Analyst: payroll tax increase fueling beer sales declines for large brewers
The beer market posted 1 percent growth in 2012, in-line with pre-recession averages, driving hopes that the worst was over for the industry. But beer sales dropped 3 percent in the three months to May 2013 and are down 2.6 percent in the year to date, Bernstein Research analysts said in a note.
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