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- Share SN Launches New Cider in UK
- Strongbow Sirrus targets UK lager drinkers Scottish & Newcastle announced that will launching a new cider through its UK unit Scottish Courage. The company said that Strongbow Sirrus, a 5% ABV, triple-filtered packaged cider, will be available in the on- and off-premise accounts where in 2 ...
- Share Seattle Distributor Gets Friendly
- Alaska Distributors acquires Friendly Distributors Seattle-based Alaska Distributors Co. has recently acquired Friendly Distributors of Everett, Washington. Founded in 1969 by Kim and Sharon Blunt, Friendly covered the counties of Island, San Juan, Skagit and Snohomish. In addition to buying F ...
- Share Pittsburgh Brewing039s Woes Mount
- Iron City producers seeks relief from pension responsibilities Pittsburgh Brewing, best known for producing Iron City beer, warns that it needs help with a pension plan covering about 530 current and former employees. However, vice chairman Joseph Piccirilli denied the company is in danger of g ...
- Share AB Takes a Tumble
- Anheuser-Busch Cos. reported a 3.7% drop in second quarter domestic beer sales as the company continues to struggle with slumping U.S. beer sales and increased cost pressures in the major brand segment. The second quarter decline leaves A-B down 3.2% in sales for the year through June. Second quar ...
- Share Pyramid Losses Continue
- Pyramid Breweries announced that it has incurred an increase in its losses for the first quarter despite a 25% rise in sales. The company reported a 25.6% overall growth in sales, which includes the acquisition of Portland Brewing Company assets in July of last year and strong sales growth in both ...
- Share St Louis AB Sales Slowed by Distributor Strike
- Lohr Distributing Co. strike enters fourth week Union workers for Lohr Distributing Co., an Anheuser-Busch distributor in the brewers home town of St. Louis, have been on strike since May 22, leading some bars and restaurants to stop serving A-B products in support of the striking workers. The ...
- Share Beer Spiked with Nicotine
- A German company has launched a beer, NicoShot, it claims is designed to help drinkers stop smoking. “NicoShot is cigarette satisfaction in a beer without the smoke,” according to a company press release. “For most smokers, three cans of NicoShot is comparable to an entire pack o ...
- Share Wine 8216Wins8217 Poll
- Is wine really supplanting beer as America’s favorite alcoholic beverage? A recent Gallup poll would indicate so, although sales figures provide a different answer. The Gallup survey found that 63% of Americans drink alcohol, and that 39% of them say they drink wine more often than any other ...
- Share 039Gansett039 Beer Reborn
- Rhode Island man hopes to make Narragansett regional product again A Rhode Island man hops to revive Narragansett Lager Beer, one of the most popular brands in the state’s history. Mark D. Hellendrung, 37, of Middletown, the former president of Nantucket Nectars, was part of a small g ...
- Share S038N Launches New Cider in UK
- Scottish & Newcastle announced that will launching a new cider through its UK unit Scottish Courage. The company said that Strongbow Sirrus, a 5% ABV, triple-filtered packaged cider, will be available in the on- and off-premise accounts where in 275ml and 500ml bottles. The company said the ci ...
