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.

Constellation Brands brews 100% of its beer in Mexico. When tariffs hit in March 2025, that single-source dependency became a critical vulnerability overnight. Here is what every beverage founder should take from what happened.