Resumen semanal de noticias sobre bebidas alcohólicas: Diageo recorta 2000 puestos de trabajo, el índice de consumo de alcohol en EE. UU. se mantiene en mínimos históricos y más

This is VinePair’s Booze News Weekly Roundup, where we gather the hottest headlines and product releases every Friday for a snapshot of what’s happening in the beverage alcohol sector.

This week, we have updates on Diageo slashing its workforce by six percent, Samuel Adams employees’ intent to unionize, the latest product releases, and more. News to know: Americans’ drinking rate remains at rock bottom: A Gallup poll found 54 percent of drinking-age Americans consume alcohol, the same rate as last year’s record low since 1939.

The analytics and advisory company included a question on nonalcoholic beverage consumption for the first time in its annual survey and found only 17 percent of U.S. citizens substituted a zero-proof wine, beer, or spirit for an alcoholic drink at least once in the past year. Diageo cuts roughly 2,000 jobs in restructuring plan: The global spirits giant slimmed its workforce by six percent year-over-year through the end of June, going to its annual report . The results come after Diageo chief executive officer Dave Lewis denied to disclose the number of roles the overhaul would affect when announcing a $1 billion savings plan involving reducing rates and cutting positions.

According to Reuters , the business is set to complete its workforce reduction by Sept. 1, meaning it’s possible the number of impacted positions can uptick. Boston Beer Company employees plan to unionize: Employees at the Samuel Adams Boston Brewery in Jamaica Plain, Mass. — Boston Beer Co.’s first. Flagship brewery — filed an intent to unionize to the parent business last Thursday.

Employees included in the possible union include bartenders, cooks, beer ambassadors, and key holders, per to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328 , who first reported on the filing. The organization would be the second Samuel Adams location with a union. Sazerac to ink a transaction with Welsh vodka name: The Louisville, Ky.-based spirits firm agreed to acquire Au Vodka, a buzzy brand in the U.K., for a set out £500 million ($681 million).

Au Vodka will join Sazerac’s portfolio well-stocked in brands geared toward Gen Z drinkers like BuzzBallz and sipMARGS. Product releases to watch: Pernod Ricard ships Single Pot Still Jameson to U.S. shores: Jameson , the leading Irish whiskey label by volume, is debuting its Distiller’s Batch bottling in American markets. Distiller’s Batch is part of the label’s premium Reserve Series and will be available nationwide in September.

Sazerac forays into soju: The American spirits conglomerate is entering the soju category with the rollout of DAHLO, as buying interest for the Korean liquor is on the rise. DAHLO’s inaugural flavors are original, peach, strawberry, and lychee, and each 375-milliliter bottle retails for around $5.99.

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