A Closer Look at Beer Pricing

Beer pricing in the fourth quarter of last year and so far this has been extremely strong. In fact, I would go so far as to suggest that this has been one of the strongest price increases in memory, with all three of the big premium light brands going up a buck a case in supermarkets (and Miller Lite breaking the dollar mark, up $1.05 a case, says Nielsen). Not only was pricing strong, but it was early. All but