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 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.
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.
Constellation Brands is expected to be the biggest winner in shelf resets this spring, according to the most recent Beverage Bytes beer distributor survey by Goldman Sachs.
Molson Coors is bringing back one of its most famous advertising campaigns. The company is reviving the Miller Lite “Tastes Great, Less Filling” debate that started in 1975 and tapping a new generation of “Miller Lite All Stars.”
Several news nuggets came out of Molson Coors’ annual 10K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and first ever presentation at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference earlier this week.