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Dear Client: Last week we hosted Bill Kirk on Beernet Radio, the managing director and senior analyst at Roth covering beverages, cannabis, food and retail. (Full disclosure: he is also married to our own Jenn Litz-Kirk). HEMP: THE BAN HAPPENS. We started with the looming December 11 hemp THC cliff approaching: Bill doesn’t see Congress getting much done in the short lame-duck window after the midterms. “My personal view is the ban happens. It goes away,” Bill said. “Both sides
Vodkade Eyes Breakout 2027 On Innovation, Mandates and Network Backing
Dear Client: Amid the fast come-up of hard “ade” — a several-million-case segment built in a year or so — firstcomer Vodkade is eyeing a breakout 2027. The St. Louis brand is lining up new innovation, fresh chain mandates, the backing of A-B wholesalers (with a few big Molson Coors houses in the mix) and a growing push into the on-premise. “ADE” GETS ITS VALIDATION VIA CONSTELLATION DEAL. Doug Mars, Vodkade’s director of business development, sees Constellation’s move on rival
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