As C-Store Volumes Languish, Players Change

Dear Client: With fuel prices remaining low and an improving unemployment numbers, you would think that beer sales in c-stores would be rocking. In fact beer volumes are up only 0.5% in convenience stores so far this year (according to IRI to 3/22), while beer volumes are up over 1.4% in food stores. That's represents a slowdown in growth in the channel from last year despite better weather, and in fact c-store beer volumes are actually down in the latest