
GuestMetrics: beer sales trends improving in on-premise channels
“Looking specifically at alcoholic drinks sold, beer volume while still down improved to down 3.2% in the latest 4 weeks vs down 5.1% in the prior 8 week period,” said Peter Reidhead, VP of Strategy and Insights at GuestMetrics. “Wine volume was up 3% vs down 0.7% in the prior 8 week period and Spirits volume was down 2.8% similar to the down 3% of the prior 8 weeks. Beer dollar sales were up 0.7% in the last 4 weeks vs down 1.1% in the prior 8 week period with price/mix up 3.9%.
via GuestMetrics.