Americans Spending More on Spirits, Says Pernod Ricard CFO
Americans Spending More on Spirits, Says Pernod Ricard CFO The Street By Gregg Greenberg February 18, 2016 Americans spent more on spirits last year and they weren’t afraid to go top shelf, said Gilles Bogaert, chief financial officer at Pernod Ricard (PDRDY) . Pernod, which is headquartered in Paris, saw organic sales growth of […]
Regrets about alcohol privatization? We have a few (Blog)
Regrets about alcohol privatization? We have a few (Blog) Washington’s tax rate on alcohol is the highest in the nation. Herald Net By Doug Parry February 19, 2016 You know how it goes. You let loose and have a few too many drinks. You tell yourself you can handle it, and if not? Well, […]
Why Americans don’t drink their share of wine
Why Americans don’t drink their share of wine Source: Chicago Tribune Michael Austin Feb 18 We have some catching up to do. The world is crushing us in wine drinking. In volume, because we are many, we are up there with the best of them. But individually, on a personal-productivity level, we […]
Alcohol Delivery App Thirstie Pours Itself a Double, Acquires DrinkFly
Alcohol Delivery App Thirstie Pours Itself a Double, Acquires DrinkFly Source: Xconomy João-Pierre S. Ruth February 17th, 2016 The race to be the top app that people use to order alcohol for delivery took a new turn on Wednesday. New York-based Thirstie has acquired DrinkFly, a Chicago-based company also in the alcohol […]
NRA Projects Records Sales in 2016
NRA projects record sales in 2016 Trade group expects sales to grow 5 percent to $782.7 billion in 2016 Source: NRN Jonathan Maze Feb 17, 2016 The National Restaurant Association is projecting record foodservice sales in 2016 as consumers eat out more often -their finances improved by years of saving, an improving […]
The ‘Mad Men’ era of drinking is upon us
The ‘Mad Men’ era of drinking is upon us Source: Washington Post By Christopher Ingraham February 17 If it seems like everyone at the bar these days is trading in beer for bourbon, it’s not just in your imagination. In 2015, hard liquor continued its decade-long onslaught against the supremacy of beer, […]
Which country drinks the most amount of alcohol per capita?
Which country drinks the most amount of alcohol per capita? Source: News.com.au February 17, 2016 IT HAS about 1.6 million alcoholics and its citizens drink an average of 14 shots of hard liquor a week. That’s one heck of a hangover. But if you think it’s the vodka-happy Russians or beer […]
Russia cracks down on vodka kingpins in tax scam
Russia cracks down on vodka kingpins in tax scam Source: RT.com 17 Feb, 2016 Armed FSB and Federal Tax Service officers have raided Russia’s largest vodka bottler and several Caucasian liquor producers in a massive tax evasion case, business daily Vedomosti reports. A hundred law enforcement agents including a special tactics group […]
Iowa: Iowa Legislature serves up flight of alcohol bills
Iowa: Iowa Legislature serves up flight of alcohol bills Distilleries have to go through a convoluted regulatory process to get their liquor into your hands. Here’s a look at how it works. Source: Des Moines Register Brianne Pfannenstiel February 16, 2016 Growlers from brewpubs. Self-serve alcohol. Cocktail lounges at Iowa distilleries. […]
Pennsylvania: Pa. High Court To Decide If Gas Stations Can Sell Beer
Pennsylvania: Pa. High Court To Decide If Gas Stations Can Sell Beer Source: Law360 By Dan Packel February 16, 2016 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would hear an industry group representing beer distributors’ appeal of a 2015 decision that allowed Sheetz Inc. to sell alcohol at locations that also sell […]