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| Both business units contributed a solid top line growth of 5% |
| We've gotten great responses from retailers for both of these launches, and we plan to support them with strong marketing and sampling activations in every region of the country this spring and summer |
| We've continued to raise the stakes and I'm proud to say that once again, we have delivered what we said we would |
| In 2023, our global net revenue grew more than 9%, and we grew our bottom line by nearly 37% |
| These are our highest reported dollar results on record ever, on top of the already impressive results in 2022 |
| We'll do this through strong media plans at both the local and national level through live sports, including another Super Bowl commercial and through robust retail programming that drives consumer engagement |
| So in summary, we are very proud of our performance in 2023 |
| And as I said, we are by far the biggest share gainer in the channel last year, we grew 3x faster than in the next major brewer -- it's not just Premium Lights of the growing share |
| I would say to you that Colorado is one of our best-performing states over the last few years, and that I think was one of the early leaders from a cannabis point of view |
| beer industry volume trends improved during 2023 as we move through the year and particularly in Q4 |
| We enter 2024 with strong brands, an exciting innovation pipeline, compelling programming, strong and supportive distributor partners, more retailer shelf space and tap handles and the financial flexibility to balance growth and reinvestment |
| This gives us confidence in our ability to deliver our long-term growth algorithm in 2024 and in the years to come |
| Underscoring our enhanced financial strength, we are pleased to have earned credit rating upgrades from our ratings agencies in the fourth quarter |
| Utilizing our strong free cash flow and given our greatly improved financial flexibility, we continue to deploy capital in ways that we believe will drive the greatest shareholder value |
| On the positive side, we are seeing some signs of improvement in the on-premise, where Blue Moon is actually growing share now based on the last 4-week Nielsen CGA data |
| And obviously, we've made very good progress on our share buyback, the $2 billion 5-year share buyback program that Gavin spoke about earlier |
| It includes positive mix from our continued premiumization of our portfolio |
| General and administrative expenses were also higher as variable compensation expense reflected the strong operating performance for the year |
| In Canada, brand volume increased 0.7%, benefiting from growth in our above premium portfolio |
| As expected, growth accelerated versus the third quarter and underscored the continued strong momentum of our core brands |
| We've done a fantastic job on leverage |
| Brand volume grew by nearly 20% for the full year in 2023, and it has grown industry share for 11 straight quarters |
| brewery performance, we shipped ahead of expectations |
| domestic shipments up 4.3%, driven by the strength of our core premium brands |
| And so that drove our underlying profit to slightly exceed our guidance |
| So overall, from a portfolio point of view, we are feeling really good about it |
| While inflation has come down, there are still plenty of reasons to be wary about the macro environment, but our strong results give us confidence in our ability to deliver in 2024 |
| So our portfolio is strong and healthy in the on-premise |
| Underlying free cash flow climbed to $1.4 billion, also exceeding our expectations |
| This gives us confidence for continued growth in 2024, which aligns with our long-term growth algorithm for net sales revenue and underlying pre-tax income |
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| Our LatAm business, 2023 was a tough year, right? There were large macroeconomic challenges in some of our bigger markets in which we operate |
| If you go back and look at what happened in 2023, though, in the first quarter, that was a tough quarter for the industry, and it was largely driven by really, really bad weather on the West Coast primarily |
| This was largely due to challenging economic conditions in some of our key markets in the region |
| In the U.S., I think third-party data has shown weakness in industry about draft volume |
| I think shipments were down 11 million barrels, which puts it to 1990-something levels |
| I know a number of you remain skeptical of our ability to grow this year |
| From a -- from an overall portfolio outside of the U.S., Chris, Canada, we do continue to see softness in the beer industry |
| And that what's even more surprising is actually the low awareness that exists through that brand |
| This was due to industry softness in the U.K |
| Expected to be a headwind of approximately 3% or 2 million hectoliters to America's financial volume with the wind down continuing throughout the year |
| EMEA and APAC financial volume declined 3% on lower brand volumes |
| In the U.K., we remain cautious as we watch the impact of some of the excise tax impacts in the fourth quarter |
| We've had two slower quarters from an overall industry point of view for Q3 and Q4 |
| off-premise which partially offset the strength of our above premium portfolio and inflation continued to pressure Central and Eastern European performance |
| As far as Blue Moon is concerned, yes, I mean, we had a challenging year with Blue Moon in 2023 |
| So those certainly negatively impact overall COGS |
| as well as some sustained pressure in Central and Eastern Europe as the primary driver |
| In terms of the various markets in which we operate, Central and Eastern Europe, we've been very clear about that over the last six or so quarters that the consumer is more challenged in that market |
| I know you guys mentioned weak consumption in the U.K |
| And obviously, that's been a trouble there over the last several quarters here |
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