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Gen Z & Alcohol: What the Data Really Shows in 2026
Ask ten people about Gen Z and alcohol and you will hear the same headline: the kids quit drinking. The truth is more interesting, and a lot more useful if you sell beverages for a living. Americans are drinking at the lowest rate Gallup has recorded in 90 years, and the steepest pullback sits with adults under 35. But the generation the headlines call sober is anything but. Gen Z still drinks. It just drinks less often, more deliberately, and on its own terms, and that singl
Mathew Benoit
Jun 239 min read


How to Build a Beverage Alcohol Brand Training Program That Actually Drives Sell-Through
The brands that win on the shelf train their sellers to tell a story. Here is how to build a program that does exactly that.
You spent years developing your product. You have the liquid, the packaging, the awards, and the pitch deck. What you probably do not have is a reliable way to get all of that into the heads of the hundreds of distributor reps, brand ambassadors, and retail staff who decide, every single day, whether your bottle gets recommended or ignored.
Mathew Benoit
Jun 311 min read
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