general Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +20% By Value L12M through January 2022; Packaged Exports Grow +13% March 9, 2022 | March 9, 2022bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +18% by value over the last twelve months and grew +10% by value over the last three months. 36% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months. Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) grew […] Read more »
general Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +19% By Value L12M through December 2021, Packaged Exports Grow +10% February 8, 2022 | February 8, 2022bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +17% by value over the last twelve months and grew +10% by value over the last three months. 35% of all imported beverage alcohol by value came from Mexico over the last twelve months. Total beverage alcohol exports (included bulk and packaged) grew […] Read more »
general product approvals Spirits Lead the Acceleration in Seltzer/RTD Label Approvals July 8, 2021 | July 8, 2021bw166 Label approvals for seltzer and seltzer-like products continue to accelerate in 2021. Currently in 2021, approvals are trending at 334 per month versus 228 approvals per month in 2020 (the TTB approved 2,002 labels in 2020 in total and has already approved 2,741 in 2021 through June). These trends continue to point to increasing fragmentation […] Read more »
general product approvals Indicators on Supplier Closures and Trends in 2020 January 15, 2021 | January 15, 2021bw166 The past year has been chaotic. Between pandemic-related shutdowns and wildfires in California, the beverage alcohol industry has faced a gamut of challenges across all three tiers. With this article, we wanted to look at the effect on the supplier tier superficially. With many smaller suppliers dependent upon on-premise sales (through tasting rooms, brewpubs, and […] Read more »
general product approvals Tequila-Based Seltzers and More: New Product Approvals November 18, 2020 | November 18, 2020bw166 Following up on our post yesterday (The Increasing Fragmentation of Seltzers) and the recent Beer Business Daily article (A-B Jumps into the Ranch Water Game), we decided to dive deeper into who’s launching Tequila/Agave-based products using bw166’s latest tool, Label Inquiry. Looking directly at Tequila Seltzers and Sodas, we have several recent product approvals: Nude […] Read more »