Thank Prohibition for the Craft Beer Boom

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Consumers may be driving the surge, but the craft beer industry wouldn't have been able to respond without changes to the regulation of alcohol. America’s unique system of alcohol regulation was ...

FL: Fast-growing Big Storm Brewery Living Up to Its Name

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Three years after opening Pasco’s only craft beer brewery, founders Mike Bishop and Clay Yarn are tripling the size of their Odessa brewery and making a major move into Pinellas County. The owner ...

Bud Light Lime Introduces Lemon-Ade-Rita

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

The Bud Light Lime-A-Rita franchise continues its expansion with Lemon-Ade-Rita, a new summer seasonal flavor, a lemonade margarita-flavored alcohol beverage with a twist of Bud Light Lime. Lemon- ...

WA: Washington Has Highest Liquor Prices Nationwide

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

As people prepare to toast the holidays, many are buying their alcohol across state lines. Two years after liquor was privatized in Washington, a new report found that liquor prices in Washington ...

Gas Prices Drop Seven Cents to $2.22 a Gallon

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

The average price of gasoline has dropped seven cents over the past three weeks to $2.22 a gallon for regular grade. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said lower oil prices and an abundant gasoline ...

SABMiller Agrees to South African Funds for Coca-Cola Bottle Merger

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

SABMiller and Coca-Cola agreed with the South African government to protect jobs and set up two 400 million-rand ($27 million) development funds in order to secure antitrust approval for the creati ...

Fed Sees More 'Downside Risks' to U.S. Economy

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Federal Reserve policymakers expressed growing concerns at their meeting last month about potential threats to the U.S. economy, including turbulence in financial markets, plunging oil prices and s ...