Benchmarking Founders 2018 Gains

Dear Client: Founders made a lot of strides in 2018, having moved up in rank among top craft producers in the IRI universe. They sold about 563,702 barrels, up 21%. Their overall depletions (per internal data, repping total volume) grew 23%, and gross margin grew 25%. And so, they made "rank" strides in several areas. Most notably, they moved up from the ninth largest brewer in 2017, to the eighth largest brewer in 2018. (All benchmarks reference IRI total US