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Beer Sales Slow With No Help From Calendar Shift  - 9 10 2020 1 09 48 PM

For the week ended August 29, off-premise sales of beer, FMB, and cider increased by 7.1%.

Total alcohol sales increased by 9.4%, decelerating from 18% in the prior week. The timing of Labor Day caused the stock-up period ahead of the holiday weekend to be in the corresponding week last year.

Beer category sales increased 7.1%, decelerating from 15.4% in the prior week. Hard seltzer sales increased by 87%. Core beer sales, excluding hard seltzers, and FMBs grew 2.4%.

Craft beer sales increased 3.8%, below premium decreased 4.8%, FMBs excluding hard seltzer declined 5%, and premium light beer decreased 0.5%. Spirits sales increased by 12.4%, decelerating from 26.2% in the prior week.

Wine sales increased 18.3%, accelerating from 17.4% in the preceding week. Alcohol sales have increased by 22.6% during the COVID-19 period to date.

During that period, sales of spirits increased by 32.6% while wine increased 24.7%, and beer category sales increased 18.2%.

Beer Sales Slow With No Help From Calendar Shift  - staples insights 90920