Modelo Especial overtook Bud Light as the best-selling beer in the United States - and it never looked back as the gap has ...

Constellation Brands, which distributes beers including Modelo, Corona and Pacifico, has surfed a wave of spending by Hispanic customers in recent years.

As Beverage Industry reports, 0% beer is predicted to continue growing by double digits this year, so it comes as no surprise that Modelo—which overtook Bud Light as the U.S.’s leading beer in ...

Bottles of Modelo beer, a brand of Constellation Brands Inc., sit on a supermarket shelf in Los Angeles, California in this April 1, 2015 file photo.

It’s Modelo, the easy-drinking Mexican lager that has dominated sales since 2023. Modelo effectively outpaces all of craft beer two to one when it comes to grocery-store sales. Modelo. Last year alone ...

Modelo had an 8.34% share of dollars spent on beer compared to 8.28% for Bud Light through Aug. 12, NIQ reported — the first time the brand has beaten Bud Light on a year-to-date basis. 3 ...

Modelo Especial is the top-selling beer in the U.S. in terms of sales dollars in June. It marks the second month in a row that the Mexican lager has held this spot.

Cans of Modelo Especial beer are shown at a supermarket in New York on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. After more than two decades as America’s best-selling beer, Bud Light slipped into second place.

Modelo is the big beer brand, but others like Coors, Miller, Yuengling thrive. Beer sales rose 1.4% in 2023, but imports and flavored malt beverages accounted for most of the growth, according to NIQ.

In the same period, Modelo Especial increased 11%, and the brand was able to claim top-selling-beer status for the past two months. Bud Light is down 12% in year-to-date sales, while Modelo is up 8%.