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In craft beer news: Gallup Poll: Record Low Respondents Believe They ‘Drink Too Much;’ Total Drinkers Unchanged from 2025; Martignetti to Acquire Red/Gold Network Distributor Girardi in Massachusetts; Wild Goose, SS BrewTech Owner to Discontinue Brewing Division; and Liquid Death Founder and Sazerac Launch Mr. Fancy Canned ‘American Bubbly.'
In beverage news: Liquid Death, David Protein Facing Lawsuits Claiming Allulose Contradicts ‘Zero Sugar’ Claims; Investors Sue Simply Good Foods Over ‘Abject Failure’ To Integrate OWYN Brand; OLIPOP Announces New CEO; Founder Goodwin Set for Innovation Role; and Podcast Star Alex Cooper’s Unwell Beverage Venture Is Shutting Down.
My time as the publisher of a beverage magazine is coming to an end: I will, sadly, be retiring from my role at BevNET at the end of the year. BevNET Live, in December, will be the final coda to a career that has given me joy, fulfillment and satisfaction for 35 years.
In food industry news: Ferrero Group Agrees To Acquire Purely Elizabeth and Peppertux Raises $2.35M to Fuel Retail Expansion.
Outside of the large soft drink networks that are largely closed to independent outside brands, beer wholesalers represent the best DSD option for brands seeking to crack nooks and crannies like convenience stores, delis and independent grocers with some degree of hands-on execution.
we recently embarked on a marketing experiment internally that led to an email being sent to just about every single speaker who has ever joined us at BevNET Live. It turned out to be a happy accident. Even amidst the bouncebacks and the occasional “lose my number” reply – miraculously, there were many fewer than I’d imagined – the sheer volume of names, going back more than 15 years, worked pretty well as an electronic stand-in for the Proustian Madeleine.