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Foreign beers are beating domestic heavyweights, booze giant Constellation Brands says
The Modelo maker reported first quarter earnings earlier this week that beat Wall Street’s expectations, largely due its beer business which lifted sales even as demand for its wine and spirits fell flat.
The beverage giant continues to see significant demand for beer brands, including Modelo Especial and Pacifico, its chief executive officer William A. Newlands, told investors during the company’s earnings call in July. “Our Beer business continues to achieve strong volume growth, well above that of its category and total beverage alcohol,” Newlands said.
North Carolina, Pennsylvania Pass
RTD Friendly Bills
The North Carolina Senate last week passed SB 527, a bill that contains a number of consumer-friendly measures including lowering the tax rate for spirits ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs), allowing cocktails to-go and delivery of mixed beverages, and permitting holiday sales. The bill now heads to Governor Roy Cooper for his signature.
The Pennsylvania House Liquor Control Committee passed Senate Bill 688, a bill to allow low alcohol-by-volume (ABV) spirits ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs) to be sold from certain retail outlets that already sell beer and wine products with the same or lower alcohol contents. The bill now heads to the full House for consideration.
Beer of Heroines,
wine for the brave
Talia Levin’s northern journey takes her from a lemongrass-infused beer in Karmiel to natural wines in Tel Aviv.
The Hero” brewery offers five types of beers and a fun beer garden, which is definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area. But the reason I’m highlighting “The Hero” is a new line of beers called “The Heroines,” created to show solidarity with the brave women on the front lines and the home front during the war.
Greenwald, who occasionally creates special beers for unique occasions, decided to launch a festive series of lemongrass-infused lager beers as a gesture of support and appreciation.
Customer Correspondence
“We love our Cloud Retailer point of sale here at Barleys Retail Liquor Store. It’s great for monitoring sales, margins and inventory.
The back office feature is excellent because we can do things away from the business as well.
Our employees love the user interface since it is easy to navigate and can process sales quickly. It makes training new employees a breeze. We highly recommend this point of sale.”
– Bill
Manager, Barley’s Retail Liquor
Best of the Rest
- What Would a Credit Card ‘Holiday’ Look Like?
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- Maryland legalized expanded alcohol deliveries … sort of
- Just Wines nabs drinks rival Beer Cartel in M&A deal
- The Party Source Cuts Prices on Over 1,000 Items
- Save That Wine Bottle: California Will Pay You To Recycle It
- Try to leave Home Depot without paying for items in your Cart…
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Building CC fees into your pricing is
Bad Marketing!
How Much Did YOU LOSE Last Month in Credit Card Fees by NOT Being on Dual Pricing?
$3,000? $5,000? $10,000?
Building CC fees into your pricing is Bad marketing practice… and did you know that raising your prices just raises your fees as well?
Your price ALWAYS looks higher than a store that can highlight their Cash price.
With Dual Pricing, customers get an additional way to save EVERY day, not just on “Sr. Tuesday”, “Wine Wednesday”, etc… “Save w/ Cash 7 days a week”.
Competitors not doing Dual Pricing do not have pricing flexibility.
What would happen if you could…
- Lower the regular price of Tito’s by $1 a bottle, for example
- Avoid the next price increases that the store down the street can’t
Raw Results Video
“Saved about $80.000”
“Didn’t Lose Customers”
“The Right Thing To Do”
“See Your Margins Start Going Up”
