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Off-Premise Gains Don’t Offset On-Premise Losses

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

To be sure, says Danelle Kosmal, vp-beverage alcohol at Nielsen, there has been a significant shift in volume volume from on-premise channels which has exaggerated growth rates for off premise alcohol, but not enough to make up for total losses in on-premise … Continue reading →

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60 Days of Catastrophe for On-Premise: SipSource

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

“The near-complete 60-day shutdown of business in restaurants, bars and hotels has been nothing short of catastrophic for the on-premise channel,” said SipSource analyst Dale Stratton. “On-premise share of depletions for wine is down to 11.1%, a 340 basis-point drop … Continue reading →

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Off-Prem Continues to Surge

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

The year-over-year growth rate for total off-premise alcohol dollar sales within Nielsen measured channels was +18.6%.  Spirits continued to lead growth, up 31%, wine grew 18.2% in dollar sales and beer/FMB/cider growth was at up14.7%. Core beer excluding FMB/seltzer/cider was … Continue reading →

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Control States Spirits Case Sales Up 13.1% in June

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

During June nine-liter  spirits case sales grew 13.1% in Control States over same period sales last year, National Council of State Liquor Administrators reports. States that reported monthly growth rates for June exceeding their 12-month trends are Alabama (22.4%), Iowa … Continue reading →

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Spirits Lead Growth Off-Prem; 3 Major Segments All Post Strong Growth

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Off-premise sales measured by Nielsen in the week ended July 18 were up 19%, with distilled spirits leading the charge, up 29.3%.  But wine and beer/FMB/cider all showed strong growth, up 19.7% and 15.4%, respectively. “While growth rates have ebbed for … Continue reading →

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Drizly Survey Finds On-Premise Drinking to Continue at Lower Level

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

If you’re an on-premise operator, read this and weep:  Seventy-percent of consumers surveyed by Drizly said they plan to continue drinking less away from home and  sales data backs that claim for the 4th of July. Sales grew 435% on … Continue reading →

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