Consumer Spending on Alcohol Hits $230 Billion

Well almost. Consumer spending on total beverage alcohol was up 3.8% to $229.8 billion for the rolling 12-months through August, according to BW166's latest report. Meanwhile, consumption was up just slightly (1.3%) for the same period."I would say the channels driving most growth are multi-unit retailers--whether it's the Costcos, grocers, Total Wine or major liquor retailers--they're driving more of the volume change," BW166 managing partner Jon Moramarco tells WSD. "Some of that is actual volume change growth and some of