Distributor orders increased for the fifth consecutive month in the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) July Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI). The BPI posted a reading of 59, the highest index since 2021.

Ball Corporation’s global beverage can shipments increased +2.8% in the second quarter of 2024, the Denver-headquartered company shared in its Q2 2024 results.

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) U.S. shipments (sales to wholesalers) and depletions (sales to retailers) remained in the red in Q2 2024 as the company cycled the double-digit declines from this time last year, when the conservative-led boycott of Bud Light began following a promotion with Dylan Mulvaney, a social media influencer who is transgender..

Molson Coors received the highest overall rank in Tamarron Consulting’s 26th annual Brewer Partnership Compass survey, which analyzes top brewing companies’ relationships with their distributor partners.

Hard seltzers remain down double-digits through mid-July in Circana-tracked off-premise retailers. Hard seltzer declined -11.8% in dollars and -16.1% in volume through the rolling 52-week period ending July 14.

After being stuck in limbo for much of July following the passage of regulations on THC-infused beverages in Iowa, Iowa City-based Climbing Kites is pushing new products into retailers this week.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer at home remained unchanged in June at +3.1% year-over-year (YoY), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Following the unexpected announcement Wednesday that Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bob Pease will retire in 2025, it’s clear that the trade group representing small and independent brewers is at a crossroads as it approaches 2025.

Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bob Pease will retire next year after more than three decades with the trade association, the organization announced today.

Fast-rising non-alcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing Company has closed a $50 million “equity financing round” led by private equity firm General Atlantic, with several key investors from previous fundraising rounds also participating.

In-store displays “are more effective at selling beer” compared to “shrinking” shelf space, Kaumil Gajrawala, analyst for financial services firm Jefferies, wrote in a late June analysis.

D.G Yuengling and Son (DGY) has agreed to swap territories with its joint venture with Molson Coors (TYC). In a letter to distributor partners last week, chief administrative officer Wendy Yuengling wrote that the brewery would trade its Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi territories to the JV for the yet-to-be-opened market in Michigan.

Deal maker Townsend Ziebold has joined Arlington Capital Advisors as of July 1. Ziebold announced the move to business contacts, and Arlington leaders confirmed.

New Belgium will take over production of Kirin Ichiban and Kirin Light in the U.S. when the Japanese lager brand’s contract brewing agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) expires later this year, New Belgium announced today. New Belgium is a subsidiary of Kirin-owned, Australian-based Lion.