Uncover the latest trends shaping the beverage alcohol industry through in-depth, on-premise research and expert-driven analysis.

Data-driven insights for the beverage industry

Liquid Insights is Southern Glazer’s exclusive on-premise research initiative, designed to uncover emerging beverage trends, shifting consumer preferences, and real-world strategies to help suppliers, customers, and hospitality professionals optimize their beverage programs. Through national and regional tours, in-depth expert analysis, and proprietary Southern Glazer's data, we provide actionable intelligence that drives results.

Why the tour matters

On-premise focus

Research conducted in real bars, restaurants, and hospitality venues to capture live consumer behaviors.

Industry impact

Provides strategic insights that suppliers and customers can use to improve product positioning, pricing, and program execution.

Actionable takeaways

Helps businesses stay ahead of market trends, enhance profitability, and maximize consumer engagement.

The 2024 Liquid Insights Tour report
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2024 Tour

The latest Liquid Insights Tour report delivers key findings from nationwide on-premise visits and expert analysis. This year’s research highlights major shifts in consumer spending, premiumization trends, and the evolving cocktail landscape. Operators are optimizing menus for efficiency and profitability while low-ABV and non-alcoholic options continue to grow in demand, redefining modern beverage programs.

Access previous Liquid Insights Tour reports

The beverage alcohol industry is constantly evolving, and our past reports offer valuable context on how trends have shifted over time. Dive into previous editions of the Liquid Insights Tour to see how past predictions have shaped today’s market.

Frequently asked questions

The Liquid Insights Tour is an extensive, coast-to-coast educational initiative that explores and identifies the latest trends in mixology and wine. The Tour travels to six cities in the U.S. and visits a wide variety of bars, hotels, restaurants, and other “on-premise” venues. The tour explores innovations driven by a new generation of diverse bartenders, as well as on-premise operators post-COVID recovery, to offer unique insights to share with the Company’s sales consultants and industry partners.

 

The Tour is a follow-up from 2022 where Southern Glazer’s identified 10 key trends across cocktails and wine for concepts to consider within their programs – and will look to see what trends are still strong, accelerating, fading, or emerging. Leading the tour once again is Brian Masilionis, Senior Director, Customer Development, National Accounts On Premise.

This year’s tour will include visits to new markets including Tampa, Florida, Austin, Texas, Portland, Oregon, and Denver, Colorado, and will return to the cities of Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York which were visited during the initial 2022 tour.

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