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Top news and trends in play for beer, wine and spirits.

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9 Alcohol Innovations Debuting on Shelves

By Steve Dwyer on May 03, 2022

Ready-to-drink canned cocktails saw triple-digit growth last year.

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Alcohol Is Playing a Larger Role in At-Home Cooking: Report

By Kristina Hurtig on Mar. 23, 2022

New research from digital shopper marketing platform Chicory finds that recipes including alcohol as an ingredient have increased in popularity from February 2019 to February 2022, showing a 17% gain in total recipe views.

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What Consumers Are Toasting With This Holiday Season

By Tina Caputo on Dec. 07, 2021

Both low/no-alcohol beverages and higher-end wine and spirits are trending as consumers embrace a return to more-normal holiday gatherings—and retailers are eager to meet consumers' thirst for an upgraded shopping experience.

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Research Finds Adding CBD to Hard Seltzer Boosts Sales

By Jennifer Strailey on Oct. 07, 2021

A new study by consumer insights platform Veylinx finds that growth opportunities still remain in this hot adult beverage category.

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DoorDash Adds Alcohol Delivery Through Its Marketplace

By WGB Staff on Sep. 20, 2021

Where alcohol delivery is allowed, DoorDash users looking for a particular beverage will be able to browse offerings from a variety of retailers and restaurants.

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Alcohol E-Commerce Poised for Long-Term Growth: Report

By Kristina Hurtig on Jul. 16, 2021

Online alcohol platform Drizly examines how consumers will shop for and consume adult beverages as a new normal emerges.

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Drinks Taps Kroger's Amber Roberts to Lead Platform Expansion

By Jon Springer on Jun. 02, 2021

The "wine-as-a-service" company powering ship-to-home adult beverage sales for retailers has hired the former head of Kroger's Marketplace offering.

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Q&A: Walmart Craft-Beer Buyer Adrienne Freeman on Beer, Bridge-Building

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 25, 2021

"I see it as my responsibility as a decision-maker to cater to the needs that I can see and amplify products from diverse suppliers that can fill those unique gaps for our customers," Freeman says.

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Walmart Debuts Black Is Beautiful Beer From Weathered Souls Brewing

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 10, 2021

For Walmart, building supplier diversity means helping smaller suppliers scale up. To bring Weathered Souls' Black Is Beautiful stout to store shelves, that included enlisting the help of eight other craft breweries.

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January for Some Means Keeping It Dry

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 14, 2021

The Lempert Report: Poll finds consumers are drinking more during the pandemic—and sometimes during the workday.

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