2025 was the year the beverage and CPG industry stopped being able to blame external disruption for structural problems. The data was clear, the consumer had changed, and the brands that acted on that clarity built something durable. Here is what the year produced.

Hispanic households formed 43% of all new US households in 2024 and outpaced every other demographic in CPG spending growth. Then 2025 happened. Here is what the data shows and what it means for every brand that built its growth model around demographic tailwinds.