Truckers, rails scrambling to move billions in cargo

Truckers, rails scrambling to move billions in cargo

Shipping containers stacked at a storage yard outside of the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, US, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images With a potential strike at ports up and down the East Coast and along the Gulf Coast set to begin after … Read more

Non-alcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing raises $50 million

Non-alcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing raises  million

Company founder Bill Shufelt (left) and head brewer John Walker pause at the Athletic Brewing’s non-alcoholic brewery and production plant on March 20, 2019 in Stratford, Connecticut.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images Leading non-alcoholic brewer Athletic Brewing Company announced Tuesday it’s raised an additional $50 million in equity financing in a round led by General … Read more

Constellation delivers on beer, but wine weakness prompts downgrade

Constellation delivers on beer, but wine weakness prompts downgrade

Constellation Brands reported an earnings beat on Wednesday that was driven by strength in its beer business. However, shares fell 4% after an initial move up, as investors — including us — remain troubled by continued weakness in the wines and spirits business. Comparable net sales for the three months ended May 31 increased 6% … Read more

More companies stay quiet, but donations keep flowing

More companies stay quiet, but donations keep flowing

Parade participants are seen marching during the 2024 Kentuckiana Pride Parade on June 15, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.  Stephen J. Cohen | Getty Images Pride month is winding down — and this year, the corporate world took a more cautious approach. June tends to bring a wave of rainbow-themed merchandise and affirming ads and social … Read more

Constellation (STZ) to grab more prime real estate at stores, boosting stock

Constellation (STZ) to grab more prime real estate at stores, boosting stock

Constellation Brands has an upper hand in a battle for coveted — but shrinking — territory in stores, according to new Wall Street research. It is further evidence that the Mexican beer powerhouse is a worthwhile investment in an otherwise weak category. Constellation’s portfolio of beers, anchored by Modelo and Corona, is among the best … Read more

How the vodka soda became ‘gay water’

How the vodka soda became ‘gay water’

Photo illustration by Emily Rabbideau – Photos courtesy of House of Love and Gay Water Late last year, 33-year-old Justin Ruka of Orlando met a flight attendant at a gay bar. About a month later, Ruka saw a familiar face coming down the aisle during an Alaska Airlines flight to San Francisco.  The flight attendant … Read more

Daily marijuana use surpasses alcohol consumption, new study finds

Daily marijuana use surpasses alcohol consumption, new study finds

In this photo illustration, dried cannabis flowers are displayed on April 30, 2024 in San Anselmo, California. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and designate it a Schedule III controlled substance instead of a Schedule I drug where it is currently listed.  Justin Sullivan | … Read more

Supreme Court’s Alito sold AB InBev, bought Coors

Supreme Court’s Alito sold AB InBev, bought Coors

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC.  Alex Wong | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold shares of beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev as conservatives were ditching the Bud Light brewer … Read more

AB InBev grows revenue with Bud Light boycott impact set to ease

AB InBev grows revenue with Bud Light boycott impact set to ease

AB InBev Budweiser and Bud Light brand beer cans at a store in the Queens borough of New York on Feb. 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Belgium’s AB InBev rose 5% Wednesday morning after the company posted higher revenue and profit in the first quarter, as analysts said it had escaped the … Read more

Denver and its craft breweries embrace nonalcoholic beer, spirits

Denver and its craft breweries embrace nonalcoholic beer, spirits

Denver Beer Co. Courtesy: Denver Beer Co. This story is part of CNBC’s new quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have been transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and workers. Alcohol-free beverage options have skyrocketed over the past few years, and that trend has especially … Read more