{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Dave Infante on Diageo\u2019s Cuts, Garage Beer\u2019s Data Center Cooling Plan and BuzzBallz and Pop-Tarts\u2019 Boozy Collab","description":" Fingers boozeletter author Dave Infante joins the Brewbound Podcast to deep dive Diageo\u2019s ongoing restructuring and workforce slashing under CEO Sir Dave Lewis (aka \u201cDrastic Dave\u201d for his reputation for making big cuts at previous stops).    Infante shares insights from his reporting and conversations with Diageo employees, many of whom wondered why the Guinness and Johnnie Walker maker was so slow to adapt to the modern bev-alc competitive landscape.   \u201cThe frustration that I heard from current and former Diageo employees was mostly about why weren\u2019t we doing this before we had to start laying everyone off,\u201d Infante tells Brewbound editor Justin Kendall and managing editor Jessica Infante (no relation).    \u201cYou don\u2019t have to get to this point before you start pivoting to RTDs.\u201d   The trio also hit recent headlines, including Garage Beer and Liquid Death tapping into the real world animosity around data centers and BuzzBallz\u2019s recent Pop-Tarts partnership.   Jessica offered a theory on the BuzzBallz-Pop-Tarts team up: \u201cKids aren\u2019t eating Pop-Tarts. You know who\u2019s eating Pop-Tarts? Sad, elder millennials who can\u2019t afford anything else and want a tiny treat. The moms who would be out marching on the capitol up in arms against this aren\u2019t feeding that to their kids.\u201d   \u201cThey\u2019re the ones who are intrigued by the BuzzBallz Pop-Tarts that they saw on Instagram,\u201d Dave adds.   \u201cThat\u2019s definitely going into their Stanley tumblers,\u201d Jess says. ","author_name":"Brewbound Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/brewbound.libsyn.com\/website","html":"