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Dear Client: Mark Anthony Brands’ founder Anthony von Mandl is the first to admit they aren’t the first to market with new bev alc innovations. But if the company is able to emulate its track record as a “fast follower” in the hard seltzer space it now dominates, including the ‘Ade and hard punch segments, it could have another runaway success on its hands. At its National Distributor Meeting in Chicago yesterday attended by your editor, Mark Anthony brass unveiled
Fink’s Three Pillars Take Shape as Constellation Beer Folds in SpikedAde
Dear Client: The CEO/CFO commentary that accompanied Constellation Brands’ Q2 FY27 earnings yesterday gives the fullest look yet at how new chief Nick Fink is organizing the business. It also folds the SpikedAde buy into a formal “diversify with discipline” pillar, and offers granular beer depletion color through August. But first, let’s sum Constellation Beer’s Q2 FY27 results again, especially as yesterday’s news of Constellation’s deal for the second-largest hard “ade” spirits RTD eclipsed other things. (Recall, as reported alongside
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