Author Archives: Donna Whitaker

What We’re Reading —

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

A Post Lock-Down Opportunity for Wineries Off-premise sales have exploded! Danny Brager of Nielsen calculates to replace the lost revenue from restaurant sales, corresponding alcohol sales in off-premise accounts

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A-B Can Advertise Molson Coors Beers Contain Corn Syrup

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Anheuser-Busch can advertise and use packaging implying that Molson Coors’ beers contain corn syrup.  “If Molson Coors does not like the sneering tone of Anheuser-Busch’s

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Penna. House Oks Some Restaurants, Bars to Sell Prepared Bev/al

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

In what is intended to be a temporary measuring helping those restaurants and bars that lost at least 25% of their sales thanks to coronavirus, the Pennsylvania House passed and

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Court Slaps PLCB on Special Orders Shipped Direct to Retailers

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board must allow special orders to be shipped directly to retailers instead of sending them to state stores for pickup.

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TTB Waives Requirements for Destroying Stale Beer

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Given the vast amount of stale or soon-to-be-stale beer in the marketplace, Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau said it was waiving the requirement that brewers submit

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NBWA Beer Purchasers’ Index Shows Importance of On-Premise

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

After beginning the year with expanding beer orders and stalling in March, the BPI registered a reading of 35 for April 2020, indicating a contracting beer market. With on-

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