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DoorDash has agreed to acquire Instacart for $17 billion, combining two of the largest food delivery platforms and widening their reach across retail and advertising.
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Campari Group's sales rose 3.4% to EUR777m (US$865.1m) in the three months to the end of September, lifting nine-month organic growth to 2.9% and keeping the group on track for its full-year target of roughly 3%. Developing Markets led regionally at 9.3% growth over the nine months, while North America, 36% of group sales, gained just 1%, and the company expects a marginal US top-line decline for the full year.
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Republic National Distributing Company has asked a bankruptcy judge to approve its Chapter 11 wind-down plan, moving the liquor distributor deeper into liquidation.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev's beverage-alcohol business stayed in the red in Q3 but still gained share in both beer and spirits, the company reported Thursday.
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Irish whiskey, Tequila, and liqueurs rose 6.6%, 2.5%, and 1.4% in depletion volume over the three months ending in September, per WSWA's SipSource, even as core spirits (excluding spirits-based RTDs) fell 2.5% and wine dropped 6.7%. Over the past year, on-premise wine and spirits revenue was down 2.5% versus a 5.6% decline for off-premise retailers, with analyst Danny Brager citing "real signs of stabilization."
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MGP Ingredients, which becomes Sempreon Inc. on November 2, saw consolidated third-quarter sales fall 10% to $118 million, dragged down by its contract distilling unit. Branded spirits slipped 4% to $61 million, though the range was flat excluding international private label brands, with Penelope Bourbon up 12% and mid-priced offerings led by Ezra Brooks 90 Proof, Exotico Tequila, and Juarez Tequila up 6%.
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Cuervo, the Jose Cuervo owner known as Proximo Spirits outside Mexico, reported Q3 sales down 10.3% to MXN9.25bn ($495.6m), with year-to-date sales estimated at -9.6%, or MXN26.52bn ($1.42bn). The Jose Cuervo portfolio fell 21.3% in value and 11% in volume; in the US and Canada sales dropped 7.6% in value and 3% in volume, which the company called a sequential improvement as its distributor transition progressed and inventory normalized.
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Carlsberg's sales rose 3% to DKK25.28bn ($3.76bn) in the three months to the end of September, taking year-to-date growth to 2.8% at DKK72.33bn ($10.77bn). Group volumes were flat, with soft drinks up 9% and alcohol-free brews up 11% offsetting a 4.6% sales decline in Asia on weak China demand; CEO Jacob Aarup-Andersen said full-year earnings guidance is maintained.
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US households spent 0.77% of their budgets on alcohol in 2025, the smallest share since 1984, per ainvest. The decline spans all categories as consumption falls broadly.
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The Ninth Circuit on Thursday reversed a ruling that had blocked Roar Spirits from registering two El Bandido Yankee tequila trademarks, finding a reasonable factfinder could conclude the brand is unlikely to be confused with Sutter Home Winery's Bandit boxed wine. The decision sends the dispute back for further proceedings.
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Boston Beer plans a national rollout for its Rally Dog hard sports drink as other large alcohol companies pursue electrolyte-branded cocktails. An industry expert cited by Inc. warned that manufacturing the category safely poses a major challenge.
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Per Bloomberg, Heineken is reviewing strategic options for its South African wine operations, including Nederburg and JC Le Roux, three years after closing its €2.2 billion ($2.4 billion) purchase of Distell. The brewer posted double-digit third-quarter volume gains in beer and RTDs in the country, but its wine segment stayed under pressure, and it took a €491 million impairment on the consolidated business in 2023.
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More than two-thirds of US consumers want direct-to-consumer spirits shipping made available more widely across the country, according to the latest report from Sovos ShipCompliant and the American Craft Spirits Association.
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France's bulk wine market rebounded during the 2025/2026 campaign, with rising transaction volumes for Vin de France and IGP wines across all colors.
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Wine Industry Advisor talked to six sommeliers and beverage directors about how they are stocking their cellars to drive wine revenue over the holidays, a period the outlet calls critical for restaurants and bars even as consumer spending tightens.
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Wine Industry Advisor argues that wine fraud's next frontier lies in data rather than in counterfeit bottles.
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Non-alcoholic beer maker RationAle Brewing is partnering with CPG incubator L.A. Libations and its bev-alc offshoot Homestead Brands, and has opened a $3 million funding round. The company said the moves are aimed at speeding up growth and building toward an eventual exit.
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An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study of crash data since 2018, when Utah cut its legal blood alcohol limit from .08 to .05, found a nearly 9% reduction in alcohol-related crashes, with state officials reporting a renewed downward trend since 2023 after a pandemic-era rise. Utah remains the only U.S. state with a .05 limit; DUI arrests have climbed, with the average arrest BAC at .15, and a new law, HB437, now requires a "No Alcohol sale" banner on the licenses of people convicted of extreme DUI offenses.
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The UK will raise alcohol duty in line with the Retail Price Index, set at 4.55%, from 1 February, adding 14p to a bottle of Prosecco, 18p to a bottle of red wine and 49p to a bottle of gin, per the Wine and Spirit Trade Association. The Scotch Whisky Association's Mark Kent called the increase, the fourth in four years, "a disappointing blow" and said it will push the tax burden on an average bottle of Scotch to 74%, while the Budget also offered £10m in duty relief for around 2,000 small brewers and cider makers and a 'guest beer' provision for England and Wales pubs.
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Carlsberg's CEO told CNBC that people across all generations are moderating their alcohol consumption, while still wanting a choice between alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
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Pernod Ricard completed a repurchase offer on seven bond lines on October 28, 2026, accepting €1.22 billion in tendered securities, all of which will be cancelled, with settlement due October 30. The buyback follows a €1.5 billion issue of perpetual subordinated bonds in two €750 million tranches carrying 5.625% and 6.125% coupons, which the group will count fully as equity under IFRS.
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Carbliss is staying out of the growing ready-to-drink category combining vodka with sports drink flavors, even as other brands move into the trend, BevNET reports.
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Heineken is permanently closing Velké Březno, one of the Czech Republic's oldest breweries, where beer has been brewed on the current site since 1753, citing falling beer consumption and rising energy and raw material costs. Production wound down through 2026 and the remaining capacity will now shut, though the Březňák brand will move to other Heineken group breweries, with logistics and sales staying at the site.
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Consorzio Alto Adige Wines said its 2026 harvest is complete, with picking starting around August 10 in Burgraviato, the earliest ever for the region, after a warm spring and sustained summer heat. Early cellar impressions point to fresh acidity and moderate alcohol in whites and deeply colored, structured reds, though a localized hailstorm in Valle Isarco caused losses for a small number of growers just before harvest.
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More U.S. producers, led by California, are making Chenin Blanc as the versatile white grape wins over a wider audience, per The New York Times.
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