COMPANIES from Amazon.com Inc to Walmart Inc are finding that fresh-grocery delivery is challenging. But there's one niche of the market that seems ripe with opportunity in 2020: booze.
The most recent example: Walmart announced this week that alcohol is being picked up from a car in around 2,000 of its stores in 29 states, including California, Florida and Texas. (See the full list below.)
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As the climate crisis accelerates, fueling powerful storms, unprecedented droughts and wildfires, more consumers are focused on making purchases that are environmentally sensitive. Companies hoping to capture their dollars are increasingly trying to do something—anything—to show they are part of the solution and not the problem.
According to a recent study by global market intelligence company Fact.MR, U.S. craft beer brewers are adapting to new realities of the industry’s mature landscape. Beer enthusiasts continue to support local independent and small community craft beer aficionados, and pressure on distributors has intensified with increased competition, according to The Brewers Association’s chief economist.
The spirits industry must challenge itself and “ask if we’re doing enough” to reduce the risk of alcohol-related harm, the Portman Group has stressed.
Passed by Congress in 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) created a two-year provision for Federal excise tax relief to craft brewers who produce fewer than two million barrels (bbls) annually.
After the publication of new regulations to simplify and clarify EU winemaking procedures this year, the European Commission has published a detailed list of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) approved oenological practices.
It was hard to look anywhere on social media this summer without seeing someone grasping a can of the sparkling, sparsely flavored, adult beverage sensation called White Claw.
The Gin Guild has raised concerns over the growing popularity of micro-distilling and “hobby-style gin schools”, and warned new distillers about the explosive risks that come with using ethanol.