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# [BND] Kane's Beverage News Daily
- URL: https://bevnews.net/bnd-kanes-beverage-news-daily-89/
- Published: 2026-10-30T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T09:59:59.000Z
- Author: Compiler
- Tags: Newsletter

***Good Morning, and Happy Friday, October 30, 2026.***

### [AB-InBev Sales Up 4%, Net Jumps 22%](https://bevnews.net/ab-inbev-sales-up-4-net-jumps-22/)

Anheuser-Busch InBev reports for the third quarter net profit of $2.395 billion, or 1.21 a share, up 22% from a year earlier, on a 4.9% increase in sales. Volumes increased 0.4% with beer volumes down by 0.1% and non-beer volumes up by 4%. Revenue increased 4.9%, with total volume growth of 0.4% and a revenue per hl increase of 4.2%, driven by revenue growth management and positive mix from premiumization and Beyond Beer, the company said.

### [U.S. Consumer Confidence at Worst Since 2011: IPSOS](https://bevnews.net/u-s-consumer-confidence-at-worst-since-2011-ipsos/)

Consumer confidence is now the worst it’s been since 2011, with the LSEG/Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index sitting at 45.2\. It’s also a one-month drop of 5.3 points, the second-largest on record for Ipsos. The polling group notes "Americans’ confidence in the economy has been bad since the Iran war began, flirting with levels not seen since COVID. Now the bottom has dropped out," and adds: "That’s potentially bad news for the Republican party in next week’s midterm elections, which will s

### [How Online Retailers Can Sell Alc from Multiple Suppliers in a Single Checkout](https://bevnews.net/how-online-retailers-can-sell-alc-from-multiple-suppliers-in-a-single-checkout/)

Drinks, which says it provides "infrastructure for the next era of commerce," launched Anywhere Supplieer Network which will permit online merchants to add beverage alcohol from multiple licensed wineries and retailers into a single checkout, with licensing, tax, age verification and shipping rules checked for each order. Leading wine producers Cakebread Cellars, PlumpJack Collection of Wineries, and Clif Family Winery are joining its expanding ecosystem of licensed suppliers. 

### [Calistoga Vintner Services Gets $625,000 Loan to Live Another Day](https://bevnews.net/calistoga-vintner-services-gets-625-000-loan-to-live-another-day/)

Calistoga Vintner Services and associated companies are in bankruptcy, and the judge overseeing the case allowed them to borrow$625,000 to be repaid before the prime creditor JP Morgan Chase so the business can keep operating while the case goes on. That's a good thing, at least for the wineries depending upon Calistoga Vintner Services to crush their grapes and process their wine. “We’re out of money,” Davor Rukavina, a lawyer for the companies, said in court. “If we can’t pay our employees . . . 

### [Marvin Shanken, Leading Bev/Al Publisher, Dies at 83; An Appreciation](https://bevnews.net/marvin-shanken-leading-bev-al-publisher-dies-at-83-an-appreciation/)

Marvin Shanken was smarter – and a better publisher – than the rest of us. While other alcohol beverage publishers focused on trade publishing, Shanken built a publishing powerhouse that encompassed both trade publications and consumer magazines, including Wine Spectator and Cigar Advocate. And before most publishers developed events, he did. Shanken is one of three people in journalism whom I particularly appreciate because they did something entirely new. 

### [Sonoma County Winegrowers Win Block Grants to Promote, Upgrade](https://bevnews.net/sonoma-county-winegrowers-win-block-grants-to-promote-upgrade/)

Two grants, totaling more than $890,000, have been awarded the Sonoma County Winegrowers (SCW) and the Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation (also known as Sonoma County Fundación de la Voz de los Viñedos) to grow the market for Sonoma County wine and to advance the "Farm of the Future." The awards are part of a highly competitive statewide grant program in which California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) awarded $28.9 million to 60 projects across California. 

***Thanks for reading. I'll be back next week. – Joel***