News Releases

- Traditional brewers face intensifying competition from wine and craft brewers

- Per capita consumption of beer has fallen in the U.S. and remains flat in Canada

- Female demographic represents a vast untapped market

- Rising commodity input prices will begin to pinch profits

- The average household debt load in Canada, including mortgage, credit card, line of credit and loan debt, is $112,329

- While 25 per cent of Canadians are debt-free, 41 per cent say that they have taken on more debt in the past five years as a result of increased spending