Midyear Report: Brands & Segments Bucking this Year’s Soft Trends

Dear Client:    Bev alc trends have been soft so far this year. For the first five months of the year, spirits depletions (on + off-premise) were up 1.5%, beer depletions were down 2.7%, and wine depletions were down 8.2%, according to SipSource data presented by Danny Brager during a recent webinar hosted by 3 Tier Beverages.  SPIRITS LEAD OFF-PREMISE GROWTH. Off-premise, beer, wine and spirits category growth was in the red year to date through June 18 in NielsenIQ