Following Molson Coors’ Q4 and full-year earnings report Tuesday, CEO Gavin Hattersley fielded questions from analysts on a range of topics from the stickiness of his company’s share gains, to why draft trends are struggling, to overall industry performance.
Constellation Brands and Molson Coors are expected to annex more shelf and cooler space in convenience stores following the upcoming spring 2024 resets, according to Goldman Sachs Equity Research’s recent Beverage Bytes survey.
Molson Coors has acquired Cruz Blanca, the Chicago-based, Mexican-inspired beer brand, Brewbound has confirmed.
The beer category’s sluggish summer was apparent in Molson Coors’ third quarter earnings, which the company reported last week. Net sales in the Americas declined -11%, driven by a -15.6% decline in financial volumes “and unfavorable foreign currency impacts, partially offset by favorable price and sales mix,” Molson Coors wrote in its earnings report.
Molson Coors has acquired a majority stake in energy drink brand ZOA in a $53 million cash transaction, expanding its growing non-alcoholic beyond beer portfolio and adding to rising M&A interest across the energy space.
Molson Coors will cease operations at the Leinenkugel’s Chippewa Falls brewery and the company’s Tenth Street Brewery in Milwaukee, effective January 17.
Molson Coors Beverage Company is bringing an innovation portfolio of 8% ABV offerings strictly for the convenience channel as part of its above premium strategy for 2025.
Molson Coors chief commercial officer Michelle St. Jacques laid out the company’s 2025 strategy in the U.S. as part of its “next chapter” as she opened the 2024 distributor convention in San Antonio Tuesday afternoon. Although the core remains a top priority, Molson Coors will put a large focus on its above premium portfolio.
Tilray Brands announced “a definitive agreement” with Molson Coors Beverage Company to acquire four craft beer brands in its Tenth & Blake division.
As it lapped the gains made in the wake of the Bud Light boycott last year, Molson Coors recorded declines in volume and net sales during the second quarter of 2024. However, company leadership was unshaken.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) trends continue to improve in the latest monthly off-premise scans report from market research firm Circana. Meanwhile, positive growth trends for Molson Coors and Constellation Brands – the two largest gainers from A-B’s declines – decelerated, according to data through May 19.
Memorial Day bev-alc shopping “broadly met or exceeded distributor expectations,” according to Goldman Sachs analyst Bonnie Herzog in the investment management firm’s latest Beverage Bytes survey of distributors and retailers.
Teamsters have voted to ratify a contract with Molson Coors, ending a more than three-month-long strike at the major brewer’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility.
Molson Coors’ shipments in the Americas outpaced depletions by more than 750,000 hectoliters (more than 639,000 barrels), exceeding the company’s already inflated expectations for Q1 as it prepares for elevated summer sales, leadership shared today on a call with investors and analysts.
Molson Coors net sales increased +10.7% (+10.1% in constant currency) in Q1 2024, as the company continues to record volume growth from its core brands, the company reported today.
In the latest installment of Brewbound’s A Round With – a weekly Insider-exclusive Q&A series with industry leaders – Katy McBrady, president of Molson Coors-owned Atwater Brewery, dives into the importance of leveraging beer as a conduit to connect with your community, as the Detroit-based craft brewery has done through D Light and limited releases such as Miggy 3000, a pale ale brewed to celebrate Miguel Cabrera’s retirement from the MLB’s Detroit Tigers.
