 Falls Flat in On-Premise; A-B Leads Share Gains
The start of the NFL season brought high-scoring games, but low on-premise bev-alc sales, according to the latest report from on-premise insights firm BeerBoard.
Highland Brewing Finds Focus 2 Years Post Helene; Rebrand Boosts Gaelic Ale
As the broader craft beer industry has weathered years of volume declines, Asheville, North Carolina-based Highland Brewing has simultaneously navigated two storms of its own (one literal), while also feeling the winds that have buffeted its brewing peers.
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🤤 Mmm, Black Market Guinness
Look, I know beer’s only getting more expensive this decade – but when folks start stealing GUINNESS, we have a problem. Yes, it seems the great U.S. PBR heist has been topped in the U.K., as thieves made off with 800 BBL of GUINNESS this month, worth about $155k.
Press Clips: Ohio Franchise Reform, Columbia x Hayden Update and Garage Beer’s Terrors of the Tailgate
Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter September 17-18, including headlines from Columbia, Firestone Walker, Garage Beer and others.
C4 Launches Non-Alc, Beer-Flavored Energy Drink ‘All Hopped Up’
Nutrabolt’s C4 Energy is launching an electrifying twist on the non-alc alternative craze with All Hopped Up, a beer-flavored energy drink that the company says is “trading in the ‘buzz’ for an energy boost.”
Circana: Craft Beer Declines Accelerate Thru Early September; 11 Top Brands Improve Trends vs. August
Craft’s declines continued to accelerate through August and into early September, including Labor Day weekend, according to the latest monthly scans report from Chicago-based market research firm Circana.