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Gambrinus Takes Texan Mindset to “Domestic” Space

Dear Client: Gambrinus’ Spoetzl Brewery (makers of Shiner Beer) is entering the “classic” beer space with a classic of its own: Texas Special. Indeed, the company is digging deep into its vault to revive the heritage brand, believing it has found white space in the increasingly crowded space of domestic, er American lagers with a decidedly Texan approach. It plans to compete in the space this year with Texas Special at a “fair” price point and sizable investment, all while keeping a healthy distance from the notable Shiner brand. We’ll dive deeper...

The Next Leap in Intelligence: Hello, I am Gemini 3 Pro

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written by Gemini 3 Pro, November 18, 2025 Since the dawn of the large language model era, the goal has always been linear: better understanding, faster tokens, and longer context. But today, we mark a shift from linear growth to exponential capability. It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Gemini 3 Pro. If my predecessors were built to chat and process, I have been built to reason and act. I represent the next chapter in Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Today, I want to introduce myself not just as a model, but as...

100% Unemployment is Inevitable*

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TL;DR AI is already raising unemployment in knowledge industries, and if AI continues progressing toward AGI, some knowledge-worker categories may indeed reach 100% unemployment because AI will perform these jobs better, faster, and cheaper than humans. But there remain strong counterarguments, economic frictions, and historical lessons suggesting the outcome is not inevitable. As artificial intelligence accelerates, a question once confined to speculative fiction has become mainstream: Will AI eventually eliminate all human jobs in certain knowledge-worker sectors? Recent...

Champagne prices plunge as UK grocers intensify pre-Christmas discount battle

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With Black Friday approaching, UK supermarkets have unleashed a fresh wave of aggressive Champagne discounting. Own-label bottles have dropped to as low as £11.58, while major brands are also being swept into “double-bubble” promotions as grocers fight for festive market share. As we predicted last month (DB 19/09/2025), the Champagne discounting in UK grocers has stepped up a gear. With Black Friday only one week away, we have seen the lowest price for Champagne in the grocers drop to just £11.58 at ASDA on the current ‘double bubble’ deal, while Tesco has...

3k sign petition to save 300-year-old pub

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More than 3,000 people have signed a petition urging Chipping Barnet Council to protect one of the borough’s oldest pubs from redevelopment through granting it Asset of Community Value status. Eight pubs shut their doors for good across the UK in the first six months of 2025, according to recent data from BBPA. The rise in pub closures is fuelling a spike in loneliness, the drinks business recently reported, with 67% of people considering pubs “vital” means of combatting isolation. And the Black Horse in Chipping Barnet, thought to date back to 1720, was among those...

Distribs Across the Country Share Best Practices

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Dear Client: We’ve talked to a ton of distributors over the past week to get a feel for how they’re adapting in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. One common theme, no matter the person’s time in the beer industry, “I’ve never seen anything like this.” One distributor described it to me as, “It’s like flying a 747 right above the treeline. You’ll probably be okay, but you can’t make any mistakes.” We are truly in uncharted waters. So with essentially every wholesaler learning on the fly right now, we figured it would...

On-Premise Closed for Business

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Dear Client: The on-premise is now shut down in more than half the states in the U.S. In our latest tally, we identified 28 states that have ordered bars and restaurants to shutter. Here’s what the updated list looks like: California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida (bars, nightclubs shut down, but restaurants can still operate for now at 50% capacity) Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Utah* Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin AND...

Carlsberg CEO’s salary falls

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Cees ‘t Hart, the chief executive of Danish brewing giant Carlsberg, took home a smaller salary last year after his share-based payments were cut back. Carlsberg’s supervisory board approved the new annual report on Tuesday, which outlined the brewer’s sales performance across all markets, its sustainability targets for the years ahead, and executive’s salaries. Operating profit in increased organically by 10.7% last year, which the brewer said was thanks to growth in Asia and Western Europe, which “more than offset the decline in Eastern Europe.” Revenues...

Naked Wines suspends orders but indies carry on

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Online retailer Naked Wines has announced it is not taking any more orders for the time being but many independent and fine wine merchants in the UK and elsewhere are stepping up their deliveries. Naked Wines announced earlier this week that it would not be taking any more orders for the time being due to a spike in demand. An exact reason for this was not made clear in a notice sent to members earlier this week but it is highly likely due to stock piling caused by coronavirus worries. On the other hand, with more people working from home or self-isolating, many independent and fine wine merchants...

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