Light Beer Share Declines Accelerating

August 23, 2013 Dear Client: It's report card time. IRI's Dan Wandel summed the half year trends on yesterday's BA Power Hour call. In case you had thought you were just having a bad dream this year, wine and spirits indeed continue to outpace beer sales trends in supers. "This year in particular spirits is taking almost a full share point away," said Dan (North American whiskies are help driving that in particular, having gained over 1.2 share points total