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craft beer sales soar in 1st half of 2010 – outpacing all other beverage categories – Napa Smith, Flat 12, Pelican [...]
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Well its been a busy couple of weeks since I posted my thoughts on the growth in Craft Brewing. Since then, Tony Foglio and Keith Greggor of Griffin Group (Formerly Skyy and in the old days Diageo/UDV/Paddington) purchased the Anchor Brewery from Fritz Maytag. Wow! I’d like to say they read my post, and went [...] All the feedback on Craft Beer has turned incredibly positive. Now that Pelican Brands is fully in the Craft Beer Segment with our outstanding beer, Napa Smith and legendary brewer Don Barkley, I thought I’d highlight some of the recent quantitative and qualitative information we are seeing in the market. In just the past two [...] I’m posting the Kane’s article from Fall 2009 tracking some of my activities and discussing the launch of Pelican Brands… now that we have begun adding a strong platform of brands, I thought it was relevant to share this as we articulated our strategy well here. Kane’s Beverage News Daily Volume 5, No. 184 The National Beverage [...] I’m pleased to share with you our latest announcement from my Pelican Brands company. In 2009 the craft beer segment outpaced all others and grew on a volume basis over 5%. We have been looking for the right premium craft brands to fit into our growing brand platform. Napa Smith is the perfect fit! More [...] I’d thought I’d share some thoughts on the US beer market based on the 2009 results (starting to be published broadly) and my own insights calling on the distributors and retailers at Pelican Brands representing Singha Beer. First, the 2009 beer market was characterized by tough trading conditions overall, consumers trading down from a number of [...] Our first major brand, Singha Beer from the Boon Rawd brewary is fantastic. I have been eating in Thai restaurants for 25 years and enjoyed Singha all along. The beer is perfectly matched to food. The brewery named us Brand Manager earlier in 2009 and in January 2010 we took over for all 50 U.S. [...] Singha Beer is The #1 Thai Beer Exported Around The World. Pelican Brands is Led by An Experienced Team from the Global Beverage Industry BANGKOK, THAILAND, CARMEL, IN, October 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ — Boon Rawd Trading International announced today that it has appointed Pelican Brands as the exclusive brand manager for Singha Beer in the U.S. [...] |
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