The pandemic continues to cause all kinds of chaos for the beer industry, affecting everything from keg sales to shipping and receiving, but a few signs point to the economy moving toward normalization. Bobby Dykstra, director of national accounts for Boulevard Brewing Co. and vice president of sales for parent company Duvel Moortgat USA, just got the latest numbers on
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Smirnoff owner Diageo said it was ‘very focused’ on improving its payment practices after it was suspended from a UK government-backed programme for failing to pay suppliers within 60 days. On 1 November 2019, Johnnie Walker owner Diageo was among 20 companies to be suspended from the UK government’s Prompt Payment Code (PPC). Businesses signed up to the voluntary Code
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Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings have funded a new aluminium can capture grant awarded to a recycling facility northeast of Orlando that will install additional can capture equipment as part of a larger facility upgrade. Once installed at GEL Recycling’s Port Orange, FL, material recovery facility (MRF), this equipment will result in nearly 3.5 million more beverage cans. Read
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