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AlcBev in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beer, wine and spirits business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Deals, brand moves, regulation and the category shifts reshaping the trade. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For distillers, brewers, vintners, importers, distributors and the buyers who move the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five

  1. hace 7 h

    India's Spirits Sweep Reaches Pernod Ricard

    India's food regulator samples liquor at Pernod plant. Reuters reports India's food-safety regulator inspected a Pernod Ricard factory and collected samples as part of a wider probe into the country's $40 billion liquor sector, putting compliance risk on the whole market, not one company. (Reuters, Market Screener, Yahoo News) Carlsberg lifts profit outlook as Britvic synergies land early. Carlsberg guided full-year profit toward the upper end of its range despite missing half-year estimates, saying its 2025 Britvic purchase is delivering faster than expected, a read on whether soft drinks can offset soft beer. (Checkout, Just Drinks, The Independent) US pauses 50% tariffs on Canadian wine and spirits. A three-day pause on scheduled 50% tariffs covering Canadian wine and spirits leaves importers and cross-border producers planning against two cost structures at once while trade talks continue. (Shanken News Daily, Just Drinks) Diageo annual report discloses 1,900-plus job cuts in FY26. Diageo's annual report quantifies a workforce reduction management had declined to state publicly, with 90% of its $1 billion restructuring reported as complete by September. (BevNET, Brewbound, Just Drinks) Also moving today: Constellation Brands Announces $100 Million Investment to Support U.S. Farmers (The Montreal Gazette, The Manila times, Barchart.com) Beer Loses Summer Traction as Bev-Alc Slump Deepens in Weekly NIQ Off-Premise Scans (Brewbound) Boston Beer CFO Diego Reynoso to Exit; Formal Search Launched for Replacement (Brewbound) America's #1 beer maker is pouring millions into CNY brewery to serve up more canned cocktails (syracuse, Barchart.com) Independent brewers urge UK government to delay DRS (Just Drinks) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  2. 14 ago

    Cider Holds Its Growth, Pommery Secures Cash

    Hard Cider Posts Year-Over-Year Gains, 3 Tier Reports. New 3 Tier Beverages data shows cider growing on singles, six-packs and national brands, a pack-and-brand read for buyers planning against a soft bev-alc quarter. (Brewbound) Pommery Secures Cash Position; Henkell Exclusivity Ends Without Deal. Maison Pommery & Associés says financing talks concluded and its treasury is secured, while the exclusivity window with Henkell International closed with no agreement, leaving ownership unresolved. (Maison Pommery & Associés) Majestic Wine Plans £4m Retail Investment, Four New Stores. Majestic will spend £4 million on its store estate this year and open at least four sites, per trade reports, a bricks-and-mortar bet against UK high-street retrenchment. (The Drinks Business, Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News) New Generation Wines Acquires Bancroft Wines. Importer-wholesaler New Generation Wines has bought Bancroft Wines, per its own announcement, another UK consolidation that narrows the route to market for supplying brands. (Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News) Also moving today: NEXT CENTURY SPIRITS ACQUIRES GRAIN & BARREL SPIRITS BRAND PORTFOLIO, INCLUDING ICONIC CHICKEN C**K WHISKEY (CNHI News) Is rum’s premium moment finally here? (The Spirits Business) Thailand to ban alcohol sales during Buddhist holidays (The Drinks Business) Union says Diageo ‘steam-rolling’ through job cuts (The Spirits Business) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  3. 13 ago

    Diageo Fights India Rum Ban, Australia's Excise Steps Up

    Diageo takes FSSAI rum ban to court. Diageo is challenging an Indian food-safety order against one of its rum brands, arguing the ban skipped due process, a procedural-risk marker for spirits brands selling into India. (Business Standard) SIBA tracker reports slower UK brewery closures. SIBA's own Brewery Tracker says UK brewery closures slowed in the first half of 2026 versus 2025, an early read on whether the independent brewing base is stabilising. (Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News) Australia's spirits excise rises to AU$110.15 per litre. Australia's latest indexation lifts spirits excise to AU$110.15 per litre of pure alcohol, with industry voices warning of a shift to black-market alternatives. (The Spirits Business, The Drinks Business) European supermarkets premiumise own-label wine ranges. European retailers are reworking own-label wine to compete above budget tiers, per ESM, putting private label into the price bands branded producers rely on for margin. (esmmagazine.com) Also moving today: Campari CEO plans streamline completion by 2027 (The Spirits Business) Canada DTC deal opens up alcohol market (The Spirits Business) Carlsberg Expands PepsiCo Partnership To 15 Markets (esmmagazine.com) Diageo sale of East African Breweries is on the rocks (The Drinks Business) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  4. 12 ago

    Off-Premise Slides, Tequila Cools, Kentucky Draws a Second Bidder

    Circana: Off-Premise Bev-Alc Dollar Sales Down 2.2%. Beer and wine losses again dragged weekly off-premise sales, per Circana data reported by Brewbound, a read on whether the slide holds through the summer window. (Brewbound) Don Julio Sales Down 19%, Yahoo Finance Reports. A reported double-digit decline at one of tequila's anchor brands raises the question of whether the category's decade-long run is flattening. (Yahoo! Finance) KEG 1 Signs LOI for RNDC's Kentucky Assets. A second suitor emerged for RNDC's Kentucky book within a week, putting the state's route-to-market in play, though the deal is only a letter of intent. (BevNET, Brewbound) Diageo Outlines U.S. Recovery Plan After 11.5% Decline. Diageo's new North America leadership presented a growth plan to analysts after core U.S. spirits sales fell 11.5%, setting priorities distributors will be asked to execute. (Shanken News Daily) Bipartisan Bill Would Regulate Hemp THC Drinks Like Alcohol. U.S. representatives introduced legislation placing hemp-derived THC beverages under an alcohol-style framework, a competitive and compliance question for bev-alc operators. (Just Drinks, Brewbound) Also moving today: Labour urged to cut whisky duty amid planned Diageo job cuts (The National, caithness-business.co.uk) Heineken puts money on the table to drive regenerative barley adoption (AgNavigator.com) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  5. 11 ago

    Wholesalers Plan to Thin Craft, Beyoncé Buys Out LVMH

    Tamarron Survey: Wholesalers May Cut Regional, Local Craft. Tamarron Consulting's annual survey of 170 wholesalers reports distributors may drop regional and local craft brands over the next year, a route-to-market signal for brewers heading into book negotiations. (Brewbound) Beyoncé Buys Out LVMH Stake in SirDavis Whisky. LVMH confirmed Beyoncé has taken full ownership of SirDavis American Whisky less than two years after launch, with terms undisclosed, a test of how celebrity-founded spirits brands restructure after a big-house debut. (storyboard18.com) Cutwater Reported Fastest-Growing US Alcohol Brand, Up 104%. The Spirits Business reports AB InBev's Cutwater grew 104% over the past 12 months to become the fastest-growing brand in US alcohol, a reference point for spirits-based RTD share gains. (The Spirits Business) Also moving today: Could bad news be coming for Jack Daniel's parent? New warning sign released (Lexington Herald Leader, Market Screener) Tilray to cease brewing at Terrapin site in US (Just Drinks, Brewbound) How US drinkers fell out of love with Bud Light (Financial Times News) Tequila giant Becle makes direct India push, appoints Shweta Jain as MD (Economic Times) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  6. 10 ago

    India seizes 18,000 boxes of Diageo bottles

    India seizes Diageo liquor stock over packaging markings. Government sources tell Reuters inspectors seized roughly 18,000 boxes of Diageo bottles for allegedly missing safe-recycled-plastic markings, a compliance stop in one of the group's fastest-growing markets. (Reuters, News18, Business Standard) Henkell talks to buy Maison Pommery end without deal. Just Drinks reports Henkell Freixenet's bid for a majority stake in the Champagne group closed without agreement, leaving the house's ownership question open. (Just Drinks) Treasury Wine sets out plan to rebalance US supply chain. Just Drinks reports investors responded positively to TWE's plan to "rebalance" its Americas supply chain to accelerate future returns. (Just Drinks) United Spirits accused of misleading whisky maturation claims. The Drinks Business reports India's food safety regulator has extended its labelling dispute with the Diageo subsidiary, a week after banning certain spirits over improper flavourings. (The Drinks Business, LatestLY, Economic Times) Also moving today: Suntory posts stagnant H1 alcohol sales (The Spirits Business, Shanken News Daily) Premiumisation lifts liquor firms' June quarter topline amid cost headwinds (Business Standard) Survey: 69% of Canadians back US booze ban (The Spirits Business) Heimark Distributing Strikes Deal for Alford Distributing in Southern California (Brewbound) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  7. 7 ago

    Diageo Resets, Molson Coors Cuts 400 Jobs

    Diageo Reports Sales Down 2%, U.S. Recovery Two Years Out. Diageo reported a 2% organic sales decline for its June fiscal year and placed a U.S. spirits recovery roughly two years out, a horizon suppliers and distributors can set forecasts against. (Shanken News Daily, Diageo) Diageo Unveils $1 Billion Cost Plan, Backs RTDs and Guinness. CEO Dave Lewis announced a $1 billion cost-cutting program while naming RTDs and Guinness as continued investment areas, signalling where the largest spirits supplier is still spending. (Brewbound, BevNET, The Drinks Business) Molson Coors Cuts 400 Roles as Quarterly Profit Falls 49%. Molson Coors said it would cut about 400 salaried Americas jobs as second-quarter pre-tax profit fell 49%, putting a figure on the beer slowdown's effect on brewer P&Ls. (Journal Sentinel, Brewbound, Investing.com) Also moving today: June Beer Industry Supply Declined YoY; Losses Eased Compared to May, per BI (Brewbound) Heineken's Profit Beats Forecast After 3,000 Job Cuts (Hospitality Ireland, Brewbound) WSWA Sees “Signs Of Stabilization” In Wine And Spirits Market (Shanken News Daily) Under Sazerac, Minute Maid Spiked Chases Hard Tea’s Shift To Spirits (Brewbound, BevNET, Shanken News Daily) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  8. 6 ago

    Heineken's Americas Problem, and India Widens Its Ban

    Heineken Holding reports 2026 half-year results. Heineken Holding N.V. has filed its 2026 half-year results, the holding-company view of the brewer that group-level investors and analysts track. (Heineken Holding N.V., Taiwan News, FinanzNachrichten.de) Heineken says Africa, Asia offset weaker Americas. CFO Harold van den Broek said emerging-market strength carried Heineken's first half while the brewer was "not happy" with the Americas, a read on where growth is coming from now. (Just Drinks, Moneyweb, Checkout) Heineken shareholders approve Rafael Oliveira board appointment. Heineken N.V.'s general meeting approved Rafael Oliveira to the Executive Board, adding a named leader to the brewer's senior bench. (Heineken N.V., The Manila times, Taiwan News) India's FSSAI bans several rum and whisky brands. The regulator prohibited sales of brands including Old Monk, McDowell's No. 1 Rum, Bagpiper Deluxe Whisky and Old Cask Deluxe XXX Rum, putting compliance exposure on United Spirits and INBREW. (Pratidin, Firstpost, The Hindu) Also moving today: The State of Bev-Alc Distribution: Suppliers Reckon With A Shifting Middle Tier (Brewbound, BevNET) US court reverses Jack Daniel’s win in dog toy trademark case (The Spirits Business) Bacardi Expands Capacity, Opens Puerto Rico Visitor Center, Capping $100M Investment (Shanken News Daily, The Spirits Business) CNBC UK Exchange: Diageo's turnaround test (CNBC, Google News, Google News) Off-Premise Declines Consistent Through Late July, per NIQ Weekly Scans (Brewbound) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

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AlcBev in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beer, wine and spirits business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Deals, brand moves, regulation and the category shifts reshaping the trade. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For distillers, brewers, vintners, importers, distributors and the buyers who move the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five

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