In recent years, the blurring between retail and foodservice had already started with the proliferation of high-end food halls throughout North America — a model that was already familiar to much of the rest of the world, especially throughout areas of Europe and Asia.
MIAMI & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 30, 2020-- Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (“Southern Glazer’s”)—the world's pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol— today announced that Heaven Hill Brands, the nation’s largest independent, family-owned and operated distilled spirits supplier, will expand distribution of its portfolio in the U.S with the Company.
St. Patrick's Day is a major celebration worldwide and is inseparable from alcohol, with the beer industry seeing some of the largest purchase increases. For large corporations, this involves simple adjustments to supply chain technology to make larger raw material purchases.
BOULDER — The Brewers Association, a Boulder-based national association of brewers, has laid off 23% of its staff “in order to maintain the long-term viability” of the trade group, which represents the interests of small and independent U.S. craft brewers.
Six trade associations have written to the US government to call for uniformity in the delay of federal excise tax payments for domestic and imported alcohol amid the pandemic.
Nakedwines.com, a global leader in the direct-to-consumer wine business, is launching a $5 million support fund for independent winemakers and wine producers across the globe, including in Sonoma County, whose sales have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite innovative concepts to deal with the present nationwide lockdown, like restaurants offering pick up service, fine dining take out delivery and restaurant parking lot drive-in-movie theaters, restaurants are not doing well.
Nielsen Beverage Alcohol Practice reports total alcohol sales are up 15.9% in Nielsen off-premise channels for the week ending April 18, 2020 compared to the same week last year, though -0.6% from the previous week.
The European spirits sector – represented by spiritsEUROPE – has partnered with Close the Glass Loop to boost glass packaging collection to 90 percent by 2030 and put more recycled glass back in the “bottle to bottle packaging loop”.
Wine and spirits distribution firms Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) and Young’s Market Company have pledged US$400,000 to the World’s Biggest Tip Jar in support of hospitality workers during the pandemic.