Articles by Jessica Jacobsen

With growth outpacing all other beer segments, flavored malt beverages have been the success story of the beer market thanks to the strong performance of hard seltzers.

The U.S. beer market remains in a state of flux as consumers move away from historical strongholds for more premium offerings. As a result, domestic beer sees its super-premium sector outpacing the segment.

With the reduction of on-premise options, craft beer saw off-premise hold up the category as it navigated impacts of the pandemic.

Although hard ciders account for a small portion of the overall beer market, the segment has weathered the challenges of the pandemic thanks to its off-premise presence.

When it comes to case packing and wrapping for the beverage market, operations managers are in search of highly versatile equipment to handle today’s diverse portfolios.

In the beverage market, the latest innovations in processing technology is ensuring formulators can process new products with efficacy and efficiency.

The beverage industry’s leading companies are furthering the sustainable packaging movement through the use of rPET plastic bottles as well as investments in recycling infrastructure.

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are formulating with a host of functional ingredients that are designed to make the aging process less strenuous and more focused.

For beverage warehouse operations, a library of consumer trends are making operators view automation as the go-to solution in storage and retrieval.