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Sports drinks, sodas, beers, spirits, waters, premixed drinks and the deluge of newly packaged summer offerings that flood marketing channels into the distribution straits and onto retail shelves can all be quite overwhelming — especially leading up to summertime.

After three years in Nashville, Tenn., Delirium Wine & Spirits is well established as a regional beverage distributor. How that happened so quickly is largely attributable to two things: exceptional customer service — every order is filled within 24 hours without fail — and its eclectic beverage selection.

With sustainability being a new driving force in the industry, packaging developers are expanding the possibilities and accelerating the adoption of advanced molded fiber packaging applications.

 Beer production today is on the rise as more knowledgeable consumers seek higher-quality premium and craft beers.   

Food and beverage industrial water reuse has increased substantially during the last 20 years, and the practice is only growing. 

As New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo., celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2011, the craft brewery had grown from brewing 60 cases a week at the home of co-founders Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan in 1991, to selling more than 700,000 barrels of beer a year.