Constellation Brands, Inc. (STZ)

Beer, wine and spirits maker, glass JV counted. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending February 28, 2026, filed April 22, 2026. Ranked 42 of the 62 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A beer, wine and spirits maker whose filing counts 9,400 employees including 1,100 at its glass joint venture, so the glass plant takes its counted share and the rest is read at beverage manufacturing.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 15% now, 22% at the end of 2027, 24% at the end of 2028, 24% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 24% desk work, 18% people work and 57% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 75% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 18% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

9,400 employees as of February 28, 2026 (stated). Not stated in the excerpt: the filing's employee geographic table did not reach the human capital excerpt; the data service's 99% United States is revenue, not people, and the breweries are in Mexico.

The filing: “As of February 28, 2026, we had approximately 9,400 employees, including approximately 1,100 employees through our equally-owned joint venture with Owens-Illinois.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 9,400 employees as of February 28, 2026 (10,600 a year earlier), including about 1,100 through the Owens-Illinois glass joint venture; additional workers during grape crushing seasons; approximately 20% covered by collective bargaining agreements; an 87% response rate and 83% favorable engagement in the fiscal 2026 survey; over $15 million in training.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Beverage Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• The Coca-Cola Company (KO, 65,900 employees)15% now, 24% by 2028
• Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP, 30,600 employees)15% now, 24% by 2028
• Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (COKE, 17,000 employees)15% now, 24% by 2028
• Molson Coors Beverage Company (TAP, 16,200 employees)15% now, 25% by 2028
• Primo Brands Corporation (PRMB, 12,600 employees)15% now, 24% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

12 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI and data analytics among the digital technologies through which it seeks to deliver optimized marketing in an evolving media landscape, as an uncertainty for new product launches.

• “In addition to the risks and uncertainties of ordinary business operations and conditions in the general economy and markets in which we compete, our forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-K are also subject to the risk, uncertainty, and possible variance from our current expectations regarding: potential declines in the consumption of products we sell and our dependence on sales...”
• “FY 2026 Form 10-K #WORTHREACHINGFOR I iii Table of Contents TERM MEANING 5.00% February 2023 Senior Notes $500.0 million principal amount of 5.00% senior notes issued in February 2023, now fully redeemed 5% Threshold a number of shares of Class A Stock equal to 9,239,463.1, as may be adjusted by any stock dividend, stock distribution, stock split, stock combination or similar transaction ABA al...”
• “The launch and ongoing success of new products are inherently uncertain, especially with respect to consumer appeal and our ability to deliver optimized marketing in an evolving and dynamic media landscape, including through existing and emerging digital technologies, such as AI and data analytics.”
• “Competition We operate in a highly competitive and constantly evolving industry, and our sales and/or profitability have been and could continue to be negatively affected by numerous factors, including: our inability to maintain or increase prices or develop successful new products and the impact of price reductions on certain products; increases in our advertising or marketing expenditures to...”
• “Reliance upon complex information systems and third-party global networks; cybersecurity; AI We depend on IT to enable us to operate efficiently and interface with Customers, suppliers, and consumers, maintain financial accuracy and efficiency, and effect accurate and timely governmental reporting, among other activities.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20239median 1
• Fiscal 202413median 4
• Fiscal 202512median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The count includes approximately 1,100 employees of the equally-owned glass joint venture, recorded as the filing states it (rule 8).
• The U.S. share is not stated: the filing's geographic table did not reach the excerpt.
• The wine and spirits business, 9% of revenue, has no count and stays inside the one beverage pattern.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000016918-26-000011, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.