Tag: beverage alcohol
Optimism abounds for beverage-alcohol market in a post-COVID world
Beverage alcohol has proven itself to be one of the most bulletproof consumer goods categories at a time of significant disruption. Despite shifts between...
Niagara College Launching Beverage Business Management Program
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. — Niagara College’s Canadian Food and Wine Institute (CFWI) is introducing a unique new graduate-certificate program that offers aspiring business managers a...
Alcohol Rebate Program Announced for New Brunswick Hospitality Industry
FREDERICTON — Alcohol NB Liquor (ANBL) has announced a new rebate program for New Brunswick bar and restaurant licensees, which will come into effect April 1,...
The 2014 Bar Report
Bar and restaurant operators had reason to smile in 2013, as sales of beverage alcohol continued on an upward march in Canada, with $21.4 billion in sales in the year-ended March 31, 2013 — up 2.2 per cent from the previous year, according to the most recent Statistics Canada figures. Established favourites still rule the roost, but smart managers are boosting sales by tapping into what’s trending. This year’s leaders are craft beer, brown spirits, fresh-ingredient cocktails and sweeter red-blend wines.
