Beer wholesalers are aggressively replenishing inventories, driving the National Beer Wholesalers Association‘s “Beer Purchasers’ Index” to 74 in August from 58 a year earlier.
The “at-risk inventory” index for total beer (inventory at risk of going out-of-code in the next 30 days) continues to record all-time low readings at 22 for August 2020 from 46 in August 2019.
NBWA Chief Economist Lester Jones explained, “The August 2020 reading remains significantly above historical trends as increased packaged beer sales in the off-premise continue to ‘fill-in’ for lost on-premise and draft beer sales.”