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About Corona Extra
Corona Extra is Grupo Modelo's (part of AB InBev, NYSE: BUD) flagship premium Mexican lager — the world's #5 best-selling beer brand by global volume and the US's #1 imported beer for 30+ consecutive years — recognized globally for its clear glass long-neck bottle, lime-in-bottle serving ritual, and aspirational beach lifestyle marketing positioning. AB InBev acquired Grupo Modelo (Corona's parent) in 2013 for $20.1 billion; in the US market, Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) holds the perpetual exclusive US distribution rights for Corona and Modelo brands acquired as a condition of the AB InBev/Modelo merger, generating approximately $6.5 billion in US corona and Modelo brand revenue for Constellation.
Business Model & Competitive Advantage
Corona Extra's marketing identity — the "Find Your Beach" campaign, the serene beach setting with bottle-in-hand imagery, and the international "This is Living" positioning — built a lifestyle association that transcends beer category marketing to represent premium relaxation and escape. The lime ritual (inserting a lime wedge into the bottle neck) is a consumer behavior that Corona's advertising normalized and which now serves as a distinctive brand identifier in on-premise (bar) settings. Corona's clear glass bottle was a marketing risk (clear glass allows UV light to skunk beer) that succeeded because the visual of the golden beer with lime became the brand's most powerful asset despite requiring cold chain discipline.
Competitive Landscape 2025–2026
In 2025, Corona Extra (NYSE: STZ in US market; NYSE: BUD globally) competes in the premium imported beer market with Heineken (HEIA.AS, #1 global imported beer brand), Modelo Especial (stablemate, now the #1 beer brand in the US by volume), and Dos Equis (Heineken) for premium import beer share. The major beer trend of 2023-2025 is Modelo Especial surpassing Bud Light as the US's #1 beer brand — benefiting Constellation Brands significantly. Corona's next phase includes Corona Cero (alcohol-free beer, launched 2023, fastest-growing alcohol-free beer brand globally) and Corona Sunsets (hard seltzers) for the changing beverage landscape.
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